Divorce certainly did happen back then, even among Catholics. I'm sure it was
not sanctioned by the Church, as it isn't today.... but it did happen. And it
wasn't uncommon for people to have themselves listed as widow or widower in the
census rather than divorced. In that non-electronic age, and especially if the
parties didn't live in the same area, it would work for them as there was a
huge stigma attached to being divorced at that time. I had this in my family
.... Catholics in California around 1900.
Kathy
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On Apr 13, 2014, at 5:33 PM, Grace CM <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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