David Robert Douglas was born in 1894. He was the son of Walter Joseph Cresswell and Hannah Reese. [1] He married Ella Dorothea Boys in 1925 [2] They were divorced in 1930
Wife’s Infidelity. Douglas David Robert Cresswell, of Lismore, farmer, applied for divorce from Ella Dorothea Cresswell, on the ground of adultery with Hector Claude McDonald, of Ashburton, chemist. Mr W. D. Campbell appeared for petitioner, the action being undefended. Mr Campbell said that an answer had been filed on behalf of the corespondent, who had later intimated that he did not desire to defend the action. Petitioner had since become of opinion that he could not claim for damages, but would claim costs on the higher scale in view of the defence having been abandoned only quite recently. Petitioner stated that he had been married at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Ashburton, on August 4, 1925. There had been no children of the marriage. Witness had lived with his wife at Lismore, and in July 1929 he left for Hanmer. where he remained til' November 15th, of the same year. On the day following the return to his home, witness found two letters on his desk, in the handwriting of McDonald, whom he knew personally. The letters were handed to His Honour. who remarked: 'Who is dear •D’?” Witness: “My wife. Dorothea.” Mr Campbell: “When you read the letters, what did you do?”—“I accused my wife of infiidelity with McDonald. She confessed she had been unfaithful to me, and said she thought that all the letters received from McDonald had been destroyed.” Continuing under questioning by Mr Campbell, witness said that his wife had stated that her infidelity with McDonald had been brought about by her loneliness while witness had been away. [3]
His farm went bankrupt in 1931 [4]
He married 2nd Frances Edith Buss in 1932 [5] He passed away in 1960 age 66 [6]
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