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Post by ancestordetective on Dec 28, 2014 1:52:23 GMT -5
Hello all!!! Hello Cornish Terrier!! It's been quite some time since I've posted here! Hope you all are doing well!! I came across this article on Yahoo and I thought I would pass it along. Britain is posting a searchable database for wills. You guys are such super-sleuths, you probably already know about it or have another way to access the information...but just in case I'm posting it here today! Just getting back into my research. Was able to find a death date using the wills. Good Luck to all and happy searching! probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills  |
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Post by sue on Dec 28, 2014 7:21:56 GMT -5
Hi Mmm, thanks for reminding me, I heard about this on the national radio news a couple of days ago.... Have just given it a try: seems to me the good news is that you can view (without paying your £10 for the actual will) the basic outline i.e. name & address, date of death, estate value etc. ....  but the bad news is that the site has a very simplistic black & white search facility, no sophisticated coding skills were required to write it!  Thus, it doesn't seem to have a great name variant capacity; and you have to search one specific year at a time....  Ancestry has for some time had the England & Wales National Probate Calendar 1858-1996 available to search - giving a range of name spellings and years of death in its results. So perhaps for those who are not paid up members of Ancestry, the thing to do would be to search this record set on Ancestry which will give you a shortlist of possibles, then armed with that information (including the now known spelling of the name & specific year of death - bearing in mind probate might be say + one year) go to the UK Gov website & view the Probate Calendar page without charge...... Sue |
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Dec 28, 2014 21:06:13 GMT -5
Well, hello ancestordetective - nice to 'see' you again. I have also had a brief look and have to agree with the comments made by Sue. It is very simplistic and the fact you are required to search one year at a time does make it rather tedious to work with. However, it is still in the Beta stage so perhaps feedback from people will prompt changes to make it more flexible. I have Ancestry so have access to the Probate Calendar which gives back details of Wills such as Executors, totals of the Estate and date/place of death which is enough for the moment. But the option to be able to purchase Wills via this service will be useful although I must admit that 10 quid might be a little expensive for me. Thanks for the notification and don't forget to call if you have anything we can help with.  CT |
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Post by ancestordetective on Jun 17, 2022 12:40:00 GMT -5
Hi Cornish Terrier!!
Well, its been awhile again. Hope you are doing well!!! 😊
Ok, I'm still stuck on my John Blewett, born 1875 to Andrew and Elizabeth Ann Blewett (nee Rowe). Married Eliza Noall Bennetts, divorced April 11, 1907. in Dickinson, Michigan, USA. After that he disappears. I'm not even sure I know my record is correct, I have his dob as Apr - Jun 1875. Wondering if you could dig up anything on him that would help me in my quest.😊
Hope all is well in the land down under!
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Jun 17, 2022 15:10:14 GMT -5
Well, Hello again! Just checked my database and it looks like the last updates I entered for this family were way back at the beginning of January 2012!!  Is it with US information or older UK information that you are stuck? If you can give me and idea of where you are at and what you need then I might be able to dig up some more for you. CT |
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Post by sue on Jun 17, 2022 15:27:09 GMT -5
Post 1907 split, would it be worth considering 1910 Teller Colorado Jack Blewett born England, miner, roomer, divorced, in the household of James Nicholls....?
Although as the Nichols daughter Violet (in 1910 age 19) married Edgar Bluett 18/1/1911 who is a generation older than herself, has a son Jack Bluette 1914 and there is a John Edgar Blewett who 24/7/1895 Colorado marries a Jennie then gets divorced early 1910, Edgar could have been the Jack Bluett lodger with the Nicholls in 1910. Age fits.
