Jim Roewer wrote:
> I'm facing a conundrum:
>
> In a August 1867 Taufregister, the mother was identified as a widow, yet
> instead of going under her deceased husband's name (as Wilhelmina Heinze
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> widow of Ernst Heinze), she was identifed under her maiden name
(Wilhelmina
> Paetz). The child is illegitimate -- I had originally thought that she
was
> born of Johann Knispel and Wilhelmina's 17 yr old daughter, and raised
by
> the grandmother to avoid some family shame for the daughter (Adelheid
> Heinze, who later married Joh. Knispel and emmigrated). But maybe not,
> maybe she was the daughter of Wilhelmina and Joh. Knispel.
>
> Don't know if the illegitimacy would affect the name listing, but the
change
> in the widow's last name seems odd to me -- I've never encountered such
> thing before. And the marriage of Knispel to the daughter of his former
> lover is a bit strange as well.
>
> Any thoughts?
My thought: European females are mostly known under their birth surname.
In some countries they might more often be referered to via husbands
surname, but mostly that is just a name used during marriage. After
marriage (what ever way concluded) its just maiden surname again.
Richard
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Richard van Schaik
f.m.a.vanschaikREMOVE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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