I meant "dinner after church." Still very much jet-lagged. Sue Sue Bodishbaugh <[email protected]> wrote: Quite possibly no marriage record. Still in the era of Common-Law Marriage. If a couple presented themselves to the community for a period of time as man and wife, or a couple, living together, etc., it was considered Common-Law. You wouldn't find a record unless someone had a Family Bible and the couple just picked a date, or did something at home. Sometimes after Sunday services, the preacher and wife came to dinner and after dinner, did a "blessing of the union." That was it. No license and no report to the clerk. I know a 25-yr old male raised from his drunken sleeping bed by the point of a rifle barrell, brought to the livingroom of a certain home of a 14-yr old girl, 5 months pregnant, and married right then and there by the girl's mother, with girl and guy's hands on the Family Bible and dad's shotgun in the middle of the guy's back. They had "connections" and at some time, it was legalized, but the date remained the true one. Common Law was eliminated in Fla in the 1960s but many rural people still held to that way, as I personally has to marry many folks for varying legal reasons, tho they'd been "married" for 50+ years or so. Sue [email protected] wrote: got the records straight from the court house in Tampa- all there was to find on the Bass divorce- as for Betty Heathcoe Ussery - they did not divorce- they married about 1950 and she died in 1952 as did the child she carried- not sure if the child died before birth or during,but it was the same day, they did name her- Debra Ann Ussery-in her obit she is listed as the child of Herman L.Ussery,101 West North Bay St. - death date for both infant and mother was 21 Aug.1952- just never found the marriage record- Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damita Drayton Green" To: ; Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [FLHILLSB] Question (Bass Divorce) > Forgive me if you are already aware of this. In Florida, a "Dissolution of > Marriage" certifiate (divorce certificate) contains a blank for the > marriage date and location information to be entered. The corresponding > divorce *records* may not contain that information, but will contain the > details of the divorce. Did you request the divorce certificate? Was this > information omitted? > > If you have not, you may order the Dissolution of Marriage certificate > from the state vital records office in Jacksonville for $5. Follow this > link for more info - > http://www.doh.state.fl.us/planning_eval/vital_statistics/marriage.htm#Back > > Ancestry.com shows the following for the Bass divorce..... > > Name: William H Bass > Gender: Male > Spouse's name: Annie May Bass > Divorce Date: 1937 > County: Hillsborough > Certificate Number: 6997 > > Nothing found for a Betty divorcing a Herman (or) Lamar Ussery. Shows two > Betty Usserys and several Herman Usserys divorces but not to each other. > > Damita Drayton Green > [email protected] > >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 22:30:44 -0400 >> From: >> Subject: Re: [FLHILLSB] QUESTION >> To: >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> Nope- It consisted of almost 2 pages with only 3 stipulations - # 1 was >> that >> the marriage between the cross plaintiff and the defendant be >> dissolved-and >> freedom of all obligations >> # 2- care and custody and control of the minor child,John W.Bass,be the >> same >> and awarded to William H.Bass- >> # 3- that the attorney fees for both parties were paid by William H.Bass- >> of >> 50.00 - as well as any other court fees- 5,Nov,1937, >> I wondered if they knew Anna was sick and the divorce would solve >> financial >> problems- -Just wish I knew what happened to the boy- >> Peggy >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sue Bodishbaugh" >> To: >> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 2:06 AM >> Subject: [FLHILLSB] QUESTION >> >> >> > Would not the divorce record state where and when the marriage >> > occurred? >> > Sue >> > >> > [email protected] wrote: >> > Hello again group- another question- >> > If a couple were to be married and they live in Hillsborough Co. >> > about 1950ish and earlier and the male were to have been in the >> > Coast Guard or other form of service, where might their marriage >> > have been recorded ? >> > I have search in Hillsborough for the marriage records for Anna >> > Mae Heathcoe who married a William H.Bass in about 1934 give or >> > take a year- think this William was in the Coast Guard at the >> > time he wed Anna Mae- >> > then I have > >> > Betty Louise Heathcoe who married ( name is either ) Herman Lamar >> > Ussery or just Lamar Ussery - and I think he also may have been >> > in some kind of service at the time- about 1950 -for this >> > marriage- >> > I have not been able to find record of either marriage- only a >> > divorec record,dated Nov.5,1937, for Anna Mae Bass from William >> > H.Bass,he had custody of their son John W.Bass - Anna died in >> > 1939 - >> > and Betty died in child birth and only her obit states the name >> > of the husband- >> > Any clues on how to find a marriage record for either of these 2 >> > couples ? >> > Thanks >> > Peggy >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------- >> > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. >> > Visit the Yahoo! 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What you state sounds more like the final decree. >> Sue, back from Hawaii. >> >> [email protected] wrote: >> Nope- It consisted of almost 2 pages with only 3 stipulations - # 1 >> was that >> the marriage between the cross plaintiff and the defendant be >> dissolved-and >> freedom of all obligations >> # 2- care and custody and control of the minor child,John W.Bass,be the >> same >> and awarded to William H.Bass- >> # 3- that the attorney fees for both parties were paid by William H.Bass- >> of >> 50.00 - as well as any other court fees- 5,Nov,1937, >> I wondered if they knew Anna was sick and the divorce would solve >> financial >> problems- -Just wish I knew what happened to the boy- >> Peggy >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sue Bodishbaugh" >> To: >> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 2:06 AM >> Subject: [FLHILLSB] QUESTION >> >> >> > Would not the divorce record state where and when the marriage >> > occurred? >> > Sue >> > >> > [email protected] wrote: >> > Hello again group- another question- >> > If a couple were to be married and they live in Hillsborough Co. >> > about 1950ish and earlier and the male were to have been in the >> > Coast Guard or other form of service, where might their marriage >> > have been recorded ? >> > I have search in Hillsborough for the marriage records for Anna >> > Mae Heathcoe who married a William H.Bass in about 1934 give or >> > take a year- think this William was in the Coast Guard at the >> > time he wed Anna Mae- >> > then I have > >> > Betty Louise Heathcoe who married ( name is either ) Herman Lamar >> > Ussery or just Lamar Ussery - and I think he also may have been >> > in some kind of service at the time- about 1950 -for this >> > marriage- >> > I have not been able to find record of either marriage- only a >> > divorec record,dated Nov.5,1937, for Anna Mae Bass from William >> > H.Bass,he had custody of their son John W.Bass - Anna died in >> > 1939 - >> > and Betty died in child birth and only her obit states the name >> > of the husband- >> > Any clues on how to find a marriage record for either of these 2 >> > couples ? >> > Thanks >> > Peggy >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------- >> > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. >> > Visit the Yahoo! 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