Karen--always happy to learn something new to me. Thanks. Suzy Sent from my iPad > On Sep 21, 2013, at 8:25 PM, Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Kind of have it fairly well covered there Larry. It basically means > someone who lives apart from her husband. It has several theories > however of how it came about. Some think it is when rich British Lords > sent their wives away to the grassy plains area where it was much cooler > in the summer. Others feel it is more racy and it means basically that > it was a kept woman. In Sir Thomas More's time in the mid 1500s it > meant a mistress and depending on how it was used just an unmarried > woman and still others a woman of a one-night stand (YIKES). Indian > women were often referred to as grass widows when their men were gown > foraging or fighting. > > The usual meaning however is basically the term used for a woman whose > husband is temporarily away, be it on business, separated, working on a > divorce, or just GONE :( Then she is a grass widow. > > That was fun. Good job !! If I meet up with any other terms I've > never heard (a little hard since I've been doing genealogy actively for > 45 years and interestingly for another 10. THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING > > 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