COULD you be heir to a small fortune? These are all of the unclaimed estates which are currently listed in mid-Cheshire.
From property and money to even unclaimed personal possessions, you could be entitled to a share of a deceased relative's property.
That's because when someone dies with no will or known family, their property and assets - unclaimed estates - is passed over to the Crown as owner-less property.
A list is then published by the Government and routinely updated to help people who are entitled to come forward and make their claim.
So we've looked through latest records, which are publicly available, to bring you the most up to date list in our region:
Name Date of Death Place of Death Date of Birth Place of Birth
Bryan Annison 14/08/2006 Poynton 03/01/1931 Ashton under Lyne
Pauline Atha 19/03/2014 Macclesfield 07/02/1947 Leeds, West Yorks
Edward George Barnes 30/04/1998 Northwich 20/10/1912 Crewe
Kenneth Barnes 01/12/1999 Macclesfield 09/11/1924 Manchester
Peter Best 09/07/2013 Middlewich 16/09/1934 Berkshire
Sylvester Bravo 21/09/2010 Crewe 18/01/1920 Jamaica
Margaret Browning 16/09/1996 Davenham unknown unknown
Erich Buchwald 29/07/2004 Wilmslow 16/09/1923 Czechsolovakia
Michael Carey 17/08/2006 Crewe 20/02/1931 unknown
Ada Davies 29/05/1997 Crewe 05/10/1913 Halifax
Graham Davis 18/10/2014 Nantwich 01/06/1945 Cheshire
Alfred Carl Dietrich 01/05/1995 Vale Royal 06/09/1908 Germany
Mildred Evelyn Ford Dodd 01/05/2003 Chester 23/06/1916 Chester
Ann Catherine Mary Driver 17/06/2014 Chester 17/09/1946 Chester
Dorothy Mary Hanly 29/07/2013 Crewe 26/02/1953 Congleton
Marian Frances Holliday 01/11/2014 Pembrokeshire 25/12/1941 Alderley Edge
Brian Houghton 16/03/2009 Middlewich 02/10/1930 England
Maria Koltuckji 16/06/1999 Knutsford 30/04/1908 unknown
Winifred Luckman 13/09/2000 Winsford 16/02/1911 Liverpool
Sylvia Kathleen McLeod 13/12/2000 Knutsford 13/08/1925 Essex
Violet Wrench 10/09/2004 Winsford 10/04/1913 Wybunbury
Mary Vickers 05/03/2016 Northwich 14/11/1929 unknown
Claims will be accepted within, generally, 12 years from the date the administration of the estate was completed and interest will be paid on the money held.
Who is entitled to claim an estate?
If someone dies without leaving a valid or effective will (intestate) the following are entitled to the estate in the order shown below:
- husband, wife or civil partner
- children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on
- mother or father
- brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews)
- half brothers or sisters or their children (nieces and nephews of the half blood or their children). ‘Half ’ means they share only one parent with the deceased
- grandparents
- uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants)
- half uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins of the half blood or their children). ‘Half’ means they only share one grandparent with the deceased, not both
If you are, for example, a first cousin of the deceased, you would only be entitled to share in the estate if there are no relatives above you in the order of entitlement, for example, a niece or nephew.
To see the full list covering the whole of the United Kingdom and/or to make a claim to an estate visit the government website HERE.
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