Person Info
Rebecca Hamnett: Birth: JUN 1875 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. Death: 8 JUN 1951 in Stockport, Cheshire, England
Elizabeth Hammett: Birth: ABT 1881 in Stockport, Cheshire. Death: JUN 1981 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Robert Hammett: Birth: 9 AUG 1882 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. Death: SEP 1952 in Manchester, Lancashire, England
Joseph Henry Hamnett: Birth: 13 JAN 1887 in Cheshire, United Kingdom. Death: 24 APR 1936 in Stockport, Cheshire, England
Mary Ann Hammett: Birth: 18 MAY 1890 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. Death: DEC 1980 in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
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Title: Ancestry Family Trees Page: Ancestry Family Tree Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. |
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Title: FamilySearch Family Tree Page: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-277973945/robert-hamnett-in-familysearch-family-tree Publication: MyHeritage Text: The FamilySearch Family Tree is published by MyHeritage under license from FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church). |
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Title: England & Wales, Index of Wills and Probates, 1853-1943 Page: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10691-2033976/robert-hamnett-in-england-wales-index-of-wills-probates Publication: MyHeritage Text: The England & Wales Index to Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration, 1853-1943, collection spans an important development in English probate law. Prior to 1858, grants of probate and letters of administration fell under the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England: primarily the Prerogative Court of York and the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. This collection contains an index of grants of probate and letters of administration made in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from 1853 to 1857. As the highest ecclesiastical court, the Prerogative Court of Canterbury was responsible for probating the estates of an individual meeting any of the following criteria:<ul><li>High level of personal wealth</li><li>Property in more than one diocese in the Province of Canterbury</li><li>Property in both the Province of York and the Province of Canterbury</li><li>Died outside of England, but owned property in England</li></ul>Therefore, it was very uncommon for an individual to have enough wealth or property for a grant of probate or letter of administration to be made in the Court of Canterbury. If an individual is found in the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, it may be possible to find a copy of their will at the <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/wills-1384-1858/">National Archives of England</a>.The Court of Probate Act of 1857 created a new civil court that centralized all grants of probates and letters of administration, effectively transferring all jurisdiction from the ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England to Her Majestyâs Court of Probate. The majority of records in this collection are dated after 1857 and were therefore administered in the Court of Probate. Even though this act centralized the administration of estates, it was still uncommon for an individual to leave a will to be probated. Therefore, this collection remains a good substitute for, or supplement to, the death records of relatively wealthy individuals.This collection is an index of a variety of legal documents but is composed of primarily four document types:<ol><li>Grants of Probate: Legal documents that authorize the executor(s) to administer a deceased individualâs estate according to the provisions of the will.</li><li>Letters of Administration: Legal authority for the executor(s) to administer a deceased individualâs estate when no will was made prior to death.</li> <li>Scottish Confirmation: The Scottish equivalent of a grant of probate.</li><li>Eik to a Confirmation: A supplementary document to an existing confirmation for additional assets not listed in the original confirmation.</li></ol> This collection does not contain any copies of the original wills. However, it may be possible to find the copies of wills for individuals found within this index. For individuals who died in England, in or after 1858, their wills may be found by <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate">searching the records of the United Kingdom</a>. For individuals who died in Scotland before 1926, their wills may be found through a paid search of <a href="https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/">ScotlandsPeople</a>. While primarily composed of individuals who were living in England and Wales