Technically, the first significant influx of Latino immigrants to the U.S. occurred during the California Gold Rush, or just after most of the modern boundary between the U.S. and Mexico was established at the end of the U.S.-Mexican War (1846-48).
If a woman is born with the name âJane Smithâ and she chooses to marry âJohn Jones,â she might choose to change her last name to Jones, becoming âJane Jones.â In this scenario, âSmithâ would be Jane's maiden name. maiden name is the last name used by a woman before changing her name upon marriage. The practice of adopting the husband's surname after marriage is less common than it once was.
Traditionally in the English-speaking world, a child uses the family name of the father. Also traditionally, when a woman marries, she takes the family name of her husband.At that point the family name she used to use, the family name of her father, is called her maiden name because it was her name when she was a maiden.our mother's maiden name is her surname before she got married for the first time and took her husband's surname. 2 people found this useful. Edit. Share to: Dodi Tov. 275,914 Contributions. Old ladies are dangerous. Always remember that. I'm an old lady. Follow the logic.