Ernest Joseph Desmond Sadler

[albert73]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

Like I said before, my guess is that either she was adopted or she changed her name for some other reason, or the birthplace is wrong and she was born outside of England and Wales.

Though I didn't know there was no death certificate - are you saying you applied for that and were told it didn't exist?

I have paid for the birth certificate but got an e-mail an hour ago to tell me there is no record of the death. This is from the Registration and Coroner Services at Bedford so how can the Treasury Solicitor say that she had died and was born on any date?

[kiterunner]

Maybe she died in another country? Edit - no, sorry, I see she is supposed to have died in Bedford. Not sure.

[kiterunner]

That's odd, though - the "date of publication" on the Bona Vacantia site is 1st Jan 1997.

http://bona-vacantia.com/unclaimed-e...death/10042010

Edit - that isn't the official Government site, but it just says "Historic" on the official one.

[albert73]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

That's odd, though - the "date of publication" on the Bona Vacantia site is 1st Jan 1997.

http://bona-vacantia.com/unclaimed-e...death/10042010

Edit - that isn't the official Government site, but it just says "Historic" on the official one.

So she is advertised as being dead 13-years before she died?????

[kiterunner]

I guess the "date of publication" must be a mistake.

[albert73]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

I guess the "date of publication" must be a mistake.

I have lodged a formal complaint with the official solicitors.

[James18]

Albert, did you remember to write to the cousin's son I messaged you the details of?

[albert73]

Originally Posted by James18

Albert, did you remember to write to the cousin's son I messaged you the details of?

I wrote a letter but have not been out to post it as I am not well enough.

[albert73]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

His date of death is shown as 24 Nov 2015 on the probate search site, and he left a will.
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk...ch=False#wills

Googling for his name also comes up with death notices giving the date of death as 24 Nov 2015.

There is a likely marriage for him in 1949 but I don't know whether his wife is still alive, so won't post the details up here. If you search on FreeBMD (link below) for marriages, Surname = Sadler, first name John E D, it should come up, but let me know if you can't find it and I will send you a PM. Unfortunately the wife's surname is too common to be able to tell whether they had any children from searching the birth index. His will should tell you but I wouldn't advise ordering that unless you know for sure that he was a relative of yours, otherwise you could be wasting money.

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Also, if you have a subscription to ancestry, there is a private tree on there called "Sadler Family Tree" which has John E D Sadler born 1929 London in it, so you could try contacting the owner of that tree for more information.

The free BMD only says marriage/Wood Green/[bride's surname].

[kiterunner]

Yes, when you have that result on the screen, click on the page number (1581) and it will come up with a list of people on that page, and you will see a corresponding entry for the person who married a Sadler.