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From: Margie Papa <>
Subject: Re: Great Grandmother's maiden name
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 06:54:21 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <ada3k6$vficm$1@ID-101531.news.dfncis.de>


I have heard/read that numerous times from people
living in america and those living in foreign
countries. In Italy today, during a woman's
lifetime her legal name is always her 'maiden'
name..until it is put on her gravestone.

This is only one example: My paternal grandmother
died at 97 in this country, in the year 1974, never
did she use her 'married' name...

We have friends that travel to the home comune 3
times a year, they have told me all the women in
this particular (I will not say all) comune, go by
thier birth names. So I would say it is 'more'
common than not.

--- Ob1KnOb <> wrote:
> > Italians and many other
> > nationalities don't have maiden names -that is
> an
> > american thing---but it had the names of her
> > parents in Italy!!
>
> uh? who told You that?
> If I am not wrong (my english isn't very good)
> the maiden name is the family
> name before the marriage.
> After the maiden gets the family name of the
> husband. If this is correct in
> Italy is the same.....
> Example:
> Rossi Anna is daughter of Rossi Marco and Neri
> Adele (she gets the family
> name of the father usually)
> she gets married with Verdi Alberto and becomes:
> Rossi Anna in Verdi
> or shortly
> Verdi Anna
> or else
> Verdi Anna n. (nata=born) Rossi (this form is
> much used in mortuary)
>
> hope this will help
>
> best regards Mauro
>
>
>
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