Here in South Carolina, one family is known irreverently as the Wuzzas, because so many of their female descendants were said to always introduce themselves as "Mrs, Jones, ( Was a _____), because they did not wish to lose their association with that illustrious clan. As far as I know, none of them have gone in for hyphenation and only in the last few years have women here kept their maiden names in any noticeable numbers. I have never heard anyone actually say "Was a" with a straight face in these circumstances, but it is a fun and cute story. And my connection to the signer (and his armigerous ancestor) is a "wuzza" connection in that my grandmother came from that family.

I am one of nature's noblemen and nobody else's. You can't offend me, Cygnus, and I didn't notice anything offensive in what you wrote. Thanks for your useful comments.