Merry Widow name origin?

[alstl]

Google is not going to be helpful, I tried searching Merry Widow, but only came up with the foundation undergarment. :-(

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-merry-widow.htm

Excellent research. Consider yourself officially added to the forum research team.

 

[Beware_of_Dawg]

it's there. you can at least find where merry widow & pool got "married". you wont find the person or specific instance where it happened but youll find the "period" that it did. The how.