| Summary: | aunt n Neither of them had children of their own and though they were only in their thirties, they and their husbands had been given the honorary titles of Uncle and Aunt, as it was often the customary practise in many Newfoundland outports to grant childless couples such titles. [Add to DNE aunt, 1977 cite, noting the 'childless' status as relevant to use of the term] PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G.M. Story OCT.20 1987 [check] WK Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used UNCLE, his aunt had he/she Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 08 Sep 2014; Card marked DNE Sup, but not used.
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