Marriage Annulled

After looking into New Orleans Parish Marriages and news articles I previously missed, I'm taking one last recap on Marguerite Barba, first wife of my great-grandfather Harry O'Brien. After separating from Harry and returning to New Orleans (likely in 1909 or early 1910), Marguerite married Charles LeMore in New Orleans on 14 November 1911. Her sister Leonora was one of the witnesses (listed as Mrs. F. H. Jaubert).

FamilySearch. New Orleans Parish Marriages, 1911.

A problem was that Marguerite was still technically married to Harry. While the divorce had been filed in Illinois on 24 June 1911, the petition was not granted by the court until 28 November 1911. Marguerite did not learn of this until January 1913. By then her marriage to LeMore was also over, but she still had this problem to resolve. According to a news article in the New Orleans Times-Picayune from 22 January 1915, Marguerite petitioned the court in New Orleans to dissolve her marriage to LeMore.

New Orleans Times-Picayune, 22 Jan 1915.

Marguerite continued living with her mother, operating their home with rooms for rent. Her mother passed away on 28 June 1945.

Marguerite died in New Orleans in August 1982, almost 98 years old.