A Social Study of the Russian German 89 
The divorce rate for Lancaster county is abnormally high as, 
it will be recalled, its marriage rate was. The same cause ac- 
counts for both, 7. e., the number of out-of-town cases which come 
to the capital city. Hence, the rate itself is not significant but 
only the fact that it is comparatively stable, changing but little in 
the period covered. ‘The rate of divorce among the Russian Ger- 
mans, on the other hand, varies much more, partly because their 
population has not been so constant, and partly because more 
change is actually taking place among these foreigners than among 
the native people of the community. 
The divorce records of Lancaster county for the past fifteen 
years show the following facts concerning the Russian Germans :*° 
TaBLE XX. Divorces GRANTED TO RUSSIAN GERMANS IN LANCASTER 
CouNTY, wiTH PartraL DATA RELATING THERETO, FROM 1900 
TO 1914, INCLUSIVE 
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v8] 2 5 5 |B4o¥) 9 Se es _2 3 
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oe) A iss 3 Sai as a = 8) OS fee 
Z ce a ae\ 2 a <0 a0} § Ox 
I |r90r| Husband | Wife r | 3 | Russia Adultery No | 0 | Divorce 
2 |1904| Husband | Wife I | 5 | Nebraska) Marriage Yes} I | Dismissal 
obtained by 
fraud 
3 |1905| Wife Husband 15, Russia Cruelty, No| No | o | Divorce 
* non-support 
adultery 
4 |1905| Husband | Wife I | z| Lincoln | Marriage No | 0 | Divorce for 
obtained by cruelty 
fraud, 
cruelty 
5 |1905| Husband | Wife 2 | =| Nebraska| Cruelty No | 0 | Divorce 
6 |1906| Husband | Wife ue 3| Lincoln | Cruelty No | 1 | Dismissal 
47 |1907| Husband | Wife I | 75| Lincoln | Cruelty No | o | Dismissal 
8 |1908| Husband | Wife I | ro} Russia Desertion, No | rt | Divorce, custody 
adultery of child 
9 |1908| Wife Husband | 1 | ,5,| Lincoln | Cruelty Yes} Yes] 0 | Divorce, maiden 
name 
Io |1909) Wife Husband | 1 I; Kansas Marriage No| Yes! 0 | Annulment 
obtained by 
fraud 
Ir |1909| Husband | Wife I 3| Lincoln | Desertion No | o | Divorce 
85 For the records previous to 1909, cf. files of the Equity Docket of the 
District Court of Lancaster County. For the years 1909-1913, cf. Ne- 
braska State Board of Health, Divorce Records. 
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