General Chat

Many Thanks for all your replies!

I have been working on my family tree and tried to find out when my Great Grandmother died. I could not find any record and then I did a search under marriages. I discovered that her first husband,my great grandfather,passed away very young. A copy of his death certicate verified this.
Then I did a search on marriages and discovered she remarried twice after!

I just need to order copies of these 2 certificates to verify my findings.

Hence my original question re what surname would be used. I just wanted to make sure I was doing my search the right way (using her surname from previous marriage).

Thanks again.

M ;)

Barry I'm sorry but a woman taking her husband's name on marriage is tradition not law


so it is not correct to say that a woman's deceased or divorced husband's surname is her LEGAL name as you put it, it is only her 'legal' name if she uses it as such


since almost all women a half a century ago did use their husbands' surnames and did keep using them after the divorce or he died then yes most women would remarry under that surname


for a divorced or widowed woman who did take her husband's surname to go back to her own previous surname she need only do so by notifying her creditors, institutions she does business with etc.


Since most widowed - divorced women have used their husbands surname at one time they will very often as you say be registered under both surnames when they remarry.

Barry
i have an instance in my tree where a marriage took place some time after the couple lived together and had children, he was already married so they had to wait til his wife died!! The marriage shows them with the same surname as that was the name the bride was know as !!
The cert shows her dads name so hence was her maiden name, She hadnt married before!!

I have a marr cert for 1951 and it was the groom who had been divorced - under this status was the name of his first wife date of marr and date of divorce. I was most surprised, anyone else come across this? It took place in a Reg. Office.

I have several examples of widows and divorcees (or maybe just separated) remarrying under their maiden name.

Some folks though liked to eradicate any reference to a marriage so may revert back to a maiden name. You can be known as any name you want as long as its not for fraudulent purposes.

Well normally you would remarry in your current surname. Our daughter divorced twice and remaried in her current surname, She never reverted back to her maiden name.

Hello,
Just a quick query. In thé past (say thé 1940's/1950's),if a female widow or divorcee remarried-would their surname on the marriage certificate revert to their maiden name or the surname from previous marriage?

Many thanks,

M ;)