divorce date

[cecile]

Has anyone any idea how to find the date ( or even year) of a divorce in Liverpool? I dont know if it actually took place in Liverpool, but both parties lived there.
 I know it was somewhere between 1881 and 1897 because both parties are listed in the 1881 census and the husband remarried in 1897!
Can anyone advise me?
Many thanks
Cecile

[Hackstaple]

The real issue is whether there was a divorce at all. Before 1939 divorce was so expensive that only the wealthy could afford to divorce. Simple desertion and a bigamous "marriage" were more common. But if the husband remarried in 1897 was his previous spouse dead - or does she still appear in the 1901 census under her married name?

[cecile]

Thanks for the quick reply. The couple in question were wealthy people. He owned a big business in Liverpool - I think it was called Frasers plumbers and painters merchants- and he owned a great deal of property in Liverpool. On his second marriage certificate it lists him as being divorced. I cant find his first wife anywhere so whether she died after the divorce or returned to her maiden name, I dont know.
Many thanks
Cecile
 

[Little Nell]

Hi Cecile,

Since it says he was divorced then you may be in luck.  Have a look at this thread

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,182030.0.html

and this one

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,156126.0.html

which may help you.

Local Newspapers are also a good source.

Nell

[cecile]

Thanks ever so much for your help. I'll try these that you have mentions and see how I go on!
Thanks again
Cecile