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Throughout the period of the births of my 5 x g grandmother's children, between 1792 and 1806 in Pembrokeshire, Wales, all the baptism records show her husband by his name and she by hers ie her maiden name, directly after his but as part of the same entry - they are clearly both the parents.  Entries for other people appear to be as one surname eg daughter/son of Fred and Freda Bloggs ie 'Freda' is known by her married name on the record. 

Is it unusual to have such entries in the baptism records and might it indicate that, despite the years spanned, they were not married (marriage record not found to date).

Thank you

Hi - I seek information regarding REYNISH in Talbenny, Pembs. There appears to be instances of REYNISH in other areas, but limited where these people were. They are a bit of a mystery.

Mary and Martha Reynish were born to John Reynish, farmer Talbenny d 1789, I have a copy of his Will but cannot find his origins. No dob for either daughter although one can guess,  and John probably had two wives, the second being Martha Warlow, no dates as yet. Daughter Martha REYNISH appears to keep her name throughout the births of her children -  their father is William Rees, again Talbenny.  All baptism records include both parents names with the maiden name Reynish clearly stated. One daughter of William Rees and Martha Reynish, is Ann b 1794 Talbenny, m 1824 to William Morgan in Dale and she dies 1872 Milford upon Haven.  All of William and Martha's children are baptised in Talbenny. They take the surname Rees.

Looking at other records around the time Martha Reynish and William Rees are having babies, it looks more usual for wives to lose their maiden name on the baptism record - any ideas why Martha is named with her maiden name throughout? I am assuming she never actually married

Many thanks

Hi - I have Shiers/Shires who originate in Yorkshire/Lancashire and arrive in Shoreditch, Islington, Clerkenwell, etc., London by 1800.  I recall seeing Shears as an alternative spelling to consider for these people and wonder if the final 's' could be mis-read/transcribed as an 'n'?  Just a thought, may be. 🙂

Thank you, I was just looking at a similar website 'Forebears' - I'll compare the two.  I have also discovered that Dunn is an Icelandic name (it has an accent over the 'u' and in that context is actually an old Norse name) via nordicnames.de - it all just helps to build that general picture.  I'm just hoping to reach some understanding of how it is we have so many Scandinavian Ydna matches.👍

Hi Dave - thank you for passing on the details of this website, really kind of you - should be very interesting and definitely worth exploring.