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Winnebago County
Misc. Researcher Contributed
Annulment & Divorce Records


Only records dated prior to 1940 will be accepted for this page.

Iry Jay Wetherbee vs Jennie A. Wetherbee
1900

Original Notice.
Iry Jay Wetherbee, plaintiff vs Jennie A. Wetherbee, defendant:
In the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Winnebago county - May term, A.D. 1900
To Jennie Wetherbee: You are hereby notified that on or before the 10th day of May, A.D. 1900, the petition of plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of in and for Winnebago county, claiming of you a divorce from the bonds of matrimony and alleging as ground therefore, desertion; also claiming of you the custody of his minor child, and such other relief as the court may decree. And that unless yon appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of the next term, being the May term of said court, which will commence at the court house in Forest City, Iowa, on the 28th day of May, 1900, default will be entered against you and judgement and decree rendered thereon, as provided by law.
Patterson & Gorden, Attorney for Plaintiff.

~Buffalo Center Globe, April 1900

 

M.F. Greenfield vs Geescke Greenfield
1900

Original Notice
M.F. Greenfield, Plaintiff vs Geescke Greenfield, defendant
In the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Winnebago county - Oct term, A.D. 1900
To Geescke Greenfield: You are hereby notified that on before the 8th day of October, A.D. 1900, the petition of Plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Winnebago County, claiming of you a divorce from the bonds of matrimony and alleging as grounds therefore, desertion, also claiming of yon the custody of his minor children. And that unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of the next term, being the October term of said Court which will commence at the court house in Forest City, Iowa, on the 22d day of October, 1900, default will be entered against you and judgement and decree rendered thereon, as provided by law.
Patterson & Gorden, Attorney for Plaintiff.

~Buffalo Center Tribune, September 1900

 

Trotter
1902

March term of court, Judge Kelley presiding. Mrs. J.M. Trotter, of Buffalo Center was granted a divorce from J.M. Trotter.

~Buffalo Center Tribune, March 1902

 

Glossner
1902

It is reported that Mrs. Will Glosser has received a divorce from her husband. They resided in Buffalo Center for some time in the early days of the town. Mr. Glosser was a painter by trade. Of late they have been living in St. Paul.

~Buffalo Center Tribune, November 1902

 

Groen vs Groen
1905

In the case of Groen vs Groen, in which the wife sought a divorce from her husband, Judge Kelley has decided in favor of the former and granted her a divorce and alimony. The parties to the action reside at Buffalo Center. Together with the divorce proceedings was also tried an action in volving certain money which the wife claimed was due her from her husband. She was also given a verdict for this money, amounting to $888, and alimony to the amount of $200. John Orr of Buffalo Center, appeared for the plaintiff and Andrew Miller of Forest City, for the defendant.

~Buffalo Center Tribune, January 1905

 

Baldock Annulment
1906

An annulment of marriage was rendered by Judge Gigde during October term in the case of Albert Baldock vs Nellie Baldock. The latter is at the Cherokee hospital and was insane at the time of marriage in 1899.

~Buffalo Center Tribune, November 1906

 

Baldwin-Konvalinka vs Konvalinka
1906

Mrs. Helen Baldwin-Konvalinka of Lake Mills was granted a divorce from her husband George V. Konvalinka by Judge Gigde during the October term

~Buffalo Center Tribune, November 1906

 

Northrop
1907

Leaving his wife destitute with a baby at Boliver, Missouri, was sufficient cause for Mrs. Grace Jane Northrop, of Mason City, to secure a divorce from her husband, Walter S. Northrup, for several years a prominent abstractor of Winnebago county and a citizen of Forest City. The divorce was granted by Judge Smith at Mason City recently. It was a story of cruel and inhuman treatment coupled with that of desertion after leaving Forest City. Mrs. Northrop, who is a daughter of C.A. Griffin, a prominent and wealthy resident of Mason City, was brought home by her people. The husband is now said to be in Muscovia, Indian Territory.

~Buffalo Center Tribune, October 1907

 

Newby
1908

Ben Newby was granted a divorce from his wife, Lizze Newby, at this term of the district court at Forest City on Monday of this week.

~Buffalo Center Tribune, February 14, 1908

 

Pinekney
1909

The Pinekney case, which was to have come on for trial at an adjourned session of the April term, was settled out of court by the attorneys and parties at law last week. In the settlement Mrs. Edson Pinekney received the homestead in St. Paul, valued at $7,000; $1,000 in cash; and $4,000 in the hands of trustees for the support of the two children. She is to pay all court costs and her attorney's fees. She withdraws all charges against the defendant, and by agreement is allowed to file a substitute petition and secure divorce on grounds of cruel treatment. She was awarded the custody of the children. The defendant, Edson A. Pinekney, is one of the firm of Pinekney Bros. druggists, of Forest City.

~Buffalo Center Tribune, June 1909

 

Hill
1909

The ties that have bound Kate M. and M.D. Hill for nearly twenty years have been broken. At the last term of district court, in Forest City, the former was granted a divorce and the cutody of the children. Mrs. Hill is now running a restaurant at Swea City and Mr. Hill is clerking in a hotel at West Bend.

~Buffalo Center Tribune, December 1909

 

Hodenfield
1910

District Court, March-April 1910, Judge Kelley presiding. Nellie Hodenfield obtained a decree of divorce from Cornelius Hodenfield

~Buffalo Center Tribune, April 1910

 

Liljenberg
1910

District Court, March-April 1910, Judge Kelley presiding. Carrie Liljenberg obtained a decree of divorce from Ernest Liljenberg

~Buffalo Center Tribune, April 1910

 

 

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