Surnames (General)

by david d, cheltenham, Monday, August 21, 2006, 10:21 (6661 days ago) @ bertha

bertha,

There is also another idea I have regarding those children born out of wedlock to "single women". it is that the middle name they were given was the surname of the father but was not admitted to on baptism records or birth certificates.

One example in my wifes family is Mary Meredith Edwards b1838 - mother Mary Edwards b abt 1820. There were plenty of Merediths around then who might be the father!