Daily AncestorDaughter-in-law
A daughter-in-law is the wife of your son, often found in census households living with his parents.
A daughter-in-law is the woman married to your son. In census households she may live with her husband in his parents' home, or stay on with them as a widow.
A widowed daughter-in-law with children in the household can explain grandchildren who carry the head's surname but no parents on the page.
As seen in a recordRelationship column of the 1900 census
Hart, Mary, Daughter-in-law, Wd, 34
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