I think the "Consort of" means that the husband was still alive. "Relic of" means he had died before her. Courtney tompkin@c2i2.com ----- Original Message ----- > I had found information of a marriage and a child, both mother & child had died > at childbirth. When I found the gravestone, it gave the woman's name and said > "Consort of" > the man. This could be your answer to the gravestone reading the maiden name.