Hi Jeanertte do you know if any of your family went to live in Scotland Kind regards jean On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Jeanette Lee <JeanetteLee@bigpond.com> wrote: > I agree with this as my GGGG Grandmother Margaret McDonald was tried and > convicted at Glasgow under this, her maiden name in 1812,despite her husband > John Waddell being convicted of the same crimes. She appears as Margaret > McDonald on the convict shipping list although it was noted she was ux John > Waddell. > Jeanette Lee > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Loretta" <lynneage@house-of-lynn.com> > To: <irl-co-donegal@rootsweb.com>; <IRL-DONEGAL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:06 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-CO-DONEGAL]10 things you may not know about women's maiden > names > > > I would restate number 9 to say that Scottish women also used their maiden > names while their husbands were still living - a custom which began to > change during the 19th century (or perhaps a bit earlier) but has not > entirely disappeared. The following examples are from my research and so > are very limited in scope but clearly prove the point. > > 1. Abstracts of numerous 15th-18th century charters, sasines, bonds, etc. > name couples as, for example, "John Lyn and Janet Montgomerie his wife" or > "Hugh Lin, burgess of Irvine, and Jean Cuninghame his wife." > > 2. Testaments list women by their maiden names as late as 1848; for > example, the 1848 testament of "Margaret Hamilton, spouse of Jame Muir, > farmer at Annisland." > > 3. Gravestones list women by their maiden names even as late as 1935: > "Grace C. Syme, wife of James Lynn," Saltcoats Cemetery, Ayrshire. > > Loretta Lynn Layman > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-co-donegal-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-co-donegal-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Uncharted Families > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 01:27 > To: irl-co-donegal@rootsweb.com; IRL-DONEGAL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IRL-CO-DONEGAL] 10 things you may not know about women's maiden > names > > Hi All; > > This is from another list to which I belong; I thought it would be helpful > to some in their searches. > > Nova B. > Ontario, Canada > > > 9. Scottish widows went back to using their maiden names after the death of > > their husbands. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > To post a message send to: > ACADIAN-FRENCH-CANADIAN@rootsweb.com > > AFC list archives are located at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=acadian-french-canadian > > If you prefer to receive posts in digest format please contact the list > administrator. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-FRENCH-CANADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CO-DONEGAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CO-DONEGAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CO-DONEGAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Kind regards Jean