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Hello,

I'm interested in May Osborn because she married Adolphe Henri Edouard Fortin, who is a relative of mine. She was 17 and he was 19.

They married on February 5, 1896, in Samer, France. They had two children:
Léa Aimée Julie Fortin, born in Samer on April 22, 1896
Adolphe Edouard Félicien Fortin, born in Samer on June 9, 1897

They divorced on April 20, 1901.
"The judgment rendered at the Civil Court of Boulogne-sur-Mer in its public hearing on January 18 (...) grants the divorce in favor of the wife and against the husband. (...) prohibits the husband from visiting or frequenting his wife in the future for any reason and under any pretext whatsoever, subject to immediate expulsion by all legal means."
May had custody of the two children: Léa, 5, and Adolphe, 4. I have no further information about the children.

May is believed to have died on August 11, 1945, in Hampstead (Middlesex, England).

Adolphe FORTIN (father) remarried 11 years later, still in Samer, on December 2, 1912, to Osithe Marie Joséphine BALLY, widow of Louis PRUVOST.
Adolphe and Osithe had three children: Odette in 1913, Edouard in 1915, and Eugène in 1917.

Adolphe FORTIN died in Samer in 1934.

I see that there is some doubt about the paternity of William Osborn, who is declared her father and gave his consent at May's marriage. May is believed to be the daughter of Joseph Alexander McMaster.

This is the information I can give you. French documents are easily available online. I can help you obtain them if you wish.

Have a nice day.

I hope you read this message one day.

Hi Dan,

I am sorry but I have had to remove the names of living folk as it against our rules not to post about living folk, information posted such as maiden names dates of birth etc should not be posted online as it puts that person at risk.

Good Luck with your research.

Regards

Sarah

We are aware of the problem and trying to resolve the problem but it is not straightforward, we have to work around full time jobs and trystan is currently working away at the moment. There are no posts held back for a week, most go live within 24 hours but it depends when you post and when I log in.

Hi Johnny sorry no picture attached.

Regards

Sarah