Many times you will find on the census the illegitimate offspring of an unmarried daughter shown as the "Daughter" of it's Grandmother, having been brought up as such. Ray in Delabole Message: 1 Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:13:51 -0400 From: "Carol Noonan" <cpolglase@verizon.net> Subject: [CORNISH] Widows and widowers To: "Cornish List" <cornish@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <000201cd9a5e$d31f7570$795e6050$@net> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="US-ASCII" In checking some censuses I found a sister of my grandfather who was listed as a widow, then found her husband listed as a widower and alive and living in London. The widow was living in Wales with her sister.  There were no descendants  of the alleged widow or her husband. This may have been the custom to avoid the "shame" of a failed marriage, but surely people were not encouraged to lie in official records. Has anyone else found similar items? Carol in MD