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Post by ancestordetective on Jul 24, 2022 10:04:22 GMT -5
Hummm...Interesting. I'll have to do some research on that Colorado Blewett. I'm thinking there might be a connection to Washington state (USA) Lily Blewett was his daughter, married a Willmott in Victoria BC. In September, 1923 she traveled to Seattle, Washington on her way to Portland, Oregon. In the record, she listed her in-laws as parents, that is incorrect on the record. She died February 18, 1928 in Portland, Oregon. It appears her husband died June 11, 1973 in Saanich BC. My aunt said there were multiple times they entered the US, and once thru Washington because they were not US citizens. You know how family folklore goes, but there maybe some truth or connection to the Washington/Oregon area since Lily passed away there. I'm not sure I even have a correct DOB for John, parents were Andrew (1837-1904) and Elizabeth Rowe (1843-1925).
TIA!!
...and glad to see everyone still here!
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Jul 24, 2022 13:09:32 GMT -5
Best I can do at the moment is to confirm that John Blewett's birth was registered in the June Qtr of 1875 at Redruth.
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
BLEWITT, JOHN HENRY ROWE
GRO Reference: 1875 J Quarter in REDRUTH Volume 05C Page 268
Note that he was registered as 'John Henry'.
Unfortunately the baptism records for that period are not freely available at the moment but that does look to be your John Blewett. The 1881 and 1891 Census have him with his parents at Camborne with Camborne also noted as his birthplace.
CT
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Post by ancestordetective on Jul 29, 2022 10:56:13 GMT -5
Best I can do at the moment is to confirm that John Blewett's birth was registered in the June Qtr of 1875 at Redruth. Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: BLEWITT, JOHN HENRY ROWE GRO Reference: 1875 J Quarter in REDRUTH Volume 05C Page 268 Note that he was registered as 'John Henry'. Unfortunately the baptism records for that period are not freely available at the moment but that does look to be your John Blewett. The 1881 and 1891 Census have him with his parents at Camborne with Camborne also noted as his birthplace. CT You are amazing!!! You are showing his parents as Andrew Blewett and Elizabeth Ann Rowe? If you recall, we went round and round about the correct family and you proved that I was incorrect in which family I had. BUT---I didn't have "Henry" so that helps very much!!! |
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Jul 30, 2022 6:23:45 GMT -5
Every little bit helps ..... as does perserverence! CT |
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Post by zibetha on Aug 9, 2022 14:32:04 GMT -5
As to the divorced "Jack" Blewett in Colorado, I think he was a completely different person than John Henry. He was the Edgar who married Violet Nichols, and I believe he was john Edgar Blewett 1862, the son of William Henry Trenowith Blewett and Elizabeth Prowse/Prouse. Both he and his brother, James 1861, were in Gilpin, Pitkin and Teller, Colorado. His grandfather would have been Edgar Blewett (wife Prudence Trenowith) who was the illegitimate son of Grace Blewett. Born in Paul and Baptized at St Mary's Penzance in 1806. The only appropriate Grace Blewett I have been able to find was the daughter of John Blewett and Jane Huffam baptized in 1771. If that is correct, she also had a daughter Joan Pentreath Blewett in 1794.
I have John Blewett as the son of William and Elizabeth (Bands) Blewett which seem to link back to my Blewett family in the Gwinear area.
A sibling and I have DNA matches to a descendant of their (John and Jane's) son, Stephen.
Zib
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Post by zibetha on Aug 9, 2022 14:38:55 GMT -5
Part II for Ancestor Detective: Lily Blewett/Crocker Wilmott did file for US Citizenship. She submitted first papers September 21 1923 in District Court of the State of Oregon. Those were valid for 7 years, and it is possible that she died before completing the process. It is interesting that she filed by herself rather than being included in an application made by her husband. If you have an Ancestry subscription, you can see her paperwork here: www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2530/images/31313_129870-00494?pId=54500Apparently neither she nor her husband knew they were born in England! Zib |
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but the bad news is that the site has a very simplistic black & white search facility, no sophisticated coding skills were required to write it! 
Thus, it doesn't seem to have a great name variant capacity; and you have to search one specific year at a time.... 
