James Kirk a Railway Guard from Dumfries

[Bluebike1]

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

 

[Gadget]

I think it reads

from whom she was divorced 22 October 1927

Gadget

[veeblevort]

Agree  almost 100%

... from whom she was divorced 22^nd October 1907

Not sure about third digit of year, but don't see it as a 2.

vv.

[Gadget]

Just enlarged it and now think it is 1907 too 

The 2s have bottoms on them!

[Gadget]

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

[Bluebike1]

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

 

[Gadget]

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

[MonicaL]

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

[MonicaL]

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