Brenda Gordon Kaveney

1st Marriage: 1888 - John Kean [divorced 1910]
2nd Marriage: 1911 - John William Wade
3rd Marriage: 1916 - James Aloysius Kaveney

DOWN IN THE SCALE. Brenda Gordon Kean was represented by Mr. Lundon in asking for a dissolution of her marriage with John Kean, a jockey. The parties were married at Auckland in January of 1888, and lived together till 1901. Though a prominent horseman at one time, Kean gave way to drink, and was unable to maintain his skill and position. Petitioner's forbearance reached > its limit by January 5, of 1901, on which date she told him that unless he found work she would put the police on to him. He thereupon packed up his clothes and left the house, and had since failed to contribute one penny to the support of wife and two children. A decree nisi was granted, with costs on the lowest scale, to be made absolute in three months. Source: Auckland Star (30 November 1910) https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19101130.2.23