Bob, Thank you for your reply. That is what I thought it meant, but on this particular census the enumerator has ALL woman of a certain age range categorized as Spinster. I will check on other counties and other enumerators to see if that was the case. Teresia Scott Hamilton, VA Genealogy, it's a family thing. Surnames: Sanders/Saunders, Smith, Cathcart, Jones, Combs, Barker, Hawn, Dunlevy, Clegg, Huckleberry, Yeary, Wallace, Russell, McCarty, Lowe, Legg, American Indian Places: Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Ireland, Germany On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:31 AM, [email protected] wrote: > From: "Bob Wissinger" <[email protected]> > Date: January 12, 2006 9:58:54 AM EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [VALOUDOU-L] Census Terms > > > SPINSTER - A woman still unmarried........... > > See <http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/charts.html> for a great list of > genealogy terms > > Regards, > Bob Wissinger > > -----Original Message----- > From: Teresia & Jamil Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 6:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VALOUDOU-L] Census Terms > > > To All, > Is there anyone out there that can answer a question for me? Why on > some of the census records does it list woman that should be married as > "Spinster"? I believe I was looking at the 1860 Scott Co., VA census, > but I have seen this term used on other census records. The people I > was looking at were suppose to be married and had several children. > > Teresia Scott > Hamilton, VA > > Genealogy, it's a family thing. > Surnames: Sanders/Saunders, Smith, Cathcart, Jones, Combs, Barker, > Hawn, Dunlevy, Clegg, Huckleberry, Yeary, Wallace, Russell, McCarty, > Lowe, Legg, American Indian > Places: Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, > Ireland, Germany >