Isn't it likely they have the name on the tombstone that they died with? Example Eva Hansen married Ole Smith, she never changed her name and most likely, a least here would be buried as Eva Hansen. Sometimes it may be addded the wife of Ole Smith. However if she changed her name to Smith she would be buried here as Eva Smith, but the tombstone would often say born Hansen as well or something to that effect.
It is so easy for us all to make assumptions from what we are most used to, but digging into our genealogy we often find we need to change those assumptions. I may often find some distant relatives having had a child, and I often wonder what the child's last name is. Did S/he get the father's, the mother's or a combination of boths. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Married Names > Must be your part of the country, I have never seen maiden names on > tombstones. > > Elizabeth C > > Ron Bernier wrote: > > > Most headstones that I have seen do in fact have the ladies maiden > > name carved on the stone. > > > > --On Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:22 PM -0700 Glen Ballard > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> One more thing to add to this list of useful things for married name: > >> > >> 3.) Cemetery research - They aren't buried using their maiden name. > >> > >> Glen > > > > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
