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=== Surnames === | |||
Between 1910 and 1960 the customs regarding surnames for wives and children went through a transition. | Between 1910 and 1960 the customs regarding surnames for wives and children went through a transition. | ||
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Surnames[edit | edit source]
Between 1910 and 1960 the customs regarding surnames for wives and children went through a transition.
- Before 1910 it was the custom for a wife to retain her maiden surname throughout her life.
- Before 1910 some children were given their father's surname, some were given their mother's surname, some were given a double surname of both the father and the mother and some children were given a surname associated with neither the father or the mother.
A large family would tipically exemplify all of these options.
- From 1960 to the present it has been the almost universal custom for a wife to use her husband's surname as her own.
- From 1960 to the present it has been the custom for children to be given their father's surname.