Hi Dave, It just means that they were first cousins. The first time I saw that term was on my grandfather's birth certificate - the informant was a cousin, German. For quite a while I thought he had relatives living in Germany ! :-) Regards, Win MacKenzie Dave Carney wrote: >I am looking at a marriage record for William Buchanan and Annie Henderson >in 1893. In the second column which is titled "Rank or Profession, Whether >Single or Widowed, and Relationship if any", it shows that William was a >bachelor and a draper, and Annie was a spinster. Immediately under the >entry "Spinster" for Annie it appears to say "Cousins - German". > >Would anyone know what this means? > >In the column for the parents, under Annie it shows that her father was >George Henderson and her mother was Annie Henderson, M.S. Buchanan. > >It would appear that they are somehow related but I have never heard the >expression German cousins before. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > >
Hi, Does Irish Cousinsand Irish twins have specific meaning then please? Sue H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Win MacKenzie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 1:05 AM Subject: Re: [DUNB] German Cousins ? > Hi Dave, > It just means that they were first cousins. > The first time I saw that term was on my grandfather's birth certificate - > the informant was a cousin, German. > For quite a while I thought he had relatives living in Germany ! :-) > Regards, > Win MacKenzie > > Dave Carney wrote: > >>I am looking at a marriage record for William Buchanan and Annie Henderson >>in 1893. In the second column which is titled "Rank or Profession, >>Whether >>Single or Widowed, and Relationship if any", it shows that William was a >>bachelor and a draper, and Annie was a spinster. Immediately under the >>entry "Spinster" for Annie it appears to say "Cousins - German". >> >>Would anyone know what this means? >> >>In the column for the parents, under Annie it shows that her father was >>George Henderson and her mother was Annie Henderson, M.S. Buchanan. >> >>It would appear that they are somehow related but I have never heard the >>expression German cousins before. >> >>Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/415 - Release Date: 09/08/2006 > >