divorce records are highly interesting. i have an aunt, and an uncle who both had divorces in the early 20's....both times the wives cheated on the husbands, and i found children i was unaware of.....definently get the records if there are some!!
Divorce was very expensive before WW2 and most ordinary working people couldn't afford it - they just moved on and either committed bigamy or lived in sin.
However, I was extremely surprised to find while researching something else, details of a church fund to provide divorces for working people. I felt that the impetus was to ensure the couple divorced and remarried, rather than just going their separate ways and living in sin and having illegitimate children! I don't know how widespread church-assisted divorces were though.
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