Re: 28 JAN 1801 Charleston Times - Marie Driskell
Subject: Re: 28 JAN 1801 Charleston Times
From: Marie Driskell
Date: September 19, 1998



Char Coats-Siercks wrote:

 Hi...you know I've seen this *consort* description for a relationship a
> lot in the Charleston area...just wondering exactly what that means...it
> sounds as though they were companions or something, but considering the
> morals of the day probably not living together but not married
> either...any ideas....Charlotte

Charlotte,
    A woman who was preceded in death by her husband was
referred to as his "consort".  The actual definition is "a partner,
companion, especially a wife or husband."
Marie


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