62 unclaimed estates in Derbyshire that you could inherit if you share one of these surnames

If you share one of their surnames, you may be an heir to an unclaimed estate because they died without leaving a will.

Where there is no will, the deceased’s property becomes ‘ownerless property’ and the Crown takes ownership of it. However, family members who believe they are entitled to a share of the dead person’s property can make a claim during a 12-year period after the Crown takes possession of the estate.

If the claim is filed after the 12-year term has expired, the Treasury will allow claims up to 30 years from the date of the person’s death, subject to no interest being paid on the money kept.

Should someone die without leaving a valid or effective will, the following relatives 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.

Here are the details of the 62 unclaimed estates in Derbyshire:

1.Julius Akinyeye, born in Ondo in NigeriKaza, died in Derby.

2.Harry Barker, born in Shirebrook, died in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

3.Zelma Berzins, a widow, born in Lativa, died in Derby,

4.William Boyle, a bachelor, born and died in Derby.

5.Arthur Bryan Bradley, born and died in Derbyshire.

6.Arthur Brown, born in Wakefield, died in Derby.

7.Graham Caddick, a bachelor, born and died in Derby.

8.William Chappell, a bachelor, born in Wales, died in Derby.

9.Kazimerz Cholodowski, born in Austria, died in Derby,

10. Charlotte Connolly a widow, born in the Republic of Ireland, died in Derby.

11. Margaret Davies, a single woman, born and died in Glossop.

12. Joseph Day, a bachelor, died in Derby.

13. Thomas Henry Dodds, a widower, died in Derby.

14. Herbert Drury, a bachelor, born in Chesterfield, died in Birmingham.

15. Margaret Elliot, born in Derbyshire, died in Macclesfield.

16. Anne Ellis (nee Richardson), a widow, born in Sheffield, died in Chesterfield.

17. Feliks Frajmut, a widower, born in Josefoet in Poland, died in Chesterfield.

18. John Fraser, died in Chesterfield.

19. Ann Gaunt, born in Ironville, died in Derby,

20. Peto Gerzon, born in Hungary, died in Derby.

21. Victoria Godfrey, a spinster, born in Chesterfield, died in Arundel in West Sussex.

22. Walerian Goluwko, a bachelor, born in Cracow, Poland, died in Derby.

23. Dorothy Goodwin (nee Hillier), widow of Edwin Thomas Goodwin, died in Ashbourne.

24. Winifred Hales (nee Sutcliffe), widow of Harold Hubert Hales, born and died in Derby,

25. Graham John Hallam, a bachelor, born and died in Derby.

26. Marjorie Hunt Hawkins, a spinster, born and died in Derby.

27. Norleen Gwendoline Alice Hilson, a spinster, born and died in Derby.

28. John David Holt, a single man, died in Derby.

29. Frederick Hudson, a widower, born and died in Derby,

30. Valda Inta Hudson (nee Jurggensons), born in Latvia, died in Chesterfield.

31. Francis Hacowicz, a bachelor, born in Poland, died in Chesterfield.

32. Charles David Kennard, died in Derby.

33. Jouzaus Lapeikis, born in Derbyshire, died in Guildford in Surrey.

34. John Francis Maguire, a bachelor, born in the United Kingdom, died in Derby.

35. Phyllis Hilary Elizabeth Mayne, a spinster, born in Yeovil in Somerset, died in New Mills.

36. John Joseph McGeady, born in Londonderry in Northern Ireland, died in Derby,

37. Emily McGee, died in Derby.

38. Michael McGowan, born in the Republic of Ireland, died in Derby.

39. Michael McPhail, a bachelor, born in Scotland, died in Derby.

40. Valerie Morgan, widow of Norman Morgan, born in Derby, died in Bristol.

41. Nicholas Patrick O’Farrell, a bachelor, born in England, died in Chesterfield.

42. Monica Jane Price, a spinster, born in Chesterfield, died in Bishop Auckland in County Durham.

43. Arthur Frederick Rennie, died in Swanwick.

44. Robert Robertson, died in Derby.

45. Gordon Simpson, died in Chesterfield.

46. V. Slizys, died in Derby.

47. Brian Smith, died in Derby.

48. Jason Edward Smith, died in Derby.

49. Evelyn Mary Spray, a spinster, born in Derbyshire, died in Nottingham.

50. Leon Stasiolek, a bachelor, born in Poland, died in Derby.

51. Kazimerz Struzik, died in Alfreton.

52. Zigmunt Tarasiewicz, born in Poland, died in Chesterfield.

53. Eileen Tayor, a spinster, born in Derby, died in Holloway in London.

54. Timothy P. Taylor, died in Findern.

55. Yvonne Joan Tivey, widow of Reginald Tivey, born in Derbyshire, died in Kings Lynn in Norfolk.

56. Stojan Trajkovic, died in Derby.57. Shirley Turton, born in Heanor, died in Swanwick.58. Amrut Varsha, died in Derby.59. Stefan Vince, died in Derby.60. Genowefa Was, a widow, born in Poland, died in Derby.61. Alfred Daniel Wells, a single man, born in England, died in Derby,62. Anne Wilson, a spinster, born and died in Chesterfield.

Visit the Government website at www.gov.uk to make your claim.