[Genealib] Re: genealib Digest, Vol 35, Issue 29

[BeanyCecil at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/29/2006 9:03:09 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
genealib-request at mailman.acomp.usf.edu writes:

We ran  across Consort in the Relationship field of an 1850 Census.   The
dictionary definition of consort is as wide as the Ohio River, so what  would
you guess in this case?  Of course wife, or something else, is  usually in
that space, but this is the first time we've seen this in  census.

Larry Oathout
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I don't think there is a relationship field in the 1850 U.S. census.   
Perhaps your case was one where a woman, whose husband was living, was head  of the 
household.  Can you provide more detail?  As you pointed out,  there are a lot 
of definitions of consort, including, a partner, companion,  spouse, and:
 
Consort applies to the spouse who died first, and  is generally used to refer 
to the wife. When called "the consort of John  Smith," it means that Mrs. 
Smith died first and that Mr. Smith then became a  widower -- the Relict..
 
The word consort is the opposite of the word relict in the  sense that a 
marriage is a consortium of husband and wife, hence each  is a consort only while 
the union survives. The survivor of the  marriage becomes the relict of that 
union. 
Source: Black's Law Disctionary, 4th Edition 
Deborah Bruno
Poway FHC
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