Marriage certificate for a widow who remarries

[Luzzu]

Hi,

If a widow remarries, what name does she use and more importantly which name is recorded on the BMD  - her original maiden name or the surname from her first marriage.  Also if I order a marriage certificate, will the brides name reflect the first marriage, i.e., Jane Jones, previously Smith, formerly Brown, for instance.

I want to know how I can link the widow with her first marriage if you know what I mean.  I think I could do this with the birth certificates if both marriages produced children but in the case I am looking at there were no children from the second marriage.

Thanks,

Luzzu

[CaroleW]

She would usually remarry under her married name.   Depending on what year you are searching - it may possibly show her maiden name but I think that may be on more modern marriages

However - her fathers name should be on the certificate so that will give you her maiden surname

[Gemerald]

Hi,
In all the cases I've found, the remarriage is indexed under her first married surname.

Where children have been born to a second marriage after 1911 though, the mothers maiden name is recorded on the index as her birth surname (not surname from her first marriage.)

Gem

[Luzzu]

Oh dear  .

The marriage certificate I was thinking of ordering is indexed in the maiden name and was sure I was on the right track as I had found a likely death and an entry in the 1881 census.

What to do next 

Thanks for putting me right.

Luzzu

[Parmesan]

Hi, last married name is usually the way but I have one ancestor who very thoughtfully, from my point of view, reverted to her maiden name for her second marriage - thanks Charlotte 

[Luzzu]

Hi,

That is good to know.  May be it would be worth risking £7.00 and I could reference check because I do know her father's name.

My lady can't have just disappeared after the death of her first husband and there is no record of a remarriage or death in her first married name.  It was between 1870 and 1880 and they didn't always do things as they should.

A leap of faith I think and if it comes good it will be the final piece of the jigsaw.

 

Luzzu

[Parmesan]

aye, worth  a try  I think Luzzu.  Let us know the outcome 

[Wiggy]

I have seen one who remarried - under her married name - but her maiden name was also recorded - now I call that thoughtful!  That recorder should win a prize!!   

Wiggy