In that case Chris, I'm sure that they could not have gotten divorced, so it seems to me that John's wife must have died for John to have remarried so quickly. She must have died between 1810 and 1813, but I just cannot find a death for her in either Yorkshire or Nottinghamshire. Thanks for the information anyway. Maybe I shall just have to accept that she just 'disappeared' Regards Margaret On 14 Aug 2007, at 00:11, Chris 4Genealogy wrote: I think that at that time it took an Act of Parliament to get _legally_ divorced - very expensive. More likely is separation. Chris On 13/08/07, Margaret Elliott <meelliott@btinternet.com> wrote: > It would have to have been a divorce as they were married, and > husband John Strafford remarried in 1814. But daughter Adelina > married a cow keeper, and John was a miller, so they were hardly > other than 'ordinary'. > > Margaret > > > On 13 Aug 2007, at 21:35, Kim Groothuis wrote: > > Margaret > > A divorce at that time would have been impossible for ordinary > people. People did run off and marry other people, pretending to be > widowed, but as Ann seems to have remained in touch with her children > and stepchildren that seems unlikely. > > Hope this helps > > Kim ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message