Divorced?

[Geoffers]

Is the London Gazette or The Times on line

The London Gazette - it's free

Use a search engine to look for 'Archive Times online' - it's pay per view

[Mutley]

Thanks, Mutley.

Wasn't sure how to post this so I figured some bright 'mod' would soon sort me out

Cheers - from a beautiful sunny day in Southern Ontario
Colin

You are welcome Colin, mind you, you have learnt a thing or two, you found yourself here without a sign post.

- from a beautiful sunny day in Portugal.

[raineshoe]

- from a beautiful sunny day in Portugal.

Now I'm jealous. I love Portugal

[Colin Rowledge]

The London Gazette - it's free

Use a search engine to look for 'Archive Times online' - it's pay per view

I tried the London Gazette, but couldn't find anything there. Given the date range [1914-1916] would a local [in Cornwall] firm have handled it for him 'in absentia' or would he be required to attend the court? Would any records exist in Corwall?

Thanks

[Geoffers]

It depends on grounds for divorce, but he is likely to have been required to atetnd court to give evidence. If there was a divorce the file should exist at TNA, the ercords for the period in question are searchable using the catalogue and appear in document class J77. To go to your initial question, 10 months would be rather quick for a divorce.

Many did not bother with divorce.

TNA's research guide on the subject

[Colin Rowledge]

It depends on grounds for divorce, but he is likely to have been required to attend court to give evidence. If there was a divorce the file should exist at TNA, the ercords for the period in question are searchable using the catalogue and appear in document class J77. To go to your initial question, 10 months would be rather quick for a divorce.

Many did not bother with divorce.

TNA's research guide on the subject

Having spent several frustrating hours reviewing the sites mentioned above, I have reached a dead end. Can't find any records.

I know that after he left England in 1914 he never returned. As noted above, 10 months would be awfully quick and as the grounds for divorce would have been likely adultery [as his wife gave birth in 1913], he would have needed to prove that he wasn't in England at the time.

Could he just have "abandoned' her and at some point she was granted a divorce?

His liason in 1920 has not yet resulted in a US marriage certificate being located and I can't find either party on the 1920 U.S.census, but by the 1930 census they state they were married and had 3 sons, plus her 2 children from a prior marriage.

Is it likely they never married? Bear in mind that in the 1915-1920 era, Butte, Montana was mostly comprised of mining camps and much would likely have never been formalized.

Suggestions are always welcome but my available tolerance for this chap is fast being eroded. His grandson did extensive research on this but also drew 'blanks' and he was in the U.S. when he did his research [Oregon].

Thanks
Colin

[Geoffers]

Could he just have "abandoned' her and at some point she was granted a divorce?

He could have done a runner and she just didn't bother with the formality of a divorce - just accepting the reality of the situation.