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Separation

Posted: 2 Jul 2013 8:30PM GMT
Classification: Query
Not a divorce query as such, but I would like to know what happened in the 1830s if a couple split up and then one of them wanted to marry someone else a few years later. I have a case where a couple had a child in 1831, then in 1836 the man married again - however, there is no trace of the wife's death. The parish record for the second marriage makes no comment on the husband's status.

Re: Separation

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 12:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
This site http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/seminars/finlay.html covers a fair history from England in 17th cent. and covers Australian States and grounds for divorce, no. of years separation required for desertion plea( eg. am looking in 1911 when 5 years desertion was the requirement)-perhaps the US also followed the English model, tho it was harder for women to succeed in divorcing a husband in the 1830s.

Re: Separation

Posted: 15 Aug 2013 1:46PM GMT
Classification: Query
Uk had divorce granted by parliament 1857, perhaps the US tended to have similar legislation ..in the Session of 1832 one Lord Eldon was in favour of allowing the wife’s application for a divorce on the ground of her husband’s simple adultery but this case was lost - in the Colonies (Aust) also, the wife did not get equal "opportunity" for some time.
I am looking at around 1908 for a divorce

Re: Separation

Posted: 14 Jan 2014 5:03PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 14 Jan 2014 5:03PM GMT
As far as I know, divorces were always handled at the county level by the courts in the US. The legislature did not get involved in granting divorces.
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