henrietta tutty

[joger]

Hello and Happy New Year to everybody,

Ancestry has Wayne Dowling MATTHEWS .
I tried to find a birth in Paris but the registers or the birth tables aren't on line for this period.

[aghadowey]

From what I have been told she got a divorce in Idaho but they did not know why she went there.

Each U.S. state has its own divorce laws. Some states are more lenient than others regarding grounds, length of process, residency, etc. It may be that it was easier to get a divorce in Idaho than wherever she was living.

Here's Idaho's current information about divorce records-
https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/services-programs/birth-marriage-death-records/about-marriage-and-divorce-records
Here's the index on Family Search-
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Idaho,_Divorce_Index_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records
Nothing obvious under Wayne Matthews or Henrietta Matthews so wonder if they divorced before 1947 or not in Idaho.

[aghadowey]

Wayne D. Matthews or War Department, with a Frankfurt, Germany address, listed as married in 1947-
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:245C-65W?lang=en (click on image to see full details)
Wayne D. Matthews (born 1895) listed as married in 1949-
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXHZ-XMP?lang=en (click on image to see full details)
1950 Census his wife is listed as Mary (possibly the wife Mary Jane mentioned in his obituary)-
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FQ1-CCSV?lang=en

There a Mrs. Henrietta Matthews born c1920 going to U.S. from Japan in 1952 (with a British passport) who may or may not be the correct Henrietta-
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXHJ-K7C?lang=en
A Henrietta Rupert travelling in 1956 on a British passport-
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HZK-7GH?lang=en

[joger]

From what I have been told she got a divorce in Idaho but they did not know why she went there.

Each U.S. state has its own divorce laws. Some states are more lenient than others regarding grounds, length of process, residency, etc. It may be that it was easier to get a divorce in Idaho than wherever she was living.



Here's Idaho's current information about divorce records-
https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/services-programs/birth-marriage-death-records/about-marriage-and-divorce-records
Here's the index on Family Search-
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Idaho,_Divorce_Index_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records
Nothing obvious under Wayne Matthews or Henrietta Matthews so wonder if they divorced before 1947 or not in Idaho.

Yes but in 1952 Henrietta MAT(T)HEWS, 32 ( so born around 1920) travels saying she is married ( if this Henrietta is the right one).She landed in september 1952, is it possible that she divorced and then marrried R.Rupert within 3 months?

[joger]

I found that Wayne Dowling MATTHEWS have had 4 wives :

May Holm Cochran ( they had a child also called Wayne Dowling in 1925)

Thelma L. ? who was the person "who will always know  his address in 1942 in the registration card
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-ZWH5-V?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AV48Y-4G3&action=view&
cc=1861144&lang=fr&groupId=

Henrietta Tutty married 1945 in Paris, Wayne is said to be divorced from Thelma.

Mary ?, his wife when he died

[aghadowey]

Yes but in 1952 Henrietta MAT(T)HEWS, 32 ( so born around 1920) travels saying she is married ( if this Henrietta is the right one).She landed in september 1952, is it possible that she divorced and then marrried R.Rupert within 3 months?

I did say it may or may not have been the correct Henrietta. She is the right age and travelling on a British passport. If it is her it's possible she was divorced and that the 'M' for married on the manifest is an error.

[tomdick]

hello everybody,thank you for the information.I believe that the Henrietta Matthews is the same.She would have been a British subject as N.Ireland was part of the U.K.,also the age.
Henrietta Matthews arrived at San Francisco on the 14/sept/1952.She gave her address as in VanDergrift,pa
Henrietta then married Robert Rupert in Las Vegas on 20/sept 1952.
He was also a divorcee.It seems that they were involved for awhile, and makes me think that the divorce might have happened later and as soon as it came through the married in Vegas.He was a highly decorated soldier serving in W.W.2,Korea,Vietnam,thank you for everything,tom