General Chat

Tuesday. 9th. February. 1909.

London: Court rules that a wife is not entitled to a divorce,

even if her husband has deserted her.


F.

I bet a man made that rule....probably a man that deserted his wife...

I have several women on my tree whose husbands deserted them.... left the UK for Australia, USA, New Zealand, and probably other planets.

They found new (and hopefully better!) men. Some stayed in the same towns, some moved, probably to escape the gossip.

I have a few bigamists too!



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That is why my grandfather never married my grandmother even though they had 6 children together. I was told that they could only marry if her husband died and of course he didn't until after my grandfather did.No wonder there were so many illegitimate children in those days...

I have a few like that too Stella.

Very difficult to trace, some were registered with their mother's surname, some with their father's!

Most of mine are Scottish, after 1855 both parents surnames (women's maiden name) were shown on documents..... I have a few with no father's name, or "reputed father".

My Gt grandfather is on my (said) grandmother's marriage certificate as deceased, and Reggie told me that she was probably illegitimate and they often put that on to make the person look more respectful, but he was wrong and that threw me off the line for a while..they were married and he was deceased.

I suppose in those days being illegitimate was frowned upon ..how sad. :-(