Married since 1910, Ethel Ingham of Calgary had ample reason to seek a divorce from her husband Thomas in February 1919. She claimed desertion, physical assault, adultery, cruelty and exposure to venereal disease. The judge granted a decree absolute, the first in Calgary under the new provincial rules, in October of that year.
Escaping an intolerable situation.
Married since 1910, Ethel Ingham of Calgary had ample reason to seek a divorce from her husband Thomas in February 1919. She claimed desertion, physical assault, adultery, cruelty and exposure to venereal disease. The judge granted a decree absolute, the first in Calgary under the new provincial rules, in October of that year.
