Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
NameSTEVENSON, Ann Theresa
Marriage
Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950) Fri 4 May 1900 59868
A Divorce Case.
TURVEY v. TURVEY.
In the Supreme Court, Perth, on
Tuesday, before the Chief Justice, the
case came on for hearing of Turvey v.
Turvey, which was a petition by AnnTheresa Turvey for dissolution of mar-riage with George Turvey, on thegrounds of adultery, desertion, andcruelty. Mr. N. K. Ewing (instructedby Messrs. Ewing and Downing) ap-peared for the petitioner. There wasno-appearance of the respondent.The following evidence was taken : —Ann Theresa; Turvey deposed thatshe was the petitioner, and was marriedat Adelaide on March 15, 1884, to therespondent. There had been five chil-dren issue of the marriage. She hadthe custody of all her children, and wassupporting them. Respondent leftAdelaide in 1895 for W.A., andwitness. followed in October,' 1896. Shethen lived with her husband at Subiacofor about six months. About twomonths after going to Subiaco her hus-band drew her attention to an adver-tisement in the paper seeking for some-one to look after an infant. He sug-gested that, as they were in strugglingcircumstances, witness should take thechild, arid the money for its supportwould help them to live. The name ofthe advertiser appeared as Mrs Ryan.Witness saw her, and arranged to takethe child for 10s per week. The childwas only fourteen days old. Witnesshad since discovered that the personwho advertised as 'Mrs. Ryan was asingle woman named Mary Lyons. Thewoman Lyons frequently came to thehouse, and was on friendly terms withher husband. In consequence of reports which she had heard, one night inJuly, 1897, she followed her husband,and found him in the bush near Subia-co, with the woman Lyons. They werewalking arm-in-arm. As soon as theysaw witness they separated, and wenthurriedly in different .directions. Wit-ness returned home, and when herhusband came back she taxed him withinfidelity. Subsequently witness heardthat her husband had known Lyons, before witness came to the colony. Witness accused him with being the fatherof the child, and he did not deny it.Respondent then left her, and went toKalgoorlie. Witness sent for Lyons- andtold her what she had heard about thechild. Lyons admitted that the respon-dent was the father of the; child: Wit-ness then went to Kalgoorlie and starteda boarding house. .For three years shehad had no support 'from her husband.In August, i899, her husband came toher place in Kalgoorlie, and wanted tolive with her. She refused to allow himto' do so. so he struck her in the faceand took out a revolver and threatenedto shoot her.Corroborative evidence was given,and a decree nisi, returnable in sixmonths, was granted.
Spouses
Birth28 May 1862, Milang, SA59869
Divorce1900, Perth, WA59868