In a message dated 9/14/2002 9:11:15 PM Central Daylight Time, bee-gard@lcc.net writes: > Because of his age, could he have been previously married? > I don't know anything about Bonel William (bonnell?) specifically, but he certainly could have been married before. They also could just have married late in life....in those days people sometimes waited until they had their finances established, or realized they were just always gonna be poor, or decided not to confront old age alone. All are possibilities. The real clue would be finding him in 1910 and seeing if he's single or married. Anne