Hi From what i understand from other lists, Divorce was extremely expensive and only for the very wealthy in those times. suze ----- Original Message ----- From: "J P NIXEY" <jpnixey@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:38 PM Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] A Question - divorce / Widowed > Hi everyone, > > a thought has just crossed my mind. > If, for example, a wife had divorced her husband in 1859, and never > remarried, what would she have been recorded as on the 1861 census? Widow? > I've not come across "divorced" on a census as yet. > > Regards to all, Jon > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.12/75 - Release Date: 8/17/05 > > > ==== ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT Mailing List ==== > Granny SMITHs aren't just the name of an apple they are in many a family > tree too > > ============================== > 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.12/75 - Release Date: 17/08/2005 > >