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From: "Karl E. Moyer" <>
Subject: Re: [PALEBANO] "antinuptial contract"
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 21:26:06 -0400 (EDT)


I do hope the person meant "ante-nuptial" instead. :-)

> Today I found a will at the courthouse in Harrisburg. It contains the
> following quote and I am hoping a person from the list can provide an
> explanation.
> "On account of an antinuptial contract I have herein abstained from the
> mention of the name of my wife."
> The will was written and filed in the latter part of 1887. I did not find
> this man's wife listed with him in the 1870 census and thought she had died.
> Does this sound like a divorce situation? >

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