Divorce in 1920

[anitamo]

Hello everyone, I would be interested to find which newspapers were published in Stroud around 1920 and would a divorce be written up. My Grandmother (Ellen Louisa Felton, was divorced by her husband (Charles Felton) in 1920 after she ran away with the man who became my Grandfather (Charles Webb)

 She left her husband and three children, he left a wife and five children. I would love to contact the families of all these children ultimately, as they would all have been my Aunts and Uncles! However that is for the future perhaps.

[nanny jan]

Hi,

I'm not sure if there would be an account in any newspapers but the file is available at  National Archives; you can request a quote for a copy.

I've found 2 early divorces there; each copy cost under £10 and were sent by 1st class post.  Some very interesting reading........ 

The county archives should be able to tell you which newspapers were around in 1920.



Nanny Jan

[anitamo]

Thanks for replying  Nanny Jan, I found the divorce at the NA but I wondered if there was any mention in the newspapers about family etc. I will have to send for the transcript from the NA.

[Plummiegirl]

My thoughts on this would be that divorce was still quite rare even in the 1920's and it would have been reported in the local papers at the time, with all the gory details!!!!

Not too sure about which papers, but I am sure some enterprising soul on here may be able to help
or alternatively contact the local Stroud library and they may be able to point you in the right direction.

[anitamo]

Thanks Plummiegirl, those were my thoughts too, I am hoping to go to Stroud again in the summer so I may get the chance to go into the library then.

[anitamo]

I wonder if anyone has had this problem. I found the divorce registered at the NA and sent for a quote using the info given on the NA site. The answer I got back was that there was insufficient information to find the divorce papers!!

[nanny jan]

How strange.    The reference appears to be  J77/1612/40.     Is that what you found?



Nanny Jan

[anitamo]

Exactly that NannyJan, I thought if I found the originals I could get the date and ultimately the newspaper info, but considering the problems I have had with this family there is no way I  should expect it to be straight forward!

[nanny jan]

I've had 2 sets of divorce papers sent from TNA without any problems.

Have you emailed them and asked them to explain?


Nanny Jan