LOL Flexible is it! In my family as late as 1945 there were two divorced women (one my grandmother) who said they were widowed. I have never been sure my grandparents divorced "except" I think my gran using Widowed says a lot <G> Eliz On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 3:33 PM, denchief@earthlink.net <denchief@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > "And in the 1900 census, his ex-wife Hannah said she was widowed.That would > mean he died between 1893 and 1900" > > Maybe. If he was in jail, or the poorhouse, or wherever, and she either > didn't expect him back or devoutly hoped he wouldn't be back, she might > have lsited herself as a widow on the census. Widow seems to have been > something of a flexible term for some people. > > Theresa > > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message