Maureen Eris May Lane, 19111942 (aged 31 years)

Name
Maureen Eris May /Lane/
Given names
Maureen Eris May
Surname
Lane
Birth
Birth of a brother
Death of a brother
Birth of a sister
Death of a mother
Marriage
Note: Divorce Court

Divorce Court

Darlington Point Grazier

Obtains Decree
(From Our Special Representative)

Married at the age of 53 to a girl of 20, George Britt, a grazier, of Darlington point, lived to regret it. On Friday he petitioned the judge in Divorce, Mr. Justice Boyce, in Sydney for a dissolution of his marriage with Maureen Iris Britt, formerly Lane, on the ground of her adultery with a man unknown.

Britt told the Judge that he was married in 1931 at Griffith. There were two children of the marriage, Georgina, aged four, and Alwyn, aged two. Both were with the mother. Petitioner said that in 1934 a deed of separation was drawn up and signed by himself and his wife and they went their separate ways. He had not lived with her since. His wife took all the furniture, he said.

The Judge: So you were 53 when you married this girl, and she was a domestic servant of 20? Britt: Yes, Your Honor. The evidence against the wife was that she had had a child which was born on December 13, 1935, and which was not the petitioner's. A certificate of registration of the child's birth was produced.

The Judge: The fact that the child was born and that it is not the petitioner's is proof of the adultery. He then pronounced a decree nisi returnable in six months. By consent custody of the two children was given to the wife, the petitioner making no application for access to them. He was also ordered to pay the costs of the divorce.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (New South Wales : 1893 - 1953).

Death
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Family with parents
father
mother
18871913
Birth: 10 July 1887 40 Adelong Crossing, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 24 November 1913Lameroo, South Australia, Australia
elder brother
19091983
Birth: 12 August 1909 30 22 Dunolly, Victoria, Australia
Death: 11 June 1983Darlington Point, New South Wales, Australia
elder sister
Private
herself
19111942
Birth: 1911 32 23 Ouyen, Victoria, Australia
Death: 12 November 1942Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
younger sister
19131959
Birth: 3 March 1913 34 25 Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 18 December 1959Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
-13 months
younger brother
19121912
Birth: 1 January 1912 33 24 Ouyen, Victoria, Australia
Death: 13 March 1912Ouyen, Victoria, Australia
Mother’s family with an unknown individual
mother
18871913
Birth: 10 July 1887 40 Adelong Crossing, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 24 November 1913Lameroo, South Australia, Australia
half-brother
Private
half-sister
19061906
Birth: 1906 18 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1906Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
Family with George Britt
husband
herself
19111942
Birth: 1911 32 23 Ouyen, Victoria, Australia
Death: 12 November 1942Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriage15 January 1931Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
… … + Maureen Eris May Lane
herself
19111942
Birth: 1911 32 23 Ouyen, Victoria, Australia
Death: 12 November 1942Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
son
Private
Marriage
Death
Burial
Marriage

Divorce Court

Darlington Point Grazier

Obtains Decree
(From Our Special Representative)

Married at the age of 53 to a girl of 20, George Britt, a grazier, of Darlington point, lived to regret it. On Friday he petitioned the judge in Divorce, Mr. Justice Boyce, in Sydney for a dissolution of his marriage with Maureen Iris Britt, formerly Lane, on the ground of her adultery with a man unknown.

Britt told the Judge that he was married in 1931 at Griffith. There were two children of the marriage, Georgina, aged four, and Alwyn, aged two. Both were with the mother. Petitioner said that in 1934 a deed of separation was drawn up and signed by himself and his wife and they went their separate ways. He had not lived with her since. His wife took all the furniture, he said.

The Judge: So you were 53 when you married this girl, and she was a domestic servant of 20? Britt: Yes, Your Honor. The evidence against the wife was that she had had a child which was born on December 13, 1935, and which was not the petitioner's. A certificate of registration of the child's birth was produced.

The Judge: The fact that the child was born and that it is not the petitioner's is proof of the adultery. He then pronounced a decree nisi returnable in six months. By consent custody of the two children was given to the wife, the petitioner making no application for access to them. He was also ordered to pay the costs of the divorce.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (New South Wales : 1893 - 1953).