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Household (1 Person)
Mental Hospital , Abergavenny R.D., Monmouthshire, Wales


Ethel W Hobbs Patient ? ? 1900 Female Domestic Duties Unpaid Married 1 513


Hobbs Household (3 People)
Crick , Chepstow R.D., Monmouthshire, Wales

George (H) Hobbs 01 Jan 1899 Male General Labourer Married 110 1
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Bessie (G) Hobbs (Huddy) 14 Jan 1897 Female House Keeper Married 110 3

sThe survival rate of divorce case files is:

1858-1927: almost 100%
1928-1937: 80%
After 1937: less than 0.2%

Case files are now destroyed 20 years after the divorce. Within this 20 year period, you can apply to the relevant court for permission to see the file. You can search surviving case files from 1858 onwards by name in J 77. The original indexes are in J 78.

The only record of those cases where the case file has not survived would be the decree held by the court. Contact the Central Family Court for more information.

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Marriages Jun 1920 (>99%)

Hobbs George H Rogers Chepstow 11a 15
Rogers Ethel W Hobbs Chepstow 11a 15

The 1954 marriage cert should say whether or not the groom's first marriage had been dissolved.

He would have had to produce a Decree Absolute to back up the statement.

Hello could anyone tell me how to find out if a divorce took place between 1934 and 1954? as my grandfather remarried in 1954 when as far as I can find out he was not divorced from my grandma.

My grandma was admitted into the Abergavenny mental hospital in 1934, was discharged in 1956 and readmitted voluntarily in 1959.

How would I find this out please.

Her name was Ethel Hobbs, born in 1899 and her husband was George Henry Hobbs, born in 1899, they married in May 1920.

if anyone could throw some light on this would be much appreciated?

Kind regards Julie