Son/daughter-in-law

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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 3,439 Send Message	Geoff	Report	16 Mar 2005 16:21
	Yes, step children.
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Sarah	Report	16 Mar 2005 16:14
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	I think the censuses of that time recorded people actually in the house at that particular moment. The spouse of the 'son in law' may have lived there but been elsewhere on the night of the census. (correct me if I'm wrong) Sarah x
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 1,080 Send Message	Claire	Report	16 Mar 2005 16:01
	I believe it could aslo mean 'stepson/daughter'. :o) Claire xx
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 64 Send Message	Kevin	Report	16 Mar 2005 16:00
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 64 Send Message	I have noticed quite often in census returns the description 'son-in-law' or 'daughter-in-law' as relation to the head of the household. Yet sometimes there may be 2 or 3 or more persons with that description, there is no-one of the opposite sex in the household to which that person could be married, and/or that person is described as unmarried! Did the Victorians use these descriptions as we do today, or could it be that they are children of the wife of the household from a previous marriage (i.e. step-sons/daughters of the head)?