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Are you certain that Vera didn't leave a will?


MAYO VERA 07 November 2013 4199439 04 April 2013 Grant and will Cardiff



https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills?surname=Mayo&yearOfDeath=2013&advancedSearch=False&IsGrantSearch=True#wills

As far as I am aware, Vera's estate would be divide equally between any blood Aunts and Uncles assuming she had no surviving siblings or blood related nieces and nephews. If any of those are deceased then their share is passed to their children. If her brother had any children then I think their claim would take precedence over her aunts or her cousins.



Have a look here as this gives quite a good chart explaining relationships with regard to inheriting


http://www.genetic-genealogy.co.uk/Toc115570146.html

Just one point. - It is very doubtful that any aunts could possibly be living as the cousins are now in their 80s. Would that rule still apply?

If and only if, the 1911 census is correct and is your William Charles Mayo, then he had two sisters. You do know that Vera's cousins would not necessarily get equal shares of her estate? So for example if Vera had 2 aunts on the Tissington side then her estate would be split equally between those 2 and the 2 on the Mayo side. Each would be entitled to 25 % of her estate. The offspring of each of the aunts would be entitled to a share of their mother's 25%.

A lot of info there. As far as I can deduct any living children of Emma Mays would be cousins of the late Vera and would be beneficiaries of any possible assets of Vera's estate.. On Vera's mother's (Tissington) side of the family there are three living cousins.

Emma Mays
Birth Year: abt 1898
Age: 23
Marriage or Bann Date: 17 Sep 1921
Parish: Featherstone, All Saints
Father's name: Mark Mays
Spouse's Name: George Wilkinson
Spouse's Father's Name: George Wilkinson


There are possible children from Emma's marriage but I'll not post them here as they may still be living.

Ada I Senior
Mother's Maiden Surname: Mayo
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1917
Registration district: Wortley
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume Number: 9c
Page Number: 557


George Senior
Mother's Maiden Surname: Mayo
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1923
Registration district: Wortley
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume Number: 9c
Page Number: 600


Eva Senior
Mother's Maiden Name: Mayo
Registration Year: 1911
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Wortley
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 704

Maybe?.??

Mary Elizabeth Mayo
Registration Year: 1908
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Rotherham
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 911

Records on Page:
Name
Thomas Fearn
Mary Elizabeth Mayo
Elizabeth Pearson
Francis Senior


1911


Mary Elizabeth Senior
Age in 1911: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Ecclesfield
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street address: 160 Hesley Lane Thorpe Hesley Nr Rotherham
Marital Status: Married
Registration district: Wortley
Registration District Number: 508
Sub-registration district: Ecclesfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Piece: 27674
Household Members:
Name Age
Francis Senior 31
Mary Elizabeth Senior 25

Ok, following you now Joseph. Your first step is to get a copy of William Charles Mayo's marriage certificate to confirm his age and his father's name and occupation. That way you can be sure we are working forward from the correct grandparents of Vera :-)

P.S. I assume that you know that her brother had no children.

Yes, rootgatherer, I wished to find any living nieces and nephews of William Charles Mayo as Vera died without making a will.

Thank you, rootgatherer, Alfred and Vera were my cousins but I don't know Arthur Henry Mayo. Certainly not a son of William Charles Mayo. Your efforts much appreciated.

Not seeing a death for him but I wonder about this probate

MAYO ARTHUR HENRY
Probate 20 August 2003
1303389
Date of death 31 October 2002 Grant and will Birmingham

Alfred H Mayo
Year: 1962
Country: England
County: West Yorkshire
Parliamentary Division: Normanton
Place of Abode: 14
Reference Number: NORM:18/3

On his own at the same address as above, so perhaps, like his sister, he didn't marry.

Alfred H Mayo
Year: 1949
Country: England
County: West Yorkshire
Parliamentary Division: Normanton
Place of Abode: 14
Reference Number: NORM:16/1; NORM:16/2


With William Charles and May at 14 Ida Grove

Joseph,
so if you know for definate that he married May Tissington, then the first thing to do is to buy a copy of the marriage certificate, (you can find the details on my earlier post).
This should give you the name of his father and his occupation which should help to confirm if the census info I posted is the correct family.
Always best to back any information found with the correct documents to make sure you don't go off looking into a family that is not correct.
When you have the certificate, you could come back to your post and put the details so we can see if the census records are correct.
After that we can either go on looking into the above family, or take another look to find the correct one.

Thank you , Catherine, Willy, as he was known, married my mother's sister, May Tissington. All the information you have given is very useful to me. Their daughter, Vera, my cousin, died 2013. She never married and left no will.

These are also possible deaths for William C. Mayo born 1892 +/- 1yr

William C Mayo
abt 1892 Mar 1943 Rotherham Yorkshire West Riding

William C Mayo
abt 1892 Jun 1958 Lower Agbrigg Yorkshire West Riding

William C Mayo
abt 1893 Sep 1948 Pontypridd Glamorganshire

William C Mayo
abt 1893 Sep 1966 Gloucester Rural Gloucestershire

Jacqueline,
I can't be sure that's why I said "possible marriages".

Joseph

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