Posts in May 11, 2026

Unless a set of ancestors died on the same day, there was a time when one of them was a widow or a widower. The decision to remain single is a personal one but was often impacted on finances, whether small children were present in the home when the spouse died, availability of family and friends to provide assistance, personal need for companionship, desire to have more children, etc. These reasons are personal and some are subjective. One ancestor who becomes a widow at twenty-six with small children may feel the need to marry again relatively soon. Another in seemingly the same situation may never marry again. Others may wait years or decades to marry again. The key is to not assume. What you should do is research […]