Genealogy Chat

Thanks for the clarification, Sylvia.

Looking through the other records on the same page, the executors do not seem generally to be named.

The probate office being Leeds isn't really relevant, there are a number of probate offices and the probate office handling it is not always close to where the person died ( I have found anyway).

http://www.probateforms.info/probate-registries/

It might be reasonable to suppose that if Laura was in a care home in Stockport that the reason was that one of her children/relatives lived in that general area but not nec', she might have moved or gone to live with a friend prior to that.

Thanks RR.

Her daughter lived "just around the corner" from her in Lincoln, her other children lived in (I believe) Peterborough / Cambridge, as far as I have been able to find out so far Stockport just doesn't fit!

On the basis of "when you have eliminated all other possibilities, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the solution" it's looking more and more as if the Stockport record must be the answer. It just doesn't "feel" right!

Keith ................

my sister-i-l is currently in a care home in Stockport, but not the same one that Laura was in. She had lived in Dukinfield/Ashton for the last 20+ years of her life, and in Manchester for the previous 30 years. One daughter lives elsewhere in the Greater Manchester area, the other lives "dahn south".

In her case, Stockport is where the vacancy was for the level of care that she needed. I believe it is considered local, and in Greater Manchester


I'm not sure whether you could find out how long Laura had been in that home ............ she would be on the Electoral Roll if you could find one.

I hadn't considered the "where space was available" argument, thank you for that Sylvia.

I've had a quick look for ERs but no luck as yet.

Here you go ( I should have remembered to look here first!)


Archer, Laura Annie cremated on: 14 September 1994 recorded at: Lincoln Crematorium (Lincolnshire) date of death 07 September 1994

https://www.deceasedonline.com/

Magic, thank you very much RR, I should have looked there too!

Also between Mr Archer dying she may have found a new partner and moved to the Stockport area and never married him?

As the care home is still in existence, would it be worth contacting them to see if they have any records that they would be willing to consult to help you?

You do have to remember that all medical records are private.

Can't do any harm to give it a try, Sylvia.

It is possible that she moved to Stockport voluntarily between 1980 and 1994, worth investigating, thanks Kay.

mmm... well, I called, but the person to whom I spoke wasn't able to help. The person who might be able to help lives in Spain and doesn't "do" email. Oh well ...

Keith ............


would the home be willing to forward a letter from you to that person in Spain?

You could send it to the home to be forwarded ........ and she/he could do the reverse.

I cant see moving to Stockport from Lincoln to go into a care home,when there was many care homes in and around Lincolnshire.......,,,,,, she must have already lived in the area and someone brought her back home to Lincoln to have her funeral.

Get her death cert to see who registered her death,

I agree, Kay, that's one of the reasons I was sceptical about her death record in Stockport.

I've made contact with the family and am hoping to learn more that way.