Should she be an Unknown? US woman with multiple names and marriages

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The very first record I found was under the name Mary Sunderland, daughter of Sacharias Sunderland and Sacrament Margina. She has several children with Fred Enoch Stenblom. Next she marries under the name Georgia M. Bashaw, daughter of Jacob/Jacoby Bashaw and Anna Marie Seltzer. The Stenblom children are in her household after this marriage. To get the better understanding of the complexities, please read the bio.

I began this profile, firmly believing her last name at birth was Bashaw until I uncovered all the additional information. I am inclined to change her last name at birth to Unknown as I don't believe her first marriage might be all of the story.

Thoughts? and any new info gladly welcomed. Would love to know when and where she died.
WikiTree profile: Georgia Cox
in Genealogy Help by Nancy Thomas G2G6 Pilot (212k points)
Hello Nancy.

I'd leave the profile's LNAB as is. The bio. says it all.

On a note apart, if there were the need to add more complexity to this person, see the following marriage record, 1957 in L.A., CA

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8XK-2JF

The bride was born in 1925 in New Mexico. She is the daughter of Ernest SUNDERLAND Larios and Annie GEORGIA BASHAW.
I saw that marriage record. I think if this was Georgia Mary, then she must have looked very young for her age. Georgia was born from 1906-1914, Jovita in 1925. However, given what I have found, I am not totally discounting it.

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If you don't know which set of parents are correct, if either, yes, Unknown would likely be best.

by Stu Ward G2G6 Pilot (146k points)

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