2007-01-23 22:28:30 · 8 answers · asked by maureen p 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
families of breeding often felt the need to demonstrate their bloodline as equal to that of those of the grooms family.
the simplest way was to have both.
2007-01-23 22:33:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If a family (usually influentual) had no son to carry on the family name, it was common for a son-in-law to take the wife's maiden name (usually for some financial or other gain)
If his name was Brown and her name Green the surname would be Green-Brown, separated by a hyphen, which indicates that it is two surnames.
The Welsh have a slightly different tradition and this was to differentiate between the more limited surnames available, such that they would use a middle name as part of a double barrelled surname,
So as an example a Mr Thomas Glyn Jones would be christened Thomas Glyn but be known as Mr Glyn Jones.
Note that here the hyphen is not used, as it is one christian name and one surname.
Mr Glyn Jones wife would also be known as Mrs Glyn Jones, even though she had never been babtised "Glyn"
2007-01-23 22:45:04 · answer #2 · answered by ArskElvis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a family has only female children, the family name disappears when they get married and take the husbands surname. The only way around this before deed pole became available is to use both his and her surnames together with a hyphen in between.
2007-01-24 09:45:06 · answer #3 · answered by alec A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mum does family history stuff and she always says originally it used to be when a child was born "out of marriage". The mother would then use her and the father's surnames.
2007-01-24 01:07:15 · answer #4 · answered by moonlighting54 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is because when a women from a well ta do family marry's she don't let her surname go so is added in.where I don't know
2007-01-23 22:36:44 · answer #5 · answered by mikey_mossom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's used to denote the family names of both the mother and the father
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_naming_customs
and follow the links.
2007-01-23 22:41:32 · answer #6 · answered by Gowrie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because some women refuse to let their maiden names go and instead of taking their new husbands name, they keep their old one aswell.
2007-01-23 22:32:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
typical " all down to women " they want to keep their maiden name once married , then it gets passed down to their offsprings , boy or girl
2007-01-23 22:35:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