Divorce in Copenhagen, late 1700s/ early 1800s

Startet af Sallie Hobbs, 11 Jul 2012 - 19:36

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Sallie Hobbs

Hi,

Could someone tell me where to look for divorce records in Copenhagen? The time period is the late 1700s/ early 1800s.

My ancestors Jonas Krane/ Crane/ Chrane and Johanne Kirstine Sachmann were married  December 1788 in Trinitatis Kirke in Copenhagen. The marriage record says that Jonas worked in a porcelain factory.
At the time of the 1801 census, Johanne was living with her two children and doing sewing and washing. According to the census record, she also received a weekly amount of money from the porcelain factory.
I can't find Jonas on the 1801 census. He did remarry on 30 Nov 1802, in Frederiksberg Kirke, Copenhagen. He married again on 10 Aug 1815 in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen.

Jonas' first wife, Johanne, remarried 9 April 1813 in Vor Frue Kirke in Copenhagen.

Here is the record for Jonas' second marriage in 1802:
    d. 14 Nov
    Copul. d. 30 Nov
    Anmeldte til Aflysning: Jonas Crane og Pigen Mariane Olsen, opholdende
    sig hos Slagter Christian Buch paa Vesterbroe. Foreviist Cancelliets
    Bevilling, at Jonas Crane, som er bleven separeret fra sin forrige
    Hustrue, maae indgaae nyt Ægteskab. Forlovernes Beviis: "At intet i
    navnlig Maade er lovstridigt eller til Hinder, at jo Arbejder ved
    Porcellainsfabriqven Jonas Crane og Pigen Mariane Olsen Liunge(?)
    indtræde i Ægteskab med hverandre, derfor indestaar vi underskrevne som
    Forlovere. Frederichsberg d. 14 Nov. 1802
    for Brudgommen:
    Prijior, Kleinsmedmester boende i Bredgade 155
    for Bruden:
    P. Milling, Kongelig Fuldmægtig ved Søe-Etaten

translation:
    November 14
    Married November 30
    Reported to publication of the banns: Jonas Crane and the maid Mariane
    Olsen staying with butcher Christian Buch in Vesterbro. Chancellery
    permission shown, that Jonas Crane, who has been separated from his
    former wife, may remarry. Evidence of the guarantors: "That nothing in
    particular way is illegal and prevent, that worker at the porcelain
    factory Jonas Crane and the maid Mariane Olsen Liunge(?) join in
    marriage with each other, therefore we vouch, the signing guarantors.
    Fredrichsberg, 14 November 1802
    for the groom:
    Prijior, locksmith master living in Bredgade 155
    for the bride:
    P. Milling, royal counsellor at the navy


My questions:
When the first wife, Johanne, got the weekly amount from her husband's employer, would that have been because of some legal (court) order? Where would the record of that order be located?

Does it appear there was an actual divorce between Jonas and his first wife, or just a separation? Or was there no difference? Is "separation" a legal term? Again, would there be a court record? And where would it be?

If there was no actual court ordered separation, was Jonas able to remarry on just the word of the guarantors at his marriage? Or was some other type of written record necessary?

I appreciate your help!

Kind regards,
Sallie Hobbs