Forum: Divorce

Hi, could a kindly person with access to A******y divorce scanned image records please look up my ancestor for me for information on their divorce papers? Can you please PM me and I will give more details. Thank you.

Can I clarify the law back in the early to mid 1900's for both Scotland and England (it seems dull at the edges) that if a couple were living, one in each country back then, and they didn't set eyes on one another, or hear from each other for 7 years, that the marriage could be declared legally...

I have identified a couple of divorces of interest, particularly where my possible relative was involved as 'the other person'. The divorces & matrimonial causes 1858 - 1903 gives me names and reference number, but no place, or other details. Could some someone please head me in the right...

Hello Wondering if anyone could help/advise me on a situation regarding my great grandmother. She was born Elizabeth May Todd (in Woolwich) in September 1902 and married a ? (first name unknown) Collins in Woolwich in September 1923 with a son Charles Collins being born December 1924. ...

Somewhere, sometime I read about serving soldiers,sailors and airmen, getting easy divorces from adulterous wives while they were away from England fighting. I have a vague recollection that it was called a "pay-packet divorce" or something like that. I can't find anything on this, but I really...

I may be being a bit thick, but is it possible to obtain details of a divorce that took place within the last 30 years? I've read conflicting information and wondered if the great brains on here could help out. I know the names of the parties and an approximate date (within 5 years). Many...

I have found a lady by the name of Elizabeth Ann Eathorne, who in the 1891 census was living with her widowed mother and in the same household was a lodger. His name was Frederick William Curtis. She was a Laundress and he was a Railway Labourer. The address was Centenary Row, Camborne She...

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 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...