Hello, Is it commom to use the woman's last name in naming the children instead of taking the male's last name? I have two instances in my family tree:
Johann Otto Fridrichs 1734-1791 and Margarethe Elizabeth Wachtendorf 1732-1809: all their children took the Wachtendorf last name.(Herman Wachtendorf 1760-1847)
and Harm Schlachter 1700-1780 and wife Margarethe Adelheid Stubbemann 1704-1781 all the children took Stubbemann last name. (Johann H. Stubbemann 1732-1805).
thank you, Joan Buck Smith
My grandmother was Wilhelmine Wachtendorf.