In a message dated 4/26/2007 10:52:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jules.18@bigpond.com writes: Can anyone advise as to whether a widow who is marrying for the 2nd time (around the 1840's) would use her maiden name or her surname from her 1st marriage on her marriage certificate?? Hi, Jules. My 2xGreat Grandmother, Mary nee Joshua, was widowed in 1843 with the death of her first husband, Evan Evans. She remarried James Goodwin in 1847 in MON and used her surname from her first marriage on the marriage certificate, where she is cast as a widow. Regards, Cecil ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.