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Offline lesd

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Divorce
« on: Saturday 13 November 04 22:50 GMT (UK) »
Can anyone advise if divorces tool place in the UK around the 1890's or ??

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LesD
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Re: Divorce
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 14 November 04 00:29 GMT (UK) »
Yes. They were expensive to obtain and usually only the wealthy could afford it. Others "lived in sin" or committed bigamy, a very common Victorian offence.
Up to 1857 divorces could only be obtained by an Act of Parliament, after that in the Courts.
Southern or Southan [Hereford , Monmouthshire & Glos], Jenkins, Meredith and Morgan [Monmouthshire and Glos.], Murrill, Damary, Damry, Ray, Lawrence [all Middx. & London], Nethway from Kenn or Yatton. Also Riley and Lyons in South Africa and Riley from St. Helena.
Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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