On 8/30/2018 1:00 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "S Viemeister" wrote in message ...
> On 8/30/2018 10:45 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> We don't have to change our name if we don't want to. It's our choice.
>>
> Yes.
> I was down at the local cemetery the other day (visiting the
> relatives...) and the majority of the stones with both husband and wife
> on them, identified the woman by her birth name, not her married one.
>
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> Ahhh has it been the case for a very long time?
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>
Some of the older stones are unreadable, but yes, well back into the 1800s.