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Offline Stewart R

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Divorce record?
« on: Tuesday 28 January 25 16:59 GMT (UK) »
Whilst tidying up the details for a Great Grand Uncle of mine called Richard Newett Hawkin, i came across a note I'd made with words "Divorce filed 14th June 1889". I believe he married twice but this may have been his second wife, called Louisa. Before i take this divorce as a certainty i'd like to confirm it some how. Unfortunately I've no idea where i'd taken this note from. As he was in the RN the records i do have from his life show him in both Plymouth & Portsmouth at various times

I reckon I've broken a research golden rule of noting info sources ::) so i was wondering if any of the fine people on RootsChat could help, please

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Reid, Wolfendale, Hawkin, Tapp
Plymouth, Macclesfield, Liverpool.

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Re: Divorce record?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 17:08 GMT (UK) »
The only marriage showing is 1887 presumably to Louisa Armstrong.  The next Richard N Hawkin marriage is 49yrs later in Liverpool

No details given in your post - is he the 1849 birth in Devonport?  Died 1895 aged 46 Plymouth
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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 17:15 GMT (UK) »
FindMyPast have his name in the Divorce Index for 1889.  Records said to be at The National Archives.

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The image on FindMyPast adds another name - William Warne  :-\

3039 - Hawkin, Richard Nervett - v: H. Louisa & Warne Wm.
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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 17:19 GMT (UK) »
1891 has a 36yr old Louisa Hawkin living in Kent.  Shown as married - occ laundress
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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 17:22 GMT (UK) »
The divorce record, all 19 pages of it, can be viewed on Ancestry - his name  has been transcribed as Richard Nervett Hawkin.

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Dent (Haltwhistle and Sacriston), Bell and Jetson (Haltwhistle), Postle, Ward, Longstaff, Purvis, Manners, Parnaby and Hardy (Co. Durham), Kennedy and McRobert (Banffshire), Reid(Bathgate), Watson (Wemyss), Graham (Libberton), Sandilands (Carmichael), Munro (Dingwall)

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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 17:25 GMT (UK) »
Makes interesting reading.  He alleges she had sexual encounters with other mariners & the term prostitute is used
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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 17:43 GMT (UK) »
Thanks all for the speedy response.
Yes he is the one B 1849 in Devonport. CaroleW
I guess William Warne may have been the third party in the divorce BumbleB
hmm! 19 page document, Millmoor. must have been some case, sadly no Ancestry membership at the moment but i think i can conclude the, presumably costly divorce did take place.

Just noticed your last reply CaroleW. Hmm! so she had an eye for the sailors? :o

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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 18:07 GMT (UK) »
It would appear that William Warne was not alone..."during the month of December 1888 and the month of January 1889 the said Louisa Hawkin at Number 11 Fellowes Place aforesaid led the life of a prostitute and on divers occasions committed adultery with divers men".

The marriage took place Sept 13 1887 . He was 37 and a widower. His occupation is shown as , I think, Warrant Officer R N (writing not great!). She was 31 and a widow.

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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 18:16 GMT (UK) »
Does your local library have access to Ancestry?
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