Lynch v. Lynch

April 17, 1931, Frances Ankeny, age nineteen years, and Emmett J. Lynch, age twenty-two years, were married at Ellensburg. Frances was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ankeny, prominent and wealthy persons of Walla Walla. She had been brought up in an atmosphere of refinement and was not required or expected to perform the menial and arduous duties of life. Emmett had been born and raised on a farm. His family was of meager circumstances, and in school he had finished the eighth grade and what would be equivalent to one year in high school. At the time of the marriage, Emmett was farming…