Forum: Divorce

Anyone know how I could find out where the info is for a divorce? Richard Outram and Sarah Haslam married (as you folks helped me with) and now with a newly discovred Outram relative I have been told that they actually obtained a divorce sometime before 1888 (they married in 1884, St Thomas Church...

Hi all I haven't used this site for ages and have forgotten a few ways of finding out info for myself. So I am hoping somebody can help me here. I have just found out that my Great Uncle (my grandmother's brother) called Frederick James Paterson was married in 1931 June 7b 924 to Elsie E...

I understand that "Divorce by Sale" (as described by Hardy in 'The Mayor of Casterbridge') was a form of 'common law' divorce widely used for those who could not afford anything else. Is there any way of knowing how widespread was this practice and when did divorce become cheap enough to be...

I have been trying to find my wife's family under the name of Wood. I have a 1911 census for her G Grandfather Charles in Rugeley Staffs. I am awa re that his father Thomas was "married" twice. In this census his wife is down as Margaret however in the 1891 census he is with a lady called...

I would like some opinions on how to name some folks on my tree... The children were born to mother Ann and husband Mr. DEF Ann and Mr. DEF divorced and later on Ann remarried Mr. XYZ. Mr. XYZ then legally adopted the children a year after the marriage. How would you name the children on your...

Hello Wondered if anyone can help. My gg grandmother Ellen was married in West Ham in 1916 to George Agar. The certificate states she is called Ellen Blackman, is a spinster and her father is called Edward Blackman. I have since obtained the birth certificates of 4 of their children which list...

My Grandmother married for a second time in 1933. I believe her first husband (my Grandfather) to have lived until at least 1958. I do not have the second marriage certificate as yet, but have wondered if she married bigamously. If she did divorce her first husband pre 1933 where could I find a...

My wife has just managed to find the Record of her Grandparents' Divorce in 1926 in the TNA catalogue online. At first it seemed that these were only available to view and order by personal visit but after searching through she found the right link to order online. This has been done and we have...

My parents were divorced in Newcastle in 1952, can I obtain the divorce papers. My mother would never talk about my father and both are dead now. I would like to try and find out more. If I can obtsin the divorce papers were would I apply

Hi All, Have tried to find a divorce on Ancestry but cannot seem to locate any divorces on there, I'm sure I have before???:confused: Is there anywhere else I could look? Divorce was somewhere between 1940 and 1945?? |help||banghead| Many Thanks :D

How much would it have cost a wife to divorce her husband in 1900 for bigamy? Was this an option only open to those with money, or was it common?

Hi I think I have discovered that my Gt Grandmother Annie was married to two men at the same time. Her first husband, John Michael Robinson Lewis was my great Grandfather, they had 7 children - they were living together in Gloucester until at least their last son was born in 1897. John...

Hi there I am hoping somebody may be able to help me with this. Walter Porter married Bertha Agnes Spencer in the last Q 1870 Vol 7b page 199 My father tells me that Walter was one of the very first people to get a divorce in the country, and I have just managed to find out that Walter...

Hello, Can anyone help? I have order and received my Great Great Grandmothers divorce papers. Her first husband Wilfred Nicholos Reynolds was divorcing my Great Great Grandmother (Rachel Reynolds) for adultery (with John Thomas who she later married). Wilfred Nicholos Reynolds and Rachel...

Hello all: After years of searching for my great aunt and her family I recently just Googled her full married name. It returned information of a divorce from her husband and named the informant. For 8.50 (sorry no symbol on CDN. keyboard) I was able to obtain a copy of the marriage certificate...

My Great Aunt Sophia Walls married Ludolf Withowski in Hastings in 1867 but he is on the 1851 census living in Hertford married to Amelia Small. In 1869 he pops up in Eastbourne marrying Annie Woodhall! I'm sure this is one and the same person as the name is so unusual and the dates of birth match....

In Rochdale about 1932 (my late father told me he was about 6 years old at the time) my paternal grandparents split up. I have no idea whether they formally divorced - certainly my grandmother never remarried and remained 'Mrs Buckley' for the rest of her life. However, my father remembered, as a...

I'm looking for a divorce c1926. The couple (both British though the wife was born in France) lived in Berlin, though the husband travelled a great deal. The husband remarried in London in January 1927 and I have the marriage certificate describing both parties as divorced. I have found his...

I received Digital Images from Nat. Archives, but I'm unclear about the outcome. 1. Petition for Judicial Separation filed by the Petitioner on Feb 5, 1895. 2. Various affidavits were filed from Petitioner & Respondent through May 1895. 3. May 23, Petitioner filed Petition for...

I have a similar problem to yours, Brian, but this happened in the 20th century. My great-aunt married in the US in 1920. For the chap she married, I have his birth, marriage and death certificates along with the birth certificates of 2 children in England. In 1906 he married and he and his...