"relict' can mean widow of course. Judy On 5 Jun 2008, at 12:28, Sarah Fernley wrote: > Thankyou to Alice for providing this information. that helps me a > great deal with the puzzle . > It certainly seems to fit that rel. means relinquished. I don't > know how common this was in the C19th but they certainly did not go > ahead and change their names legally so they obviously changed > their mind. > > sarah > > >