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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Eugene,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This question of why did he marry her and why did
he leave was what got me into genealogy a few years ago. My husband's
grandfather Charles Howard married Rachel Brewer in 1915. Then she
divorced him in 1916. I had the final papers which were dated a few
months after their son John Brewer Howard was born. Family lore said he
went back to Kentucky and was an alcoholic. Thanks to a RAOGK (Random Acts
of Genealogical Kindness, <A href="http://www.raogk.org">www.raogk.org</A>)
volunteer in Lane County, I got the court papers which told me he stole her
Dad's horse, took off, sold it as his own, was caught and convicted of
forgery. At the time of the divorce he was not in Kentucky, but Oregon
State Penitentiary. I still don't know why they got married, but I know
why they got divorced. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did your great uncle have a baby in that one
year time period? Did you find him in the Navy, or did he go somewhere
else? Maybe he had two families? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The questions are endless!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have a great day,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ronda Howard</FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=EugeneMelvin.roots@comcast.net
href="mailto:EugeneMelvin.roots@comcast.net">EugeneMelvin.roots@comcast.net</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=trisch@charter.net
href="mailto:trisch@charter.net">trisch@charter.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">Oregon Roots</A> ; <A
title=ORFORUM-L@rootsweb.com href="mailto:ORFORUM-L@rootsweb.com">Oregon
Roots</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:11
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [or-roots] Divorce
Records</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>There are two divorces in question in Lane County. The first one
was between my Great Uncle and his first wife. Apparently he married
her five days prior to her 16 birthday and left her a year later to join the
US Navy. He was 17 years older than this wife at the time of their
marriage. She filed and according to court documents that I have she
had to publish the divorce in the local newspaper. The mystery is why
did they marry and why did he leave her. This question I may never no the
answer to.</DIV>
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<DIV>The second divorce is different. It has to do with my Great
Grandfather and his second wife. She also filed and I have the 20 plus
pages from the court records. But again I did not see any response
from him.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I was hoping to get some leads from this wonderful body of knowledge
and that I did. Some of the questions raised I did not think at the
time to ask. When I go back to Lane County later on this summer I will
be better prepared.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I thank all those who have responded.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Eugene</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=468091006-12052005>Hi!</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=468091006-12052005>Was the divorce finalized? Do you have the
final decree? It could be that the divorce was not contested and
that is why there isn't an "Answer" from the defendent. Or it could
be that the divorce was never finalized? The other thought is that
the person did not know where the other person was. If that is the case,
the divorce filing would have had to have been published as a "Legal" in
the newspaper as a way of announcing to the defendent about the
proceedings. </SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=468091006-12052005></SPAN></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=468091006-12052005>You could check with the Lane County Bar
Association and see if they have knowledge of the attorney and whether the
practice was assumed or bought by another attorney. No one at the
court house could help you with this?</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=468091006-12052005>WIthout more info on what you have, that's all I
can help you with.</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=468091006-12052005>Trish</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000><SPAN
class=468091006-12052005></SPAN></FONT></STRONG> </DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>EugeneMelvin.roots@comcast.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 11, 2005
11:02 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Oregon Roots; Oregon Roots<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[or-roots] Divorce Records<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Recently I was going through the Lane County Court House records
looking for divorce records. I found some information but
in both cases all I found was one side of the divorce story. The
person requesting the divorce side. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Q-1) How do I find the other side of the divorce story?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Q-2) What happens to lawyer's records when they die? </DIV>
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<DIV>Eugene</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>