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Divorce Records

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Ivor

Ivor Report 26 Mar 2010 15:47

Susan
Like the idea of Local and National press will research further.
Wow!! took some typing,will have a look,
Thanks for your efforts.

Ivor

Ivor

Ivor Report 26 Mar 2010 15:45

Julie

Thanks for that,but have already made contact on that lead to no avail it is a different person
Thanks

Ivor

Ivor Report 26 Mar 2010 15:43

Madmeg
Babies name unknown,we have the other children,although all now deceased,one wife still this side of the daiseys says that her husband never saw or heard of his mother after she had left.His children are also trying to sort out what happened.
Thanks
Ivor

Susan

Susan Report 26 Mar 2010 10:46

Hi Ivor

This may help a little.

THis is what the National Archives have to say about the survival of Divorce records.

Case files: survival rates and search tips

The Principal Registry contains only the decrees granting a divorce, but many people sued unsuccessfully for a divorce. For each suit, whether successful or not, case files were created, containing the original petition and response, relevant marriage and birth certificates, court process, copies of decrees (from about 1870 onwards) and sometimes evidence.

Very few survive after 1937.

Case files are now destroyed 20 years after the divorce. If you are within the 20 year period, you can apply to the relevant court for permission to see the file.

Surviving case case files can be seen at The National Archives, in J 77 (which is searchable online by name).

* 1858-1927: almost all survive
* 1928-1937: 80% survive (files from the district registries have been destroyed)
* search J 77 in the Catalogue, for these using forename AND surname e.g. Kathleen AND Smith as just searching for Kathleen Smith will not pick up Kathleen Winifred Smith
* maiden names are not given except in petitions for nullity
* although some co-respondents have been named in the Catalogue, we know that many others were not given in the indexes (from which the catalgoue entries were created) but are still mentioned in the case files themselves
.
* 1938-date: most have been destroyed.

A very small annual sample has been kept, subject to 30-year closure
* (search J 77 in the Catalogue, for these using surname only for example, Cassidy.
* A further 2% random sample is in J 132 for cases where the Official Solicitor acted for one of the parties: these are subject to a 75 year or longer closure.

* Divorces were often reported in the local or national press, particularly in the earlier years. If a divorce case appears in The Times, you should find the full report using The Times Digital Archive

juma

juma Report 26 Mar 2010 08:36

Since the marriage and births of children were registered in Tendring Essex there is a marriage in 1931 of a Violet Tripp to Harry James in Tendring

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 26 Mar 2010 01:39

Hi Ivor

Very unlikely to have divorced formally, more likely to have just struck up another relationship.

Do you know the name of the baby she took with her?

Are you okay with the fortunes of the three chldren she left behind?

Ivor

Ivor Report 25 Mar 2010 23:34

How does one gain access to the Divorce records?

Violet Mary Pearl Armstrong married to Frederick Tripp in 1917,left the house in Brampton Suffolk, about 1926-1930 never to heard of since.

I cannot find any records of her since that time,

she was supposed to have taken a young baby daughter with her,name unknown.

I cannot find a record of such a birth.

She left 3 other children behind

I am thinking that if another man was involved,did she marry him,if so did she gain a divorce.?

Any help appreciated

Ivor Armstrong