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EDMUND HOOKER died 1927

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Nicola'S

Nicola'S Report 2 Aug 2020 21:08

Edmund Hooker is my Great Great Grandfather and a Crimea war veteran.

He died in Maidstone aged 94 in Q.3,1927 at the home of his daughter-in-law Bertha Hooker.

I am hopeful of finding his Will and/or Probate records but am having no luck. Both his first name and surname have been horribly mistranscribed over the years both in census entries and even his Service records but I've always managed to find him. Please can anyone find a mention of his Probate records?

Thank you.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 2 Aug 2020 21:13

IF he left a Will,- and he may not have - it may NOT have gone to Probate.

It’s a common misconception that all Wills have to be proved - they don’t!

Nicola'S

Nicola'S Report 2 Aug 2020 21:21

Thank you. What if he died intestate? What happens then, please?

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 2 Aug 2020 21:29

He could simply have made a Will which didn’t need proving. One assumes he wasn’t a property owner.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 2 Aug 2020 22:09

Present-day rules in England and Wales:

https://tinyurl.com/y53wfbom

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 2 Aug 2020 22:13

You can search for wills here:-

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

However there is nothing on there for Edmund Hooker.

Kath. x

patchem

patchem Report 3 Aug 2020 09:27

You can look in newspapers to see if his death is in there, and if there is a later will stated. But if he was living with his daughter-in-law he may have few possessions to leave to anyone.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 3 Aug 2020 15:01

Leaving a Will which does not have to be proved is not the same as Intestate

In 1911, the son Gilbert and daughter-in-law Bertha were recorded as living with her father in Maidstone, although the son was listed as being at his father's home as well - in Cheriton

Their address in 1939

22 Glebe Lane, Maidstone, Maidstone M.B., Kent, England

No Probate for either Gilbert or Bertha