Megan Roberts
09-10-2014, 9:13 PM
I have just watched the 100th edition of WDYTYA about Twiggy.
Her great great grandmother Grace Meadows nee Gillies went to prison and after release is found in the censuses up until her death as Grace Gillies, and there seem to be some of her children with her also listed as Gillies.
The programme does not tell us what happened to Grace's husband or other children, but the historian / genealogist said it was quite "common" for women to revert to their maiden name. In all the years I have been doing family history this is the first time that I have come across this, but that may be because I haven't "lost" anyone in such circumstances.
Anyway I thought that others might like to consider whether this might be a solution to their brickwall.
Her great great grandmother Grace Meadows nee Gillies went to prison and after release is found in the censuses up until her death as Grace Gillies, and there seem to be some of her children with her also listed as Gillies.
The programme does not tell us what happened to Grace's husband or other children, but the historian / genealogist said it was quite "common" for women to revert to their maiden name. In all the years I have been doing family history this is the first time that I have come across this, but that may be because I haven't "lost" anyone in such circumstances.
Anyway I thought that others might like to consider whether this might be a solution to their brickwall.