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Divorce in the 1870's
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An Olde Crone | Report | 30 Nov 2006 22:12 |
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No, Pauline, it was a year in prison - if you got caught, and most people didn't get caught. Only 100 years later, by us nosey lot! OC |
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POSITIVE Pauline | Report | 30 Nov 2006 22:01 |
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Well if that is so, they both committed bigamy then because Julia married again in 1879 to William Davies, and James married for a second time to Hannah Starling in 1878. What a wicked lot my family were - lol. Even my great grandmother was a bigamist. Declared herself a widow after her first husband was committed to the local asylum, and went on to marry the chap she had become housekeeper to. How scandalous!! I thought that bigamy was a hanging offence back then. Thanks for your input. PP xx |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 30 Nov 2006 21:59 |
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theres a Julia Flamank marrying in Mar qtr 1879 Islington 1b 408 |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 30 Nov 2006 21:56 |
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Extremely unlikely to be divorced in the 1870s, unless they were very wealthy, but not impossible. Usually, people just committed bigamy, in my experience! OC |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 30 Nov 2006 21:54 |
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there wasn't any divorce then . Unless you were VERY rich and had influence in parliament. Couples just separated and then some went on to marry again bigamously Have you looked for a death for her between the census and him remarrying Shirley |
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POSITIVE Pauline | Report | 30 Nov 2006 21:51 |
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Where can I find records of divorce back then? What I am needing confirmation of is a divorce between James T Flamank and his wife Julia, sometime between 1871 when they are shown as married in the census, and 1878 when James marries again. PP xx |
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