From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Feb 12 12:13:25 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1CJDPjb016268; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:13:25 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1CJDOFr020630 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:13:24 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k1CGieFI031657 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:44:40 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1CGie1i031656 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:44:40 -0500 Received: from admin.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k1CGCfFI031539 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:12:41 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k1CIfDJk015283 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:41:13 -0700 X-Envelope-From: dean.scribner@juno.com Sun Feb 12 11:41:13 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1CIfDjb015274 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:41:13 -0700 Received: from m09.lax.untd.com (m09.lax.untd.com [64.136.30.72]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k1CIfCFt002983 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:41:13 -0700 Received: from m09.lax.untd.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by m09.lax.untd.com with SMTP id AABB89AJMAGR3AT2 for (sender ); Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:40:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dean.scribner@juno.com) by m09.lax.untd.com (jqueuemail) id LG2F2585; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:39:58 PST To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:37:15 -0800 Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] "Guardian" Message-ID: <20060212.103829.1664.4.dean.scribner@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 5.0.33 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-8,20-21 From: Dean Scribner X-ContentStamp: 8:4:3918693619 X-UNTD-OriginStamp: M+80QjSznsSmyHjF3ygxsczyK96hk59xJZWQfuWcV0LerHGhhhTiqP8gWHfObSKb X-UNTD-Peer-Info: 127.0.0.1|localhost|m09.lax.untd.com|dean.scribner@juno.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mollie writes: >I need some clarification for the term "guardian." I have a copy of >an 1832 deed in which one Kitty Gainey is listed as the "guardian" >for the minor heirs of her husband, Abraham, who is deceased. I have >long suspected that Kitty is a second wife. If she were the first >wife, and mother of all the children, even those who are minors, >would she still be referred to as the "guardian" for those minor >children? This is a fairly common situation. Minor children could not legally manage or dispose of their interest in real property until they came of legal age. Even their biological parent could not do so for them, so someone had to be appointed guardian to administer the property on their behalf until they were of legal age to do so for themselves. The relationship between Katie and the children may or may not be disclosed in the records of the probate court in which the guardianship was decreed, but certainly should be looked into. Guardianship means the authority granted by a probate court to administer property for persons who are not legally competent to do so for themselves, and could be granted to anyone, related or not. One does not automatically become a guardian. Dean