When a person is married twice is the "Other last name " used for a first marriage?

Question

here is an example Clarrisa born Pelton marr 1. Andrews 2 Nichoson.  so I would need to put Andrew in the blank of other last names?  thanks in advance. Betty

Answer 1

Yes, that's exactly what you do.  If she'd been married three times, you would do the same thing, as with my cousin born Margaret Gordon:

Current Last Name Campbell

Other Last Names Kirgan, Guidoux.

How she shows on the profile view:

Margaret Campbell formerly Gordon aka Kirgan, Guidoux

Comments

I had a relative with three names and used a dash between the two names in the Other field instead of a comma, do you think one way or the other is better?

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They should be separated by a comma, as per guidelines.

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Thanks for the star, Kathy.

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I would use the comma, not sure about the dash but I do know some special characters cause errors.

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Nice, thank you Melanie for the guidelines...going in my bookmarks now. Since I have found the Suggestions category in the drop down menu and worked to fix a few of the profiles on my watchlist I have a whole new appreciation for what our Data Doctors do. ;)

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Thank you so much for your answer 100% appreciated. I was a little confused as some time the married name just shows up.  I need to go back an correct all of my entries.

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If you use a dash then it will be displayed as a single hyphenated name.  The comma is used to separate two names.

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Thank You for this information.  example would be for the other last name box  person married 4 times would be married name 1,  2 , 3, and then 4 would be the current married name? would this be the correct way to enter it? thank you Betty

Answer 2

In my Family case, it was my Father who remarried, and my Mother did not.  Mother kept the surname Pelton, since she had become an accomplished artist under that name, even getting a Masters of Fine Arts Degree.