In re Watson

This is a proceeding in equity instituted by the petitioner against his wife for the custody of their two minor children. The parties were married in January, 1865, and have lived separate and apart since January, 1876. From that time until the present, the two children of the marriage, one of whom is a boy of the age of about fourteen years, and the other a girl of the age of about sixteen years, have resided with their mother, the respondent, at Albion, in the county of Orleans. The petitioner- is a physician residing, and in the practice of his profession at den Cove in Queens county. By…