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Is it common for spouse alias on birth/baptism record to be husbands last name?

GouldRobertCharles1
GouldRobertCharles1 ✭
January 4, 2022 edited September 11, 2024 in Social Groups

Usually I have found that the mothers maiden name is entered. When it turns out to be the same as fathers last name, I grow suspicious or think there was a second spouse. Is it common or rare that the mothers maiden name is listed as same as husbands?

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  • Robert Seal_1
    Robert Seal_1 ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 4, 2022

    @GouldRobertCharles1

    Hello Robert,

    It is not necessarily a common occurrence but in 20 years of research I have seen instances where the mother's maiden surname is the same as her husband's surname.

    Question for you: does the word "geboren" or the abbreviation "geb" appear before the mother's surname in the record? If so, this would indicate that this is the mother's maiden surname.

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