mother's maiden name as child's middle name

[carol8353]

My grandad was named Henry Albert Mockridge ROGERS.
His mothers maiden name being Mockridge.

It was what started my family tree interest,and knowing she originally came from Somerset to London made it easy at the start.Of course it's become harder and harder to find people over the years but that's half the fun 

Happy Hunting

Carol

[SandraC]

Did this trend start in London & move North?

I have relatives from Southport & Manchester doing this in 1856-64 but an ancestor from an unconnected bit of family in London using the mother's maiden name back in 1842.

It then seems to stop completely after 1870.

As has been said, can be v helpful when information is sparse.

SandraC

[chris.perry]

My grandfather was Samuel Owen Gee, and his father was Samuel Gee, his mother was Catherine Owens - I managed to suss thatb out for myself as I didn't know her name and my hunch proved right. Always worth  a try! Samuel Owen was born in 1872.

[Emmeline]

Hi chris.perry - I had one instance like yours. My 3xGt.Grandpa was a John Glover Stringle and yes his mother proved to be Sally Glover. Quite a thrill to find one has sussed correctly !

[kathb]

Including the mothers or grandmothers maiden name in a very prevalent in Scotland.  It also proves very useful in tracing any scottish ancestry - I was able to get back to the early 1700's because of this naming tradition.  Nearly all of our Scottish relatives have the mother or grandmothers maiden name after their given name.

[Josephine]

I have this in my family tree, too.  Sometimes it can provide a clue to the mother's maiden name.  My g-g-grandfather's middle name was his mother's maiden name.  The same is true for his father's middle name.

My great-grandmother gave one of her sons an unusual middle name.  I recently learned that it was her aunt's married surname.  That couple got married on my great-grandmother's birthday.  My g-g-grandmother died when my g-grandmother was about 12 years old, and I wonder if her aunt helped take care of her.  In any case, I'm guessing that she loved this aunt & uncle a lot.

One of my daughter's middle names is my maiden name (which I kept when I got married).

Regards,
Josephine

[erthomas]

This trend is very common in my family.  Either the mother's maiden name or the maternal grandfathers first name are often used as middle names in my family even today.  Most of my ancesters that have done this were from the Isle of Man.

erin

[linmey]

Mine are from Bedfordshire and it seems to have been common there. Not bad if you have a nice surname to use but I wouldnt have wanted to be called Esther Mumford Reynolds.

[aussiesue]

Hi there, I've found that in addition to the middle name being the mother's maiden name, it can also be the surname of the father if the parents were not married. Sue x