Christina McGill formerly Davis

Divorce evidence reveals daughter Helena not the child of George Davis

Vic Death Cert 1920 # 16383 died Chapel st South Yarra of carrdiac problems

DAVIS—McGILL.—On April 10, by the Rev. Jno. Wilkes Simmons, George Davis, to Christina McGill,widow of the late Charles McGill, and second eldest daughter of Elias Baker, both of Hobart.

HOBART SUPREME COURT.

CIVIL SITTINGS.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)

HOBART, MONDAY.

Before the Full Court.

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES JURISDICTION.

DAVIS V. DAVIS AND ANOTHER.   

Mr D. H. Crisp ( Crisp and Crisp) applied for an order nisi to be made for the dissolution of the marriage of George Arthur Davis and Christina Davis.

The parties were married on April 10, 1884, the maiden name being Christina M'Gill, by the Rev. J. W. Simmons.

About three months afterwards she gave birth to a child, of which her husband alleged he was not the father.

She produced an order for maintenance at the police court, which he paid up regularly until she disappeared, when he applied to have this order revoked and was successful.
In 1891 he discovered that she was living with one Randall Riseley at Burnie. Mr Crisp produced affidavits to prove that the parties were living together at Burnie, but that Riseley did not know that respondent was married to the petitioner.

George Arthur Davis, petitioner, gave evidence, and the court granted the rule nisi without further argument. There were not any costs allowed against the co-respondent. Mr Crisp stated that the marriage was one of fraud. It was an extenuating case, and he would ask that the power vested in the court to shorten the time for making the rule absolute, usually fixed at six months, to a nearer period should be exercised.

After consultation, the Acting-Chief Justice said that Mr Justice Adams was disinclined to shorten the term at all, but as far as he was concerned once the rule nisi was made he was indifferent as to what length of time should elapse between that and the application for making the rule absolute. In this case he would shorten the time by three months.

The court then rose.