Good Sunday Morning to all!
To bring you up to date on my doings yesterday afternoon.
Firstly I wrote a letter to a possible descendant of the Crease family, but who doesn't live in the Merseyside area any longer, so we will need to wait until at least the middle of next week to see if we get any response, although I have included my email and telephone number for contact.
Then I went on a Magical Mystery Tour.
Firstly I checked the house where the last known Crease lived, possible husband of the one I wrote to, just to see whether they were able to tell me anything about previous owners, whether they had died or just moved away etc. Unfortunately nobody was at home.
Then I drove past Victoria Road where Elizabeth Hurst died. It is a huge building which is probably now individual flats or sheltered accommodation, although there was no sign outside to say so, this might be why Annie could find no mention of this address.
Eshe Road is where Elizabeth wrote her Will, where one of the witnesses lived (name was difficult to read) and also the address of the beneficiary. Again this is a large old house and together with the one next door appear to be individual accommodation in the form of flats run by the Abbeyfield Society. There were various names on the doorbells but none of them meant anything to our search. The only other bell was for the office, so of course I tried this and also knocked on the door - can you believe there was no answer!
My last call was to a flat in Nicholas Road, Crosby where I believe the other witness to the Will lived - Alice M Chaddock. Although it was a little difficult to read this is what I made of the name and it was confirmed by an entry in the Historical Electoral Rolls at the address. This was the only address where I found somebody in, unfortunately the lady of the house said that Alice had died about four years ago. Another dead end.
I suppose since Elizabeth died in 1990 it's really hardly surprising that I was chasing dead ends but maybe it was worth it to just eliminate this line of enquiry. The only thread of this left is the actual beneficiary herself who we don't know anything about. I could try a letter to Eshe Road but I have a feeling that I wouldn't get very far with that, any mention about being a beneficiary in a will would make them think it was a begging letter.
I have a photograph of each of the houses but I'm not sure they would be worth posting unless anybody really wants to see any.
After that I went out partying to cheer me up
Mary
