Maiden name on quilt?
#41
i haven't used my maiden name since i was 17 years old. i put my current married name. as for any one tracking our family history i don't think there is anyone left to do it and no reason to. i am the end of the line for that sledge family and that is a good thing.
#42
Originally Posted by noveltyjunkie
I did not take my husband's name when we married, so yes I would use my "maiden name".
Lots of my friends did not change their names either. Is it unusual in the US?
Lots of my friends did not change their names either. Is it unusual in the US?
In my husband's family, it is tradition for the wife to use your maiden name as your middle name. I chose not to since both the surnames rhyme with each other. Just couldn't do it. I like the "nee" suggestion, though. I might use that.
#46
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
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Originally Posted by Lacelady
I wouldn't ever use my maiden name on a quilt label for security reasons. In the UK, we are always asked for our maiden name as a security question for Bank accounts etc.
#47
As another poster said - LABEL your quilts!
I have 5 quilts that came from my dad's family. We think my G-GM made them. But there is not a label on any of them.
My married name is 5 letters, so I use that. My maiden name was long.
I have 5 quilts that came from my dad's family. We think my G-GM made them. But there is not a label on any of them.
My married name is 5 letters, so I use that. My maiden name was long.
#48
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Australia
Posts: 103
I have always put my married surname nee maiden name plus l put date finished which means date month and year,name of quilt, place of which it was made ie McLaren Vale, South Australia.Washing instructions, and if l used some one's pattern there name as well, oh not in that order.
#49
All these stories are very interesting, so I thought I'd add mine to the mix.
I was born Florence Ann Blair but always called Ann. When I married the first time, I dropped the Blair and added my husband's last name. But some official paperwork requires a maiden name, and I needed the Ann because I was never called Florence. When we divorced 30 years later, I kept his name, partly because my kids and grandkids have his name. But then I married again. At that time, I dropped husband-#1's name and took husband #2's name. But that made my drivers license name: Florence Blair Humphries, because they refused to add the Ann. So after a year, I went to court and got the Florence dropped. Now I'm legally Ann Blair Humphries and I like it !!! That's how I sign most quilts.
I was born Florence Ann Blair but always called Ann. When I married the first time, I dropped the Blair and added my husband's last name. But some official paperwork requires a maiden name, and I needed the Ann because I was never called Florence. When we divorced 30 years later, I kept his name, partly because my kids and grandkids have his name. But then I married again. At that time, I dropped husband-#1's name and took husband #2's name. But that made my drivers license name: Florence Blair Humphries, because they refused to add the Ann. So after a year, I went to court and got the Florence dropped. Now I'm legally Ann Blair Humphries and I like it !!! That's how I sign most quilts.
#50
Originally Posted by Homemother
Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
My husband's last name came pre-hypenated! I would have had a double hyphen.
I made my maiden name my middle name. I usually use his full last name, but for some things it's easier to just use one of his. If I use the first part of it nothing gets messed up. Besides, the electric company and gas company only have me having his "first" last name :D
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