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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 424 Send Message	Joyce	Report	4 Apr 2005 08:55
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 424 Send Message	Hi, My g/g/grandmother used her maiden name Simson on marriage cert , her status was 'widow' and her father's name was Simson . Strange !!!! This was 1841. Joyce
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 115 Send Message	Brenda	Report	4 Apr 2005 08:39
	Hi, I found one of my rellies from the early 1800s, she was a widow and used her previous married name when she remarried....Brenda
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 15,575 Send Message	Guinevere	Report	4 Apr 2005 07:43
	Hi, The married name was the norm followed by 'widow' - I don't know of any exceptions. Gwynne
	Researching: Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Carolyn	Report	4 Apr 2005 07:41
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Can any one please advise if women who were widowed in the early 1800's would use their married or maiden name when they remarried. I am interested in a marriage in 1824 in Cumberland, England. Curious Aussie