Is it possible to trace a divorce that happened, possibly in New York, in the late 1920s? Nothing on Ancestry or NY Times. I hope so as It could help me trace this lady's origins.
Ethel Sparks, occupation writer, born c1890, is living 354 E 41St Street with Clarence H Sparks (in his forties as second digit could be a bad 0,6 or
, his occupation seems to be lawyer overwriting writer? I assume married as that census does give relationships of members of a household.
She is on the 1930 census, divorced and then living 500 E 48 St. and still writer as occupation.
These two records are, so far, the only ones I can find for the lady. But I have now found another Ethel Sparks who married a Clarence Sparks and seems to have been involved in a divorce in the 1920s! Clarence Ashton Sparks, 1877-1975, married Ethel M Cooney (some records say Conney) in Manhattan in 1908. They are on 1910 census which says she was born c1885, and have a daughter Mary E., apparently less than a year old, and he is a lawyer. She and Mary are on 1915 NY census living with he mother, no sign of him. This seems to be the last sighting I can find for her though Clarence is on 1920 census living with parents, status married. Then on 1930 census he is in Connecticut married to Cornelia, and now working in real estate.
(I wonder if the daughter could be the Mary Elizabeth Sparks, 1909-1918, buried in Brooklyn - no death record for her mentions parents). I wonder if this Ethel is the Ethel M Sparks 1880-1950 in New York.
The two Ethels may just be a coincidence in husbands, but if I could track down details of a divorce it could help to identify the one I am interested in.
Many thanks
John