Hi Marion, I am glad to report that I am one of the "Still Married" statistics in the records. Married in Aug. 1964. Getting close to 43 years. Bob Whitney ----- Original Message ---- From: Marion <marionm112@sc.rr.com> To: whitney@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 8:06:21 AM Subject: [WHITNEY] California Marriage and Divorce records I checked just on general interest Ancestry's new offering of California marriage and divorce records. There were 1,792 California marriages with a Whitney in the years from 1960 to 1985. There were 876 California divorces with a Whitney participant in the years 1966-1984. Seems as if the failure rate in divorce of one in two marriages is going strong in California! I can look for specifics if anyone is interested, although this is a bit too recent for such documentation to be unknown among the family. Marion Whitney Martin ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Whitney people! These statistics just blow my mind. How come people couldn't stay married in those years 1960 to 1985? My Mother who was also Marion Whitney was married in 1918 and at her death in 1974 was still married to the same man. 66 years I think. As for me I married this guy in 1949 and still have him around. I would venture a guess that the same statistics for Wyoming percentage wise (I think we are still the lowest populated state.) Would be much lower than that. Life's tough out here and its a long way to a divorce lawyer I guess. Rose Zella On Jul 21, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Bob Whitney wrote: > Hi Marion, > > I am glad to report that I am one of the "Still Married" statistics in > the records. Married in Aug. 1964. Getting close to 43 years. > > Bob Whitney > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Marion <marionm112@sc.rr.com> > To: whitney@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 8:06:21 AM > Subject: [WHITNEY] California Marriage and Divorce records > > > I checked just on general interest Ancestry's new offering of > California marriage and divorce records. There were 1,792 California > marriages with a Whitney in the years from 1960 to 1985. There were > 876 California divorces with a Whitney participant in the years > 1966-1984. Seems as if the failure rate in divorce of one in two > marriages is going strong in California! I can look for specifics if > anyone is interested, although this is a bit too recent for such > documentation to be unknown among the family. > > Marion Whitney Martin > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WHITNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >