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Surprising New England Romances End in Divorces
A decade after three elite Boston marriages linked wealthy Higginsons Ames Cabots to working class brides, gossip and social pressure sparked public challenges. Hugh Higginson and Dorothy Lucas divorced amid cruelty claims. Frederick Ames pursued a daring array of travels and a veiled liaison after his marriage to a nurse. Hugh Cabot Jr and Louise Melanson wed in drama, then cooled into separate paths as the era’s aristocratic unions faced scrutiny.
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New England
Bullehaloo
Pranvis Lee Higginson
Frederick Lothrop
Ames
Hough Cabot, Jr
Dorothy Lucas
Maurice Mozotte
Elias Louise Melangou
Ansto
Back Bay
Lawrence and
Lowell
Tess
Hugh Cubely Jr
Francis Lee Higginson
Boston
Lee, Higgingoy & Co
Csee
Branconia
Mr. Higginson
Hanyard and
Needurl
Jic
Wigginson
Francia
Dorothy
Higginson
Reun
Beacon Street
Bostyh
Thas Reno Naper
Abe
Pergany
Ting Arisin
Hoxton
Frederick Lathrop
Big Ranther
Nogales
Verico
Dallas
Maurice Moretto
Tara Your
Tie
Ames Kinnell
Baston
Southburn
Musy
Hye
Frank P. Sproul
Pittsburgh Beaker
Reston
Gabot
Hugh
John Cabot
Henry Vtp
Shakespeare
Marche
Astors
Vanderbilts
Rockellars
Miss Melanson