Clayton co. Divorce Records Volume I Pages 1 & 2 |
For ease of use, this digital transcription has been condensed into the columns that appear below. The original records contain more columns, but all information from the original record has been included. Any notes enclosed in [brackets] were added by the transcriber and do not appear on the original record. Full source citation is at the bottom of the page.
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| No. | Husband | Date of Marriage | Cause of Divorce | Wife | Date of Divorce | To Whom Divorce Granted |
| 2531 | Calwell, James [Colwell?] |
09/05/1886 | Drunkenness & Inhuman Treatment | Colwell, Ida | 9/11/1906 | Wife |
| 2594 | Kamoos, Edward age 56, German, 1 prior marriage |
12/31/1899 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Kamoos, Amelia age 42, German, 1 prior marriage |
9/11/1906 | Wife |
| 2608 | Smith, William W. | 1/7/1905 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Smith, Jennie | 10/25/1906 | Wife |
| 2612 | Frye, Edward | 10/5/1903 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Frye, Misoura | 10/26/1906 | Wife |
| 2613 | Judy, Michael German |
11/8/1905 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Judy, Ella German |
10/26/1906 | Wife |
| 2638 | Way, Washington | 08/12/1879 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Way, Olive | 10/25/1906 | Wife |
| 2644 | Wilson, O.C. | 02/02/1895 | Desertion | Wilson, Rena | 10/27/1906 | Husband |
| 2542 | Fuller, Warren J. age 35, American |
08/05/1894 | Desertion & Adultry | Fuller, Bertha age 33, American |
1/16/1907 | Husband |
| 2659 | Lane, Frank C. age 44, American, 2 prior marriages |
01/03/1896 | Desertion | Lane, Edwina T. age 32, American |
1/16/1907 | Wife |
| 2661 | McErlain, J.A. | 10/22/1895 | Habitual drunkenness & adultry | McErlain, Anna | 1/17/1907 | Wife |
| 2668 | Syer, Cheston R. age 29, American |
3/20/1905 | Inhuman treatment & adultry | Syer, Blanche age 26, American |
4/15/1907 | Wife |
| 2703 | Coleman, Fred age 63, American, 1 prior marriage |
07/06/1895 | Desertion & habitual drunkenness | Coleman, Eliza age 61, American, 1 prior marriage |
4/12/1907 | Wife |
| 2714 | Smith, S.A. | 06/22/1879 | Habitual drunkenness | Smith, Agnes age 49 |
4/16/1907 | Wife |
| 2728 | Overbeck, A.W. German |
1/24/1906 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Overbeck, Wilhelmine German |
4/15/1907 | Wife |
| 2660 | Schmidt, Charles German |
5/16/1905 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Schmidt, Emma German |
9/11/1907 | Wife |
| 2772 | Greenwood, Orin M. | 8/20/1901 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Greenwood, Meda | 9/11/1907 | Wife |
| 2777 | DeSotel, John German |
11/30/1904 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | DeSotel, Lillian | 9/10/1907 | Wife |
| 2788 | Minkler, Charles | 12/10/1904 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment & Drunkenness | Minkler, Ida E. | 9/11/1907 | Wife |
| 2789 | Wareham, L.C. | 1/26/1903 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Wareham, Melissa | 9/11/1907 | Wife |
| 2696 | Genofill, Charles | 9/8/1903 | Desertion | Genofill, Revina | 10/26/1907 | Wife |
| 2736 | McMillan, George | 07/06/1897 | Desertion | McMillan, Ida | 10/26/1907 | Husband |
| 2761 | Walker, Chas. S. | 11/15/1905 | Habitual Drunkenness | Walker, Rachel | 10/26/1907 | Wife |
| 2834 | Laird, William | 5/25/1900 | Desertion | Laird, Minnie | 4/9/1908 | Husband |
| 2841 | Bates, Albert J. age 36, American |
3/27/1900 | Felony | Bates, Anna F. age 28, German |
4/7/1908 | Wife |
| 2842 | Franke, Christian C. German, 1 prior marriage |
05/09/1885 | Desertion | Franke, Leda age 42, American |
4/7/1908 | Husband |
| 2864 | Evans, William H. Welch |
03/09/1898 | Habitual Drunkenness | Evans, Mabel American |
4/13/1908 | Wife |
| 2866 | Mulhall, Thomas P. age 43, American [Milhall?] |
