Time mother's names on marriage certificates.

It's a bit of a problem, Elegran. I asked my father's one surviving sister, but her protective brother does not want her to delve into things. It's difficult when people are still alive and do not want to discuss their heritage.
I have looked at canal workers online, but got nowhere. Although my dad was quite close to his youngest sister, he was 16 when she was born, and in the army before she was at school, so they did not have a common upbringing.

What about the Icelandic convention by which a woman uses her mother's name with -dottir as a suffix. I could rename myself Ethelsdaughter.

In my husband's family the eldest children have family surnames as second names but without the hyphen. So he's absent mum's maiden name husband, as it were. Nevertheless, we have different surnames.

I will suggest that to my sister anno who is contemplating a change of name post split-up. It would make her surname Florencesdaughter I guess, if the tradition is to take the mother's first name. Not sure that it has a ring to it. Will stick to my father's name, which sounds like a woman's name

This campaign is getting somewhere.
If you want to support it, write to your MP and ask him/her to support the early day motion mentioned in the link. I always use www.writetothem.com to write to MPs, it is very easy.

https://www.change.org/p/mothers-names-should-be-on-marriage-certificates/u/53b7098c3b477304200325a3?tk=5lufNaI0wzB8YTjFyUoMQj_dbV4CwPxiY1ZM8VkIjd8&utm_source=petition_update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_update_email

On a flippant note, I had a child in my class who had a double barrelled surname and hyphenated first names too. Made class lists interesting and fitting it on his tray was impossible unless you used a tiny font. They were long names all four and not to be shortened on any account.

Writing to my MP. Thanks for the link, jess.

My marriage certificate does contain the names of father and mother of bride and groom. Believe that's standard in Scotland. This has now made me wonder if parents' names are required for DD's forthcoming civil partnership. I must ask her!

Discussing family history research with a relative, she pointed out that the first rule that she was taught was to research the maternal line back, as you can be sure that your mother is your mother (usually) but that - need I say more?

I do look like my paternal aunt though.

Yes, mother's name and occupation should be on your marriage certificate, another anomoly left over from the past.

My daughter would probably say" What do you expect? Marriage is a patriarchal institution!"

Depends on the matriarch!

Oh yes definitely! As a family historian I know how important this is - other countries do it, so why not us?

https://www.change.org/p/mothers-names-should-be-on-marriage-certificates/u/53bb1bfca9840666e3015fa0?tk=6ZNkl9vV88HiRFVScRGO2h4Hhb0nPw__I4tpiPp0eRU&utm_source=petition_update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=petition_update_email

I once knew a married couple who had both taken an entirely new name after their marriage, as they didn't care for either of their original surnames.

Just checked my marriage certificate, mcem and yes, it has the names of both parents of both of us, including maiden surnames of our mothers. Scotland, 1974. As the sky has not fallen and neither has a feminist revolution taken place (pity) in Scotland, I don't see why there should be a problem about acknowledging people's mothers in England - and Wales, or are you the same as us?

Oh yes, sorry, just looked at the petition and it does affect Wales too. Don't really feel I can sign it as I don't feel entitled to a view, but good luck with it.

When my daughters were adopted they both became fiercely proud of their new surname to the point that neither of them wanted to give it up on marriage. Both of them discussed the option of husband's changing their surname, but eventually one daughter kept her maiden name and the other uses her husband's.
There's a very interesting article here.