My wife has a wonderfully dysfunctional family in her tree. A 17 year old gal married her 25 year old uncle in 1885 VT when she is six months pregnant. I do not know if the child was his so he could be either a saint or a villain. If it was his, I do not know if she was willing or it was rape. Anyway, they lived together for 25 years. I do not know if it was a "happy" marriage, but she had 11 more kids by him. Then, after 25 years of marriage, she takes all the kids but the oldest boy and moves to NH where she dies of uterine cancer 5 years later in 1915 after 2 years of illness. The oldest son stays with the father to work the farm in VT. The husband's obit and social security applications of the children attribute several incorrect maiden names to the mother (in fact, her maiden name was CAREY just like her uncle/husband). I suspect that the husband was trying to conceal a family secret. The children my have been doing the same or maybe no one ever told them. Where might I go to dig up more dirt on this family? For instance, did they have restraining orders in 1910, domestic violence reports, bankruptcy or debt problems, and where would I look for such info? What else may be on record for a family like thus? Peter

Unsprung wrote: > My wife has a wonderfully dysfunctional family in her tree. A 17 year old > gal married her 25 year old uncle in 1885 VT when she is six months > pregnant. I do not know if the child was his so he could be either a saint > or a villain. If it was his, I do not know if she was willing or it was > rape. Anyway, they lived together for 25 years. I do not know if it was a > "happy" marriage, but she had 11 more kids by him. Then, after 25 years of > marriage, she takes all the kids but the oldest boy and moves to NH where > she dies of uterine cancer 5 years later in 1915 after 2 years of illness. > The oldest son stays with the father to work the farm in VT. The husband's > obit and social security applications of the children attribute several > incorrect maiden names to the mother (in fact, her maiden name was CAREY > just like her uncle/husband). I suspect that the husband was trying to > conceal a family secret. The children my have been doing the same or maybe > no one ever told them. > > Where might I go to dig up more dirt on this family? For instance, did they > have restraining orders in 1910, domestic violence reports, bankruptcy or > debt problems, and where would I look for such info? What else may be on > record for a family like thus? police - and church or the courts read the local laws Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG