Even when it seems that things are under-control . . . trouble can still happen. One of my great-grandmother's sisters became pregnant, 1880's, by an out-of-towner. A marriage DID take place, and everyone thought everything was settled. However, a month later, the new husband disappeared. Kaput! If one didn't have access to a horse or wagon or buggy, the only way out of town was by an I.C. train. Her bro's did some searching when he hadn't returned home one night for supper - or then, breakfast. When asked, the stationmaster related that the husband had purchased a ticket to Chicago and had checked 2 suitcases, several days earlier, didn't they know? On the day-in-question, he had just boarded the train and kept-on-going to Chicago. The girl was born, with her father's last name, so all was well. Several years later, a divorce was arranged -- both parties wished to end this -- and later both did remarry. Her children always carried the different last names -- although it called attention to divorce in a time when that wasn't done. The abandonment was a well-known local story, but the part leading up to it was a BIG family secret. It's also said that the daughter and her father never met, even though his whereabouts in Chicago was known. On Jun 5, 2005, at 10:22 AM, Linda Lambert wrote: Probably the same thing that would have happened in the 1960's. She would go "on vacation", probably to a distant relative, have the baby, give it up for adoption, and then return home after her "vacation". Linda > -----Original Message----- > From: Dianne Ingram [mailto:diannein@yahoo.com] > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 11:37 PM > To: ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILEFFING-L] What would life had been like in 1885 > > What would life had been like for a girl 19 yrs. old > who was pregnant but not married in the year 1885? > > Would she be kept at home - hidden? > Would she be shipped off with an excuse for her > missing time? > > How would she be treated when she returned? > > Does anyone have stories pertaining to this situation? > > Dianne Ingram in Oregon > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send > e-mail > to ILEFFING- > L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word > subscribe or > unsubscribe in the message body. > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e- mail to ILEFFING-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the message body.