I really need some help here. I am at my wits end, I have tried everything I know to do. Let me share my story. My grandmother was born in 1918, Rita Margaret Carney, supposedly in NY, not sure where. I have been told that she lived with her uncle John Bannon on Bergen Av in the Bronx in 1936. She married Arthur Wright on 10-31-1936. I have a copy of the marriage cert., it lists her parents as James Carney and Agnes Swift, also from NY, but I had been told her parents came from County Mayo Ireland. In 1937 Arthur and Rita had a son, (my father), James Wright. In 1941 Arthur accused Rita of adultry and they got a divorce. She was denied custody of their son, and in the divorce papes,(which I have), it states that she was not allowed to re-marry until the death of Arthur or if she petitioned the courts for permission. I have checked with the courts that the divorce went through to see if she ever filed for re-marriage, it showed nothing, but the attorney I spoke with said she could have just never admitted ever being married before and the courts would not have checked it out, or she could have gone to another state. So there is a good possibility that her new family would never have heard of this part of her life, and all the posting I put out might not ring a bell to her family. I can only hope that someone will recognize her name and get in touch with me. My grandfather died 2 years ago and would never let us talk about her, so I really don't have much information, I do however have a picture of her and Arthur holding my father infront of the building they lived in in the Bronx. My great Aunt Dottie told us that she used to see Rita standing across the street to watch my father play shortly after the divorce. This sounds like a mother who really loved her child but was a victim of the times she lived in and had to move on without him. Her last known address was 856 Cauldwell Av., Bronx, NY. This is where she was served the divorce papers in 1941. If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it. I know she might be dead by now, but I would still like to know what happened to her, and I feel I have a right to know about her, she was/ or is my grandmother. I have checked the SSDI, but not knowing her exact birthdate, I don't know what I'm looking at. Also, I'm sure she must have re-married, so how would I go about finding out what her new name would have been? Thanks for your patience in reading this, Connie from FL