Darn it, I missed my chance years ago!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "ROLAND ELLIOTT" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 8:30 AM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Divirced or Bigamist??? Best time to leave kids is between 12 and 18,smart lady On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Jan Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > I will check with Nevada. I hadn't thought of that. I would LOVE to know > how > she could have left her three sons, who were about 15, 13 and 12 at the > time. > Jan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James R Smith" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 9:51 PM > Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Divirced or Bigamist??? > > > I had a couple of great aunts who lived in the Marysville area around > that time. Both got divorces, one a couple of them. They would pop over > to Nevada where it was easy & then come back home. Since your > great-grandmother was in Nevada City, I would say that was likely. > Regardless, divorce was also easy in CA. You'd have to check the county > registrar's records there plus NV. > > Now I do have one other who didn't bother with the divorce. Women were a > lot more independent then than later in the depression years. > > Happy Easter, > Jim > > -- > James R. Smith > Author/Speaker/Researcher > Author: San Francisco’s Lost Landmarks > California Snatch Racket, June 2010 > San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Early Years, Nov 2010 > www.HistorySmith.com > > > > > > On 4/7/2012 8:33 PM, Jan Davis wrote: > > Hello All Knowing NORCALERs - > > > > First of all, Happy Easter or Passover, whichever applies... > > > > Does anybody have access to divorce records in the early 1900s? My great > > grandmother left her husband and three sons for another man around 1905. > > They were living in Nevada City at the time. She died in 1917 in San > > Francisco and was listed as married to the other man but as far as the > > family knows, there was never a divorce. This has been the family > skeleton > > in the closet....well, ONE of them, anyway. > > > > I would love to find out once and for all if she did divorce my great > > gandfather before marrying the other man, or if she was even legally > > married to him. > > > > The players in this soap opera.... > > The wife...Elizabeth (Perry) RICKARD (b. 1868, Conn. d. 6 Dec. 1917, San > > Francisco, listed as Elizabeth BLACK on her death certificate, I have a > > copy.) > > The poor husband....James RICKARD (b. 1856, Cornwall, d. 1930, Goodyear > > Bar CA) I also have a copy of his death certificate from Sierra County, > > listing as him being married to Elizabeth. > > The Other Man.....Jackson Duncan BLACK, as per family members > > > > Elizabeth and Mr. Black were living at 1212-A Santa Clara Avenue in > > Alameda at the time of her death. She died at U.C. Hospital in S.F.. > > Also, can somebody find out anything about Mr. Black? > > Thanks so much for any help. > > > > Jan RICKARD Davis in San Diego > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > > ----------------------------------------- > > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. 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