Connecticut Divorce Index, 1968-1997. Name: William M Barnum; Race: White; Birth Date: June 1927; Birth State: New York; Number of Previous Marriages: First; Education: 4 years college; Certificate Number: 4068; Spouse Name: Anne; Spouse Race: White; Spouse Birth State: Pennsylvania; Spouse Birth Date: May 1929; Spouse Number of Previous Marriages: First; Spouse Education: 5 or more years college; Marriage State: Pennsylvania; Marriage Date: October 1952; Separation Date: June 1970; Children Under Age 18: Four; Plaintiff: Wife; Plaintiff Town of Residence: Granby, Connecticut; Custody of Children: Wife; Decree Date: 04 August 1971; Type of Decree: Divorce granted to wife; Grounds for Divorce: Cruelty; Case Contested: No; Court Docket Number: 142492; Superior Court County of Decree: Fairfield.