Sorry, Denise, it means "widow of" indicating that the husband died first. It appears regularly in the written records of cemetery burial records. Regards Ada Denise Tobin wrote: > Hi Alan, > I think you will find that the word id "relic" . I have an ancestor with > that on her headstone and it means wife. Not a very nice descrioption is it? > Regards > Denise > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >