Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Definition of 'in-law' in 19th Century  (Read 430 times)

Offline StefanD99

  • RootsChat Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 116
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
Definition of 'in-law' in 19th Century
« on: Tuesday 24 December 19 21:52 GMT (UK) »
Yuletide Greetings.
Am I correct in thinking the term 'in-law' may have meant, at least on some occasions, 'step'?
Cheers, Stefan
Oh! What a tangled web we perceive,
where ancestors try to hide and deceive.

Offline avm228

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 24,827
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
Re: Definition of 'in-law' in 19th Century
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 24 December 19 21:54 GMT (UK) »
Yes - in 19th-century records that is often the case.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

Offline goldie61

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 4,769
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
Re: Definition of 'in-law' in 19th Century
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 25 December 19 21:57 GMT (UK) »
Yes, I'd agree with avm.
Lane, Burgess: Cheshire. Finney, Rogers, Gilman:Derbys
Cochran, Nicol, Paton, Bruce:Scotland. Bertolle:London
Bainbridge, Christman, Jeffs: Staffs
Pages: [1]