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Divorces in 1870

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Helen

Helen Report 10 Jul 2003 10:22

Received my first marriage certificate from GRO this morning and am pleased as punch as I got the right people and have now a little more info. However, my gt gt grandfather was married before as it states the divorce on the certificate and I was wondering if a child could have been born within that marriage. To search for the divorced party via census's, how would her marriage status be shown as she would no longer be a wife and would she have kept her married name or reverted back to her maiden name?! Or shall I just order their marriage certifcate and get more information that way?! Confused - I am!! Helen

Lynne

Lynne Report 10 Jul 2003 13:47

Helen Do you know the name of the first wife? If so you can try FreeBMD and 1837online for both names in the first marriage. Lynne

Helen

Helen Report 12 Jul 2003 10:59

Yes, I do know the name of the first wife and ordered the marriage certificate online yesterday. I do not know how to trace when they divorced and what happened to her and any siblings after the event! I'm still very green!