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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Elaine	Report	22 Mar 2005 19:44
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	I agree totally with Christine and Jess,I've got a couple of widows in my tree and that's how they are described on certs,mark you she doesn't have to be widowed just not with Elmer anymore. Elaine
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 10,859 Send Message	The Bag	Report	22 Mar 2005 19:09
	I would have said Helena married a wilkinson, then an Elmer , then had the child with Elmer
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 3,527 Send Message	Christine in Herts	Report	22 Mar 2005 18:44
	Helena = first name Elmer = previous married surname Wilkinson = probably her maiden name. Christine
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11 Send Message	Paul	Report	22 Mar 2005 18:41
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11 Send Message	This is from a birth certificate. 'Helena late Elmer formerly Wilkinson'. What does the 'late' mean? I suppose it could be a description of a Widow who remarried or perhaps a step surname? or what?