Hi, I am trying to find if the above named had a will when he died. I have emailed the probate court in NSW and they tell me they have done a quick search for him but they can't find a probate will for him. So this would mean he died intestate, but they sent me a link to another gov party, to see if they have details or maybe he made a will but it wasn't granted etc and they sent me a 10 page form to fill in, its very confusing so wondered if anyone has an idea how to go about checking this out.
John Edward Blake was born March 1881 in Adrigole, Cork, Ireland and was called over to Gundagai, Gilmore, NSW by his aunt in c1908 when her husband died and for John to work the farm she owned.
John inherited the farm when his aunt died in 1935. John died in 1951 age 72 of a heart attack I am told. I do know that his brother William still living in Cork was receiving some kind of payments from either John's estates or from an administrator of his estate but these payments ceased (I believe) just before William died in 1955.
My question is what were the payments for and from whom after John Edward Blake died. I know that John lived with a Julia Blake who was about 10 years his senior and was was his cousin (Julia's father was the stepbrother of the aunt of John), so really Julia was John's half cousin??
Julia survived John but died in Dec 1953. There is a probate for Julia but I haven't yet ordered that. Julia's siblings died after her. Julia had one sister named Ellen who married Mr Begg and had 3 daughters. Ellen died in 1971.
This is all the more confusing as I found that Julia's father John Galway Blake died in 1880 age 55 in Gundagai, and the will was, it says, granted in 1881, but then it states (DBN granted Sept 1974) which is nearly 100 years after John Galway Blake's death. His wife Ellen died in 1920 in Gundagai.
John Galway Blake's grandson Edward John (not to be confused with John Edward) who outlived all the family bar his sister, died in 1973 and his probate was granted in Aug 1974, the same year as his grandfather's (is this a coincidence?). Edward John's sister Theresa Blake died in 1983 but can't find out where, she never married. I cant find a probate for her either.
So can anyone tell me where/who I enquire to to find out if John Edward Blake died intestate and also why the above 2 probates were granted in same year when deaths were nearly 100 years apart.
Many thanks in advance.
Catherine
