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Sister-in-Law

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Carol

Carol Report 2 Jul 2005 12:27

have just re-read your question !!!obviously not married at the age of 12!!! what a do-nut am I? I shall now and go and give someone else some really useless information!!!! It could be that I have my five year old jabbering in my ear about the 1860's?!!...i'm going...

Julie

Julie Report 2 Jul 2005 12:24

she could be the head or the wife's half sister

Carol

Carol Report 2 Jul 2005 12:19

Could she not be the wife's sister although she doesn't share the maiden name as she might be married? best wishes, Carol

Merry

Merry Report 2 Jul 2005 09:01

For future ref, also dau/son-in-law often used to describe step-children!! Sarah

Carole

Carole Report 2 Jul 2005 08:47

Stephen I thought it may be something like that! I've found her family living close by and from my deductions she seems to be a granddaughter,unles her mother had kids well into her fifties! Carole

The Bag

The Bag Report 2 Jul 2005 08:46

it may be a daughter of a second marraige (the head of the house you have found being a son of the first) - just another possibilty Jess *overlapped

Stephen

Stephen Report 2 Jul 2005 08:39

In older censuses such descriptions are often a bit lax. I've a similar example where the relationship is actually sister-in-law to a sister-in-law (John Smith marries Mary Jones, Mary Jones's brother Peter Jones marries Anne Williams, Anne Williams has a younger sister Elizabeth Williams. So John and Mary Smith also have Elizabeth Williams visiting, called a sister-in-law, but she does not even have the same (maiden) surname as Mary). However this does probably indicate a relation, so it may be worth following up.

Carole

Carole Report 2 Jul 2005 08:30

I have a young girl of 12 visiting one of my families described as sister-in-law. She has a different surname to the head of the family and she doesn't share the wifes maiden name. Im trying to work out how she is related. Does sister-in-law mean she is the wifes sister? Carole xx