Frederick George Williams1

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Marriage*19 August 1882 Residence of the Bride's Mother, Walgett, NSW, Australia;Bride=Charlotte Carr Morris2 
News-Arct*17 September 1908 "The Evening News", Sydney, NSW, Australia;
DIVORCE COURT.
IN THE ROYAL COACH.
Frederick George Williams, a contractor, applied for a divorce from Charlotte Carr Williams, formerly Morris, on the ground of her adultery with John Richard Kennedy, who was joined as co-respondent, and desertion. There were issues raised on behalf of the respondent as to whether the petitioner had been guilty of cruelty, whether he had been guilty of such wilful neglect or misconduct as conduced to the adultery (if any): whether he had been accessory to or connived at the adultery (if any), whether he wilfully deserted her without just cause or excuse, and whether he had misconducted himself with a woman at Walgett.
The marriage took place in August, 1882, at Walgett.
Petitioner, who was represented by Mr. White, instructed by Mr. J. W. Abigail, said that he and his wife lived in the Walgett district. On the afternoon of May 15, 1898, he returned home and found Kennedy under his bed. Petitioner wrestled with him, and had his arm broken. To the respondent he spoke about Kennedy, and she said she did not know he was under the bed. He didn't believe her, but forgave her, and lived on with her. One evening in the following December petitioner again caught Kennedy in his bed room. Petitioner had been away shearing, and his wife didn't expect him. He again closed with him, and he got away. When he spoke to his wife she said that Kennedy was in the room for no harm. He forgave her.
In August, 1900, petitioner was living in Walgett with his wife. He met Kennedy on Thursday last at Moree, and shook hands with him.
His Honor: You what?
Pettioner: Shook hands with him.
Petitoner asked him, 'Where is my wife?' He replied, "She is in Sydney at present." Kennedy admitted that he was living with her, and said that "all the world knew it," that "he didn't care," that he retained his own name, and she kept hers.
Mr. White: What color is Kennedy?—He's a half-caste.
Pettitoner said, in answer to Judge Simpson, that Kennedy was a little whiter than a half-caste.
The petitioner met respondent yesterday. She was staying with Miss Kennedy in Sydney. She said she didn't want to see him, that "she would meet him to-morow in the Divorce Court."
His wife left him while they were residing at Coonamble. He went out one Sunday in January, 1903, on business, and on returning in the evening he found she had gone. He was then told something, and he mounted a horse and followed her. She was in the Royal Coach, which, he overtook about two miles and a half along the road. He asked her what she was doing, and she answered that she was going to Walgett, and would be back in a week. With that he returned home, and she failed to come back.
Mr. White: Do you know a girl named Louie Bunyan ?—Yes .
Did you ever illtreat your wife in any way?—No.
His Honor found in favor of the petitioner, and granted a decree nisi, making it returnable in six months.
;Principal=Charlotte Carr Morris3 

Family

Charlotte Carr Morris b. 6 Dec 1865, d. 31 May 1957
Children

Citations

  1. [S1481] NSW Marriage Indexes, 5806/1882 Frederick George Williams & Charlotte Carr Morris.
  2. [S1299] NSW Marriage Certificate.
  3. [S1565] Trove digitised newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/, The Evening News, Thursday, September 17, 1908.
  4. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 25990/1883 Martha Harriet Williams.
  5. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 30464/1888 May Williams.
  6. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 36140/1892 Arthur Williams.