Thank you, Kathy. What you say makes sense. Would you know if there are any divorce records from the 1900s available?
On Sunday, April 13, 2014 9:31:21 PM UTC-7, Kathy Cardoza wrote: > > 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html > > Climb my Family Tree: > http://www.kathys-place.com/index.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > On Apr 13, 2014, at 5:33 PM, Grace CM <[email protected] <javascript:>> > 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! > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
