Ada Florence LANDER [12231]

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The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) Tue 2 Oct 1917
Page 8
BRIDEGROOM UNDER AGE
WRONG STATEMENT MADE
BALLARAT. Tuesday.
Walter Thomas Bidwell, 18, was charged at the Supreme Court today, before Sir John Madden, the Chief Justice. with having made false representations to Charles Walker, registrar of marriages, at Ballarat. The case for the Crown was that Bidwell represented himself as being of the age of 21 years, and was married accordingly.
He was allowed to go under a bond of £50 to be of good behaviour for 12 months.
The bride's age was said to be 17 years.

The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Thu 15 May 1924 Page 3
DIVORCE CASE.

DIVORCE CASE.
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
"NO SUCH THING AS LOVE."
MELBOURNE, May 14.
Extraordinary circumstances were discussed in a divorce petition which was before Mr justice McArthur to day. The gist was that of Walter Thomas Bidwell, who south a dissolution of marriage from his wife, Ada Florence Bidwell. When the parties were married in 1918 the wife , was 15 years of age and the husband 17 years. A child was born in 1918 and, according to the evidence of the petitioner, his wife from that date refused to have any further relations with him.
Respondent gave evidence to-day. She very young when they married, she not understanding that she gave herself to him They had their meals together, and he took her to the pictures.
Mr. Justice McArthur; As far as the outside world was concerned you were just ordinary married people.
Witness: The neighbours thought that he was my mothers eldest son. He always treated me well.
Mr. Justice McArthur. It is just down right stubbornness on your part Witness: I don't think so. I don't believe there is any such thing in the world as love.
Mr Justice McArthur said the case was most extraordinary, but that he would to refuse the Petition, as the evidence was insufficient. He thought the husbands behaviour would stand by him in the future. Some men would have treated the girl roughly. Her conduct was conduct of which she should thoroughly ashamed.

The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) Thu 19 Jun 1924 Page 8
EARLY MARRIAGE
EARLY MARRIAGE
HUSBAND SUES FOR DESERTION.
Melbourne, Wednesday.
Reserved decision was given by Mr Justice McArthur in the Practice Court to-day in the matter of a suit for divorce on the ground of desertion that was brought some time ago by a young man named Walter Thomas Bidwell against his wife Adelaide Florence Bidwell. The case attracted some attention at the time on account of the youthfulness of the parties and the views expressed by Mrs Bidwell that she was too young when she married;
that she did not want to have anything more to do with her husband; that she preferred to live with her mother, and to lead her own life.
The parties were married in 1917, at Ballarat, the bridegroom then being seventeen and the bride sixteen.
The bridegroom was then an apprentice. For some time after the union the parties lived with the bride's mother, but after the birth of the first child the bride refused to have anything more to do with her husband. When he had concluded his term of apprenticeship the respondent refused to leave her mother's house.
Mr Justice McArthur said the point he had to decide was whether refusal of matrimonial rights for more than three years constituted desertion, when the wife was actually living in the same house as her Husband. He sympathised with the petitioner, but could not hold, against all the authorities, that mere refusal of conjugal rights in the circumstances was an act of desertion-The parties had otherwise been on friendly terms, and had gone out together. The period of actual desertion would date from the time when the husband had taken up his residence in Melbourne, and the wife had refused to join him. This was yet within the three years' period which constituted desertion His Honor granted Bidwell leave to withdraw the petition


The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Fri 24 Sep 1926 Page 16
DIVORCE COURT.
Walter Thomas Bidwell, aged 27 years, of High street, Windsor, plasterer, petitioner for divorce from Ada Florence Bidwell, aged 26 years, of Hoddle street, Collingwood, on the ground of desertion. The parties were married in August, 1917. A decree nisi was granted.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Mon 15 Nov 1948 Page 11
Family
CASBOLT.- On November 12, at Queen Victoria Hospital, Ada Florence, beloved wife of Jack Casbolt, of 72 Hornby street, Windsor, and loving mother of Maureen (Mrs. Bunting), Sydney and June; devoted stepmother of Alma, loved daughter of Frank (deceased), and Mary Lander, and sister of Claude, aged 49 years. - Re-quiescat in pace.

The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) View title info Mon 15 Nov 1948 Page 4
Family Notices
CASBOLT. - The Funeral of the late Mrs. ADA FLORENCE CASBOLT will leave 72 Hornby-st., Windsor, at 10.30 a.m. THIS DAY. for the New Cheltenham Cemetery. - HERBERT KING and SONS, Richmond. JA3462

The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) View title info Mon 12 Nov 1951 Page 7
Family Notices
GASBOLT.- In loving memory of our mother, Ada Casbolt. who passed away November 12, 1948.
- Inserted by her loving daughter and family, Maureen.

Ada married Walter Thomas BIDWELL [12232] [MRIN: 4219] in 1917 in Ballarat, Vic, Australia.⁸⁹²⁴ The marriage ended in divorce in 1926. (Walter Thomas BIDWELL [12232] was born in 1899 in Moonee Ponds, Vic, Australia and died in 1940 in Caulfield, Vic, Australia.)

Ada next married John James CASBOLT [7208] [MRIN: 4218], son of John CASBOLT [12802] and Ann MILROY [12803], in 1928 in , Victoria, Australia.⁶¹⁹⁰ (John James CASBOLT [7208] was born in 1885 in Alberton, Victoria, Australia,³⁴⁷⁰ died on 14 Aug 1968 in Korumburra, Vic, Australia ^3471,3472 and was buried on 19 Aug 1968 in Springvale, Vic, Australia ³⁴⁷².)