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.
So the maiden name of a woman is the surname she used before marriage, usually that of her father. Your mother's maiden name is the surname your mother used before she ever married, and is thus her father's (your maternal grandfather's) surname.t â¦ 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. Your mother's maiden name is usually the surname (or family name) of your maternal grandfather. + 60 others found this useful. Projjal Seal.