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    Default Divorce, desertion or separation

    Alice Day, mother to Edna Day, Emily Day, + 1 other

    Married Redditch Area, my great-grandmother on my fathers side. Lived with her married daughter Edna and husband Anthony Croft in Redditch and later at Astwood Bank. Looking to see if she was actually divorced or just separated. Have heard family rumours that her husband lived with another women and went on to father more children. Can anyone help

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    Hi
    A date as a starter for your query
    Anthony W Croft married Edna M Day Sept 1/4 1929 in the Bromsgrove registration district.
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    Edna M day mother's maiden name Basin Dec 1/4 1909 reg district Bromsgrove Vol 6C Page 320
    (there is another birth for an Edna M day Bromsgrove Dec 1/4 but the mother's maiden name is Prior and I can't see a marriage for a Day to an Alice Prior)
    Austin Day married Alice Basin March 1/4 1895 Bromsgrove

    1911 census
    The Woodlands, North Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
    Austin Day Head Married 39 Worcestershire Fairfield Builder And Contractor
    Alice Day Wife Married 39 Shropshire Aloveley
    Charles Day Son 14 Worcestershire Northfield
    Emily Day Dau 14 Worcestershire Northfield
    Kathleen Day Dau 10 Worcestershire Northfield -
    Marjory Day Dau7 Worcestershire Norton Bromsgrove -
    Doris Day Dau 4 Worcestershire Norton Bromsgrove
    Moller Day Dau 3 Worcestershire Norton Bromsgrove
    Edna Day Dau1 Worcestershire Norton Bromsgrove

    Does this look like the family you are interested in?
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    I think the above Austin Day died in March 1/4 1914 age 42 Bromwich reg district so if the man you are looking for definitely left his family and started another I have the wrong information in the last post.
    You need to know Edna and Emily's father's name from their marriage certificates.
    This is the National Archives guide on divorce records
    https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/h...uides/divorce/
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    Hi

    1911 Census

    David Day 26 b. Redditch
    Alice Day 28 b. Wolverhampton
    Edith Day 5 b. Redditch
    Beatrice Day 3 "
    Edna May Day 1 "


    Marriage Marriages Dec 1904 (>99%)

    Day David Alcester 6d1278

    Prior Alice Alcester 6d1278

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    Looking to see if she was actually divorced or just separated.
    Here's a very simple bit of research you can do yourself.

    Order Alice Day's death certificate

    Deaths Jun 1969
    DAY Alice 3Mr1883 Worcester 9d 653

    When you receive the death certificate, look in the column 5 and see what it says about her marital status.

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    I will do this, I checked the 1939 list of addresses and she is shown as resident with my grandmother, listed as married, but my father recalls she left husband (David) due to domestic violence.

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    I am pretty sure this is my great grandmother, will try to find her birth certificate. My father states that before marriage she was in service, but cannot recall where, possibly in/around Bromyard.

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    1901 Census Horden Street Wolverhampton

    William Prior 43 Iron Tank Maker b. Wolverhampton
    Emmilin Prior wife 34 b. Islington London
    Alice Prior dtr 18 Domestic Servant b. Wolverhampton
    Florence Prior dtr 16 "
    Lily prior dtr 6 "
    William A Prior son 0 "

    Alice Prior b. June Qtr 1883 06B mmn Fieldhouse.


    William Prior married Clara Filedhouse June Qtr 1882 6b 802


    Clara Prior death Dec Qtr 1898 age 40 6b 336


    2nd marriage


    William Prior married Emmiline Cadwallader Dec Qtr 6b1088



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    I am pretty sure this is my great grandmother, will try to find her birth certificate. My father states that before marriage she was in service, but cannot recall where, possibly in/around Bromyard.

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    Thank you so much, this has now managed to open up a further line on the tree search. I will order the birth, marriage and death certificates for Alice and try and unravel the puzzle around David.

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