Thank you both for your input, that's another thing I didn't know. Nova --- On Mon, 10/20/08, Jeanette Lee <JeanetteLee@bigpond.com> wrote: From: Jeanette Lee <JeanetteLee@bigpond.com> Subject: Re: [IRL-CO-DONEGAL] 10 things you may not know about women's maiden names To: irl-co-donegal@rootsweb.com, IRL-DONEGAL-L@rootsweb.com Received: Monday, October 20, 2008, 1:41 AM 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com