7/17/1900 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Mulhall, Hattie age 29, American |
4/7/1908 | Wife |
| 2869 | Mast, W.E. | 12/14/1895 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Mast, Mary | 4/9/1908 | Wife |
| 2873 | Hellberg, Frank German |
6/15/1901 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Hellberg, Minnie German |
4/10/1908 | Wife |
| 2878 | Cheeseman, George | 12/10/1885 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Cheeseman, Mary | 4/9/1908 | Wife |
| 2895 | Morris, John | 11/24/1904 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Morris, Minnie | 4/9/1908 | Wife |
| 2896 | Fox, Frank W. | 10/07/1896 | Desertion | Fox, Bertha M. | 4/9/1908 | Wife |
| 2918 | Jacobs, Stugo German |
10/28/1904 | Desertion | Jacobs, Alma | 9/11/1908 | Wife |
| 2936 | Everson, Ever O. Norwegian |
06/23/1892 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Everson, Gunna O. Norwegian |
9/12/1908 | Wife |
| 2941 | McDermott, John | 3/23/1905 | Adultry | McDermott, Belle | 9/11/1908 | Husband |
| 2942 | Otto, Adolph | 2/28/1906 | Cruel & Inhuman Treatment | Otto, Louisa German |
9/11/1908 | Wife |
| 2837 | Bradley, David D. | 12/12/1900 | Desertion | Bradley, Louisa | 9/20/1908 [date smeared] | Husband |
| 2956 | Russell, Joseph | 05/27/1886 | Desertion | Russell, Artelina J. | 10/20/1909 | Wife |
| 2967 | Stratton, Andrew G. | 11/22/1902 | Desertion | Stratton, Ida M. | 10/21/1908 | Husband |
| 2990 | Davis, Frederick J. | 6/16/1908 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Davis, Grace M. | 1/14/1909 | Wife |
| 2979 | Baysinger, George | 3/22/1905 | Habitual Drunkenness | Baysinger, Effie | 1/15/1909 | Wife |
| 2969 | Jenni, Melchior | 10/21/1903 | Desertion | Jenni, Marie | 1/12/1909 | Wife |
| 2946 | Wood, George N. | 06/02/1892 | Habitual Drunkenness | Wood, Emma L. | 1/15/1909 | Wife |
| 3048 | Walters, T.J. | 01/09/1894 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Walters, ida | 4/10/1909 | Wife |
| 3069 | Chapman, Warren H. | 9/3/1905 | Drunkenness & Inhuman Treatment | Chapman, Mary E. | 9/7/1909 | Wife |
| 3074 | Wareham, George Jr. | 12/5/1905 | Desertion | Wareham, Anna Moser | 9/7/1909 | Wife |
| 4003 | Portwine, George | 2/21/1907 | Desertion | Portwine, Sadie | 9/8/1909 | Husband |
| 3067 | Hohman, Fred J. [Fred is a best guess] |
09/09/1886 | Desertion | Hohman, Emma | 9/8/1909 | Wife |
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| No. | Husband | Date of Marriage | Cause of Divorce | Wife | Date of Divorce | To Whom Divorce Granted |
| 4004 | Lamphier, Norman Walter | 10/10/1906 | Desertion | Lamphier, Minerva | 10/19/1909 | Husband |
| 4021 | Kickbush, Wm. F. | 04/25/1889 | Adultery | Kickbush, Laura | 10/19/1909 | Husband |
| 4031 | Wroe, Lester L. | 10/17/1905 | Desertion | Wroe, Elizabeth B. | 10/19/1909 | Wife |
| 4147 | Reed, Philo J. | 08/27/1896 | Desertion | Reed, Minnie B. | 1/18/1911 | Wife |
| 4212 | Benton, Elmer E. | 7/3/1905 | Cruel & Inhuman treatment | Benton, Amy M. | 1/18/1911 | Wife |
| 4190 | Clute, Eugene | 10/24/1906 | Desertion | Clute, Maud | 10/20/1910 | Wife |
| 4196 | West, Edward | 06/04/1889 | Serving sentence in penitentiary | West, Julia | 10/18/1910 | Wife |
| 4198 | Clarke, Charles C. | 12/29/1902 | Serving sentence in penitentiary | Clarke, Katharyne L. | 11/9/1910 | Wife |
| 4149 | Wilson, John O. | 5/5/1903 | Habitual Drunkenness | Wilson, Edna E. | 9/6/1910 | Husband |
| 4469 | Macklenburg, Carl | Dec-02 | Habitual Drunkenness | Macklenburg, Louise | 9/9/1910 | Wife |
| 2718 | Marty, Matt | 1/7/1905 | Desertion & Adultery | Marty, Lula | 1/13/1910 | Husband |
| 3085 | Heiden, Charles | 08/07/1893 | Desertion | Heiden, Tillie | 1/11/1910 | Husband |
| 4773 | Crefeld, Charles | 06/08/1892 | Desertion | Crefeld, Anna | 4/14/1911 | Wife |
| 4310 | Rieck, Charles | 8/7/1901 | Habitual drunkenness | Rieck, Blanche | 9/6/1911 | Wife |
