Thanks, Ginny - I read something like that too but wasn't sure how to
explain that one (left in the grass) - thanks
On 9/23/2013 11:43 AM, Smokie55(a)aol.com wrote:
A little late, but a book published by Paul Drake in 2003 states a
grass
widow (early definition) is a woman whose husband has been absent from her
for a long period or has abandoned her (20th century definition) sometimes
a divorcee, e.g. "Since he boarded a boat going down Tar River and never
again was heard of, Mikaila was called a grass widow".
In a message dated 9/22/2013 11:50:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ginnyg32(a)frontier.com writes:
A married woman whose husband is no longer living with her and
\ or their children , divorced or deserted. HUSBAND NOT DECEASED
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> Now, no looking this up -- but, I just found out (via a long-time
> genealogy friend of mine) what a grass widow is - it was quite a common
> term in the 1840s +.
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> Anyone know??
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