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== Nameless wife? ==
Being a genealogist myself, I am rather surprised that ''Catherine "Katie"'' -  the wife of Martin Mortenson ("a '''Norwegian'''" - there is a typo on the page: a superfluous "i") - is listed without her surname identified. 
I know, of course, that females often remained "nameless" in old documents (although, it should be said, that this document in particular is not THAT old, so it's hard to believe that her surname could not be identified), but in such cases it is customary to explain the absence of the data (e.g. 'surname unknown') - ''especially'' in documents which cannot be regarded as particularly "old", in genealogical terms (i.e. documents dating from the 18th-19th century).

:Unfortunately, my sources do not give her a surname.  You are more than welcome to order the documents and see what they say. [[User:Wjhonson|Wjhonson]] 10:31, 5 December 2007 (PST)

:Oops I have to correct myself here.  I do cite, if you read further, that her son's death certificate index entry states his mother's maiden name was Higgins.  So I've now updated the page in the discussion of him and his father to state that. Thanks. [[User:Wjhonson|Wjhonson]] 10:49, 5 December 2007 (PST)