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12 June 2012

I Have the Same Last Name As My Pa

Just because a female has the same last name as her father does not mean she is unmarried. A relative of my had the maiden name of Mattie Huls and her husband (unrelated) had the last name of Huls. It is always possible that a woman marries a man who has the same last name as she does.
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  1. AnonymousJune 12, 2012 at 6:10 AM

    It was not uncommon for cousins to marry. One of my ancestors married her first cousin. Her married name was the same as her maiden name.

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  2. Colleen G. Brown PasqualeJune 12, 2012 at 8:53 AM

    My husbands grandparents were both Pasquale; third cousins in Italy who married.

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  3. AnonymousJune 12, 2012 at 9:05 AM

    It may also be that a woman keeps her birth name when she marries--as I did. In fact, that occasionally (rarely) happened in the 19th century as well.

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  4. Michael John NeillJune 12, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    Anonymous makes a good point. My own Ostfriesen female ancestors are (before 1850 usually, if not later) often listed with their maiden names in records after their marriage.

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    1. AnonymousJune 13, 2012 at 7:00 AM

      A recent research dealt with a Daniel Schneider who had married the widow of an Adam Schneider. Their mutual wife was Katharina nee Schneider.

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  5. kim elizabethJune 12, 2012 at 11:24 AM

    I think Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak is an excellent current example for this! She and her husband aren't directly related, but share the same unusual name:)

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