Married names

Posted by MariaH on January 24, 1998 at 09:39:15:

I've been lurking a while around here, especially reading all the wonderful fiction. One thing that I've noticed is that sometimes the married women are referred to with both their 'pre-marriage' and married surname eg.
Elizabeth Bennet Darcy or
Marianne Dashwood Brandon

Would this really have happened?

REPLIES:

• What the law actually says Caroline 16:29:11 1/25/98 (0)
• Names Valerie Mc. 00:03:44 1/25/98 (5)
  • keeping names Laura W 17:32:34 1/25/98 (4)
    • Nomenclature Valerie Mc. 21:44:57 1/27/98 (1)
      • Exactly! nfm Laura W 00:47:34 1/28/98 (0)
    • Edward Hughes Ball Hughes, meet Edward Hugesson Knatchbull-Hugessen The Mysterious H.C. 09:41:08 1/26/98 (1)
      • TGS Laura W 00:46:09 1/28/98 (0)
• Family worth Lou 20:52:07 1/24/98 (1)
  • Thanks... MariaH 12:05:51 1/25/98 (0)

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