Divorce in Scotland in the 1920s

[gaucho]

 Sorry, misread, you obviously didn't see this record:-

Reference Title Date
CS258 Court of Session: Unextracted Processes, 4th arrangement 1935-1994
 
Country code GB
Repository code 234
Repository National Archives of Scotland
Reference CS258/10967
Title James G Donaldson v Jane D Kennedy or Donaldson: Divorce
Dates 1944
Access status Open
 
Location Off site
Description 1937
1114
Level Item
 
 

[Gill87]

Oh wow! No, I didn't see that record. Thank you so much 

And the stamp in the margin - I can't quite make it out.

When Jane remarried in 1939 I have a copy of that marriage certificate. There is no stamp in the margin however it does state that she is a divorcee who was "formally married to James Gray Donaldson against whom she obtained ******* (illegible) divorce".

[EST scotty]

Hi guys
Just been reading these posts about the divorce stamp on a marriage certificate. Does that mean that the couple are now divorced? Or one of the two were divorced previously? Regards Ellie

[bleckie]

Hi all

The part of the cert I posted was for the couple who divorced

Yours Aye
BruceL

[Gill87]

Going back and looking at the marriage certificate for James Gray Donaldson and Jane Kennedy I can see the same stamp in the margin - this stamp must be added in the event of a divorce, although there is no entry in the amended entries. It means that the 2 people who appear in the entry with the stamp got divorced, if either of them go on to remarry they will be described as 'divorced' or 'divorcee' rather than 'widow' or 'spinster' etc.

But does any one know how common divorce was in the 1920s?

Or how you went about getting a divorce?

[sancti]

In 1960 there were less than 2000 divorces in Scotland

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eEL69iDskI4C&pg=PA191&lpg=PA191&dq=scottish+divorces+1920s&source=bl&ots=Pkm21xC0Sv&sig=bU2R_BDdM82dPFwcBT6jIJakWHM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mOcuT5mmJsKj0QXv-IitCA&sqi=2&ved=0CF0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=scottish%20divorces%201920s&f=false

[Forfarian]

state that she is a divorcee who was "formally married to James Gray Donaldson against whom she obtained ******* (illegible) divorce".

I think you'll find that it is 'formerly married' rather than 'formally', and that the illegible bit is 'decree of'.

[Irishseeker]

Where do I go for the divorce records in Scotland please.My Aunt divorced twice,but don't know when.

[Forfarian]

Where do I go for the divorce records in Scotland please.My Aunt divorced twice,but don't know when.

If it's after 1984, Scotland's People.

Otherwise, the National Archives Records of Scotland www.nas.gov.uk - divorces are indexed by both the husband's full name and the maiden and married names of the wife, so if you put in both surnames you should get the relevant references.

The actual divorce papers are not online but you can either go to Edinburgh to see them, or order photocopies online. If you're going there in persdon you need to order them in advance because they are not stored in General Register House and they have to be fetched from wherever they are (used to be and probably still is West Register House, but unfortunately they closed the search room there).