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.

Hi Cousin German - the child of your aunt or uncle First cousins are also called full cousins or cousins-german. Frank McGonigal Ont.Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Carney" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 7:41 PM Subject: [DUNB] German Cousins ? >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