OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
>> Bubbabob wrote:
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wives on the older
>>>> markers were referred to as "beloved consort".
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> 'Consort' indicates that the woman died before her husband, 'relict'
>>> indicates that she died after him.
>>
>> Really? Then they must all have killed their wives! <G> I never
>> saw a marker that said 'relict'.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> Most men went thru more than one wife.
> Many died in childbirth...... :-( Young.

True. Where my parents live there is an old family graveyard (being
historically preserved) with a few markers for children, too. Medical care
wasn't great back then.

Jill