Re: Little Orphan Annie a.k.a. Mary Alice (Smith) Gray

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Re: Little Orphan Annie a.k.a. Mary Alice (Smith) Gray
Posted by: Thomas Kerwin (ID *****3248)	Date: April 04, 2007 at 14:59:32
In Reply to: Re: Little Orphan Annie a.k.a. Mary Alice (Smith) Gray by Brigette Cook Jones	of 35647

Thanks for the info.

I didn't know about women being listed as 'widow' when the husband either abandoned or "ran off" from the family.

You might say that the term - orphan was as we say now -
'politically correct for the times'.

I have learned something new today!

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