From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Feb 12 13:56:51 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 k1CKupjb025511; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:56:51 -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 k1CKupRC013851 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:56:51 -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 k1CIS6FI032027 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:28:06 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1CIS6PL032026 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:28:06 -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 k1CIAcFI031949 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:10:38 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k1CKdCE2014878 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:39:12 -0700 X-Envelope-From: Kith-n-Kin@cox.net Sun Feb 12 13:39:12 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 k1CKdCjb014869 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:39:12 -0700 Received: from fed1rmmtao09.cox.net (fed1rmmtao09.cox.net [68.230.241.30]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1CKd9GK004845 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:39:10 -0700 Received: from TOWER ([68.0.155.47]) by fed1rmmtao09.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060212203911.UUGX25099.fed1rmmtao09.cox.net@TOWER>; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:39:11 -0500 From: "Kith-n-Kin" To: "'Mollie'" , Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] "Guardian" Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:39:07 -0700 Message-ID: <004901c63014$6204aab0$2f9b0044@TOWER> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 In-Reply-To: <005a01c62fe3$fe628930$fcdcd742@yourae066c3a9b> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by admin.rootsweb.com id k1CKdCjb014869 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Given the date for the deed: It is not unusual for the parent of minor children, to be named guardian, mostly for the purpose of dealing with property. A bit more unusual that it was the mother, rather than an uncle or other male relative, but certainly not impossible. If she was the step-mother, it would also be reasonable that a male blood relative of the children would be named. Is the will or probate available? As an aside, I spoke last year with an elderly cousin, mentioning that I had seen a "guardianship" for her from about 80 years ago. We couldn't figure it out, until this year I pulled the guardianship to find it to be her father named guardian, to manage some property left to her by her grandfather. The guardianship lasted about fifteen years, with the father making periodic reports to the court. Fascinating reading, especially that parts about how she (my cousin) had grown, was doing in school, etc. What a treasure! Pat (in Tucson) |-----Original Message----- |From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com |[mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mollie |Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 07:53 |To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com |Subject: [ROOTS-L] "Guardian" | | |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? | |