That's an interesting bit of information! Very sad how some of these women are recorded! Unfortunately our Agnes never married. Joanne -----Original Message----- From: Pam Fairweather Thomson [SMTP:pamthom@intergate.ca] Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 10:11 AM To: CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] BC Vital Stats Hi -- Another thing I noticed the other day is that there are a large number of deaths where the wife has only the first name Widow! I happened to be searching for a name and put in the partial name "wid". A rather sad way for these women to be listed.