| 4312 | Townsend, Charles W. | 7/2/1910 | Habitual drunkenness | Townsend, Rosa | 9/5/1911 | Wife |
| 4318 | Clark, Lowell A. | 4/12/1910 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Clark, Gertrude | 9/6/1911 | Wife |
| 4336 | Coonfare, Elmer | 9/15/1906 | Desertion & adultery | Coonfare, Cora | 9/6/1911 | Wife |
| 4316 | Nichols, Charles J. | 10/29/1902 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Nichols, Beulah | 10/24/1911 | Wife |
| 4349 | Meyer, Arthur | 10/13/1908 | Desertion | Meyer, Clara | 10/20/1911 | Husband |
| 4351 | Meyer, William | 04/26/1885 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Meyer, Minnie | 10/18/1911 | Wife |
| 4353 | Hansel, Delbert | 1/24/1906 | Desertion | Hansel, Minnie | 10/19/1911 | Wife |
| 4364 | Miller, Theodore | 02/08/1895 | Desertion | Miller, Augusta | 10/17/1911 | Wife |
| 4409 | Sterling, Howard P. | 3/28/1910 | Adultery | Sterling, Amanda Pearl | 1/18/1912 | Husband |
| 4411 | Spaulding, Paul J. | 6/1/1911 | Adultery | Spaulding, Susan B. | 1/10/1912 | Wife |
| 4352 | Goldschmidt, William | 04/17/1899 | Habitual drunkenness | Goldschmidt, Georgiana L. | 1/18/1912 | Wife |
| 4428 | Hagen, Henry | 01/03/1898 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Hagen, Caroline E. | 4/9/1912 | Wife |
| 4454 | O'Brien, W.H. | 12/09/1896 | Desertion | O'Brien, Alice | 4/9/1912 | Husband |
| 4483 | Clinton, Fred | 8/14/1907 | Desertion | Clinton, Myrtle | 9/11/1912 | Wife |
| 4493 | Smith, Fred J. | 03/10/1896 | Habitual drunkenness | Smith, Rose | 9/10/1912 | Wife |
| 4461 | Bigler, John | 12/24/1908 | Habitual drunkenness | Bigler, Magdalena | 10/22/1912 | Wife |
| 4472 | Wolfe, De Forrest O. | 5/13/1906 | Cruel & inhuman treatment & adultery | Wolfe, Mayme | 1/15/1913 | Wife |
| 4539 | Moreland, Ed | 5/15/1911 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Moreland, Jennie | 1/14/1913 | Wife |
| 4551 | Henkes, Cyrus L. | 11/28/1909 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Henkes, Ruth H. | 1/14/1913 | Wife |
| 4552 | Gilchrist, Tyler | 02/01/1889 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Gilchrist, Fannie | 1/14/1913 | Wife |
| 4555 | Letts, Edwyn | 1/18/1909 | Desertion | Letts, May | 1/14/1913 | Husband |
| 4590 | Pierce, Theodore | 05/06/1896 | Desertion | Pierce, Cora E. | 4/9/1913 | Wife |
| 4595 | Gross, William | 12/22/1908 | Desertion | Gross, Gusta | 4/8/1913 | Wife |
| 4698 | Blake, William H. | 06/10/1898 | Desertion | Blake, Minnie | 10/23/1913 | Wife |
| 4711 | Brown, Henry P. | 04/04/1890 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Brown, Agnes | 10/22/1913 | Wife |
| 4717 | Olson, Milo A. | 9/23/1907 | Cruel & inhuman treatment & adultery | Olson, Clara A. | 10/21/1913 | Wife |
| 4721 | Smith, James Edwin | 12/14/1896 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Smith, Alice C. | 10/24/1913 | Wife |
| 4683 | De Sotel, William | 12/15/1909 | Cruel & inhuman treatment & adultery | DeSotel, Mabel | 9/10/1913 | Wife |
| 4750 | Harrington, Horton | 01/29/1884 | Desertion | Harrington, Josephine | 1/21/1914 | Wife |
| 4752 | Maker, Arthur | 6/15/1910 | Desertion | Maker, Effie | 1/14/1914 | Husband |
| 4800 | Hesner, Claire | 11/10/1912 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Hesner, Hazel | 4/7/1914 | Wife |
| 4813 | Musser, Frank J. | 10/7/1908 | Habitual drunkenness | Musser, Carrie M. | 4/7/1914 | Wife |
| 4814 | Faber, Ernest | 1/30/1900 | Cruel & inhuman treatment | Faber, Emma | 4/8/1914 | Wife |
| 4841 | Stick, Frank | 10/26/1906 | Desertion | Stick, Annie | 4/8/1914 | Husband |
~source: original records, Clayton County, Iowa Record of Divorces, Volume I, 1906-1987; transcribed from microfilm FHL US/CAN Film 1516936 Item 3
~transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for Clayton co. IAGenWeb from microfilm images contributed by Constance Diamond
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