[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] divorce

[Marlo]

Are you sure it is the same man?
Perhaps another man with a same name.  Happens.    Marlo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Delores Stevens" <deloresstevens at sasktel.net>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] divorce


> What I am seeing is that  the first spouse lived from 1815-1877 and
the
> marriage date was Oct 22, 1833.  Then there is a second marriage
date of
> April 29, 1842 for a second spouse.  That is why I am wondering
about
> divorce in that time period.  Thank you
> Delores
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <AlbertMuth at aol.com>
> To: <Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 7:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] divorce
>
>
> > I would say no, divorce was not common.  When anyone marries,
his/her
> > social status is clearly indicated in the record: single, widowed,
> divorced.
> > Unwed mothers are also clearly designated.
> >
> > Divorce records for Lutherans in Russian Poland do not appear in
the
> > LDS catalog.  Marginal notes in some marriage records show that
the
> > marriage ended in divorce, a year is given, and the religious
court (?)
> > is usually Plock.  This is not to say that each parish did not
maintain
> > separate records of their divorced couples.  In one early Plock
film, I
> > remember seeing a separate section (in addition to the usual
births,
> > marriages, and deaths) where, in one year, three divorces were
> > recorded.
> >
> > Does this mean that every parish maintained a separate yearly book
> > for divorces?  Perhaps, but judging by what I see in the online
catalog
> > of the Polish archives
http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.eng.php
> > this would be minimal.  Only a handful of places are shown.
> >
> > Desertion seems to be as common, perhaps more so.  In my
> > transcriptions, I do not usually record spouse desertions.  There
is
> > a phrase (I am writing from memory, so the Polish may be
imperfect):
> > z pobyle niewiadomego, which roughly translated, means
"whereabouts
> > unknown".  The phrase may be used to refer to a parent of a bride/
> > bridegroom, or of a married woman who has a child by some other
> > man (whose name is seldom given). In the latter case, it often
states
> > how long the absent husband has been gone.
> >
> > One case that occurs somewhat frequently is that of the married
woman
> > whose husband is off serving in the Russian army.   For whatever
reason,
> > "while the cat is away, the mouse will play..." and, oops, there's
a baby.
> > I have often wondered what the end to this story might be.
> >
> > If you see in the Pedigree Database that one individual remarries,
> > yet the deathdate of the previous spouse is not given, this
probably
> > *ONLY* means that the death records have not been extracted.  Or,
> > if they were, that (1) the person may have died somewhere else
> > while on a visit, or (2) the death was recorded in a Catholic
parish,
> > rather than the Lutheran one, or vice-versa.  Some parishes record
> > the death date of a deceased spouse when the widower or widow
> > remarries, but many do not.  Most record the name of a deceased
> > spouse, but not all do.
> >
> > In any case, if you have questions about the film source for exact
> > dates found in the Pedigree Database (whose source is SGGEE001,
> > SGGEE002, etc), you can contact databases at sggee.org
> > and they can give the exact film reference.  When SGGEE sends
> > members a gedcom with database information on their families, the
> > gedcom *does* include source information of this sort for all
individuals.
> > To find it, you need to know the ins and outs of your genealogy
software.
> > If you don't seem to find any source information on 19th century
dates,
> > ask yourself:  how old is my software?
> >
> > Al Muth
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