Hi Janet, It isn't at all unusual, in our family at least, to be given a family surname as a middle name, and this would be kept on marriage just as a first name or first name given as middle name would be. I've found examples of this throughout my family history, the most striking being one of my grandmothers (Jessie Ann Ogilvy Annand Morrison, ms Young - where Ogilvy and Annand were both family surnames on her mother's side) and the most recent being me - Sheila McCallum Perry, ms Morrison - where 'McCallum' was my other grandmother's maiden name. Incidentally, this is also my Argyll connection as the McCallums were from Kilmichael Glassary. best wishes, Sheila

And my maiden name was Sheila MacNiven Cameron -- Granny's maiden name being my middle one. Brother was Alexander Menzies Cameron -- mother's maiden name being his middle name. Both from Argyll, need I add! Sheila in Missouri