William Burgess Kittelty

BDM VIC

Birth 1888/7483 Waterloo; Kittelty, William Burgess, to Henry Kittelty and Marj Henry.

BDM WA

1st Marriage 1913/700031 Boulder; Kittelty, William Burgess, to Feirclough, Nellie Ruth

The Daily News Perth, Monday 14th March 1927; Inconsiderate Husband, Wife sues for divorce;
Decree Nisi Granted

Nellie Ruth Kittelty asked the Chief Justice (Sir Robert M'Millan), in the Divorce Court to-day to grant her a dissolution of marriage from her husband, William Burgess Kittelty, on the ground of wilful desertion. Her case was handled by Mr. M J Crawcour.

Mrs. Kittetly, a middle aged woman, said she was married on April 9, 1913, according to the rites of the Salvation Army at the residence of her father in Boulder. They lived at various centres, and two children were born. Her husband, she said, some time after their marriage, developed a passion for drink, and although he earned 11s 8d per day, he allowed her only 30s per week, and spent the remainder in drink, a condition of affairs which led to unhappiness.

In 1916 he decided that work in the mines was too heavy for him, and came to Perth. He did not try to get employment while they were living in the city, but subsequently went to the Nor' West, and later on, when he was occupying different positions, his contributions towards the maintenance of herself and children were inadequate. He told her he did not intend to live with her, and would take the children. She refused to agree to this proposition, and was forced to go out to work herself.

In 1921 when he was travelling for a tailor he got into financial trouble and was arrested. At his request she saw him at Perth lock up and arranged that a friend of hers should act as his bondsman, he having been ordered to make restitution of some money within six months, and having been bound over for twelve months.

Afterwards she heard he was going about with another woman, which he admitted, and told her she was the stumbling block, and should get a divorce. Mrs Kittelty said she told her husband that she wanted him to be decent, and he promised to make a home.

However, their relations remained on an unsatisfactory basis, and early in 1922 Kittelty told her not to write him till he wrote, but he had not written. She did not know where he was and the police had been unable to locate him, although she had heard he was living in New South Wales. There was no occasion for the desertion.

"He seems to have had no sense of his duty as a husband, and even when earning good money on the mines and elsewhere, he appears to have spent the major part of it on himself, and allowed his wife only a fraction," said the Chief Justice in granting a decree nisi.

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BDM NSW

2nd Marriage 1927/17408 Glebe; Kittelty, William B, to Castles, Phyllis M.

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The Labor Daily (Sydney NSW) TUE 26 Aug 1930; Rare Disease of Spine:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/236731831?searchTerm=%22...

Death 1930/10867 Sydney; Kittelty, William B., 42 years.

Coroners Inquest
Tuberculosis of vertebrae, emphysema and exhaustion but whether accelerated by injuries accidentally received while climbing into lift evidence does not show

Funeral Thurs 11 Sep 1930 C of E Rookwood, Sydney, NSW.

Probate:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/247187859?searchTerm=%22...