[Gramps-users] Help with using new middle name after marriage

[damon]

Dear GRAMPS users,
I have a person in my tree that changed both her middle and surname when
she married. She has dropped her original middle name entirely. Her new
middle name had been her surname.
For example: Birth name: Jane Mary DoeMarried name: Jane Doe Smith
Doe is not part of the married surname, nor is it her given "birth" name.
How do I make this change clear using GRAMPS?

-- Damon

[Ron Johnson]

As a matter of of policy, I set the Preferred Name to be the Birth Name, and
put any name changes in "Alternative names".

Post by damon
Dear GRAMPS users,
I have a person in my tree that changed both her middle and surname when
she married. She has dropped her original middle name entirely. Her new
middle name had been her surname.
Birth name: Jane Mary Doe
Married name: Jane Doe Smith
Doe is not part of the married surname, nor is it her given "birth" name.
How do I make this change clear using GRAMPS?
-- Damon

[Philip Weiss]

A couple of things. I have exactly the same situation with my great
grandmother Flora Sorenson. She married my great grandfather in 1910 and
became Flora Solle. After he died, she remarried in 1958 and became Flora
Solle Lucey.

I have three listed names for her. Flora Sorenson, with a time range of
1888-1910 and type of "Birth Name". It is listed first, so it is used in
most reports as the preferred name. Flora Solle with a time range of
1910-1958 and type of "Married Name". I have a final name listed of Flora
Solle Lucey with a time range of 1958-1970 and type of "Married Name". And
rather than use "Solle" as her middle name on the final entry, I have it
listed as the first surname and "Lucey" as the second surname and checked
it as "Primary".

Anyway, to indicate the time period, look at the names tab when you edit a
person, double click on a name, and look at the very bottom field. There's
no direct connection between a name and a marriage in the data structure
(i.e., I can't link the name to the husband or family record directly), but
the dates match.

This was a major feature that made me decide to switch from PhpGedView to
Gramps. (I can model married surnames and patronymics with ease? HELL
YES!)

Phil.

Post by damon
Dear GRAMPS users,
I have a person in my tree that changed both her middle and surname when
she married. She has dropped her original middle name entirely. Her new
middle name had been her surname.
Birth name: Jane Mary Doe
Married name: Jane Doe Smith
Doe is not part of the married surname, nor is it her given "birth" name.
How do I make this change clear using GRAMPS?
-- Damon