It appears that the orphans I've been tracing had two parents living together in 1890 but apart in 1900. In the 1900 census has the mother listed as W, a widow I believe, but the father listed as D, divorced I believe. Did the Catholic Church allow/condone/have a mechanism for divorce at that time? (This is in California.) Are there any civil records I might have access to? (I can't find any on-line.) I do know the father returned to the Azores and remarried while the mother was still living. Also, does anyone know how unusual it would have been in an immigrant Azorean community in the 1900s to have a divorce? Thanks all!
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