It appears as though she was married more than once. If you could get a copy of the marriage record it would tell you if she was previously married. Jack & Marianne Dibean - Lansing Michigan GenWeb Archives: http://usgwarchives.org/marriages/michigan/michigan.htm Email Address: jackdibean@modempool.com WWII Memorial: www.wwiimemorial.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "shirley m brown" <yankeeduck43@cfl.rr.com> To: <mi-genealogy@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:17 PM Subject: [MI-GENEALOGY] married names > My great grandmother's last name was Fletcher. When she married, on the > marriage certificat it showed Martha Fletcher Elsworth. Does her last name > mean she was married before taking on the Hoffman's name? I know that her > last name is Fletcher because on the marriage certificate it states her > father's name as John Fletcher. > ***************************** > The theme of this list is Michigan genealogy and research. Please respect > others by keeping your postings to this theme. > MI-Genealogy Mail List Information > http://www.migenweb.net/maillist.html > ***************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MI-GENEALOGY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >