Now, no looking this up -- but, I just found out (via a long-time genealogy friend of mine) what a grass widow is - it was quite a common term in the 1840s +. Anyone know??
a widowed wife? ________________________________ From: Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> To: INMONtgo@rootsweb.com; INFOUNta@rootsweb.com; inputnam@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 6:24 PM Subject: [InMontgo] Trivia Question -- NO cheating :) Now, no looking this up -- but, I just found out (via a long-time genealogy friend of mine) what a grass widow is - it was quite a common term in the 1840s +. Anyone know?? http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On 9/21/2013 4:24 PM, Karen Zach wrote: > Now, no looking this up -- but, I just found out (via a long-time > genealogy friend of mine) what a grass widow is - it was quite a common > term in the 1840s +. > > Anyone know?? A woman whose husband wandered away? and just didn't come back?