Some married couples never see their former spouse after a divorce. Many times that is because one partner leaves and never returns. There are other possibilities. Some former spouses may continue to reside in the same area and interact with each other, especially if they have children. One divorced couple in my family appear on a mortgage with a son-in-law after their divorce. Other times couples eventually remarry, even after they’ve had subsequent spouses. Or they may even later live together, even if they don’t remarry.
Those aren’t made up examples—just situations from my own family where I’ve removed the names.
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I also have people with other spouses and children. My question if there is a marriage and divorce with no children, do we just dont leave that person as a spouse or show marriage…
Thanks
Show all marriages–even those that did not result in children.
Yes! After a set of my great grandparents divorced the wife remarried, moved states, and had a third child. Her second husband tragically passed away a few years later. After his passing I found documentation that she and her previous husband (my great grandpa) purchased a business together. We can sometimes think the divorce was the end to it all, but especially when children are involved you might hope for some positive communication. I’d like to think that purchasing a business together was beneficial for all of them, even living states apart.
Without knowing how long they were married or what the details of the divorce were, they may well have trusted each other enough financially to engage in a business together after their divorce. Not all marriages are the same so it stands to reason that not all divorces are either.
My third great grandmother was buried in the family cemetery of her son’s second wife that he divorced for adultery. I found five marriages for him – two he divorced and three he outlived. This uncle of mine was quite a character. I found some of his marriages in his Civil War Pension File. I went to her grave, brought by my grandmother’s first cousin who was unawate of any marriages at that time.