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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Bluebike1 on Friday 24 January 14 07:34 GMT (UK)
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When my great grandmother married my great grandfather, I see that she was previously married to a James Kirk .
There are notes on the extract that say he is/was a railway guard, but I cannot make out the rest.
Can anyone help?
Henry
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I think it reads
from whom she was divorced 22 October 1927
Gadget
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Agree almost 100%
... from whom she was divorced 22nd October 1907
Not sure about third digit of year, but don't see it as a 2.
vv.
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Just enlarged it and now think it is 1907 too :)
The 2s have bottoms on them!
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Interesting:
The NAS have the interim decree of divorce between James Kirk Junior and Isabella Kirk Kerr or Kirk as November 1909
Ref is CS46/1909/11/19
Isabella married William Wells 6 November 1909.
Gadget
Added:
Date of decree : 22 October 1909
Warrant retransmitted to court
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Thanks all,
I thought that it might be divorce, because I could not find a registration of death. Neither could I get the "from whom she was" bit. Is it a knack?
I have a feeling that divorce was probably highly frowned upon and quite rare in the early 1900's. Furthermore, she was Catholic.
What is the NAS National Archives of Scotland ? Hoe do you get into those records?
Thanks for the help
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Hi Henry
NAS = National Archives of Scotland
Go to
http://www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue/ and select SEARCH on the top bar.
I then entered james kirk isabella in the 'Search for' box and selected 'All Words'
Then press 'Search' and then 'Display Catalogue results'
You will see their entry as the third entry. If you then click on the ref no (in blue to the left of the entry), the detailed info that I gave will be shown.
Their might be a quicker way of finding divorce records in the NAS catalogue but I don't know of it :-\
Gadget
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Just adding to all this great info by Gadget and vv.
With the refs that Gadget has provided, you can request a paper copy of records relating to this. Use the refs to request how much it would cost. Email details on site. Pretty much the cost of photocopy per page.
I would imagine (maybe wrong) that you may not be close to Edinbugh? If you are, you can look this up at the National Archives (now NRS) in Edinburgh.
Monica
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Just in case you figure out more, there is this entry in 1901:
James Kirk 23 railway guard, b. Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbrightshire
Isabella Kirk 22 b. Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbrightshire
James Kirk 3 Months b. Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbrightshire
Address: 66 College St, Troqueer, Kirkcudbrightshire
Monica
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Thanks for the extra info, Monica, I was going to have a look but you've saved me.
I forgot to say that James and Isabella married in Dumfries in 1899 - just across the bridge from Maxwelltown.
Haven't been there for 5 years - I think I need to visit again. The Dumfries and Galloway FHS are very helpful and Dumfries is a really interesting place to visit (also some lush Italian restaurants ;D )
Gadget
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...also some lush Italian restaurants ;D
Just what we need on a wintry v. stormy night ;)
Monica
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Thanks all,
Isabella was my G Grandmother, my grandfather her son aftershe remarried to William Wells. I managed a trip to Dumfries and was able to visit the streets where Wiliam and Isabella lived. Also further afield around Dumfries, where other ancestors lived. This site also helped me find a cousin 3 times removed who is in Dumfries. Unfortunately records are a bit hit and miss beyond 1841 and much is missing beyond that because on ten paternal line, my ancestors were originaly Irish. Whilst there are some catholic records early 1800's the key one to idenfify the parents of my 3x G Grandfather, who was born in Dumfries, do not exist. Further suspect many deaths due Cholera were not recorded. So I have had to make a most likely to be assmption, based of cobling together what I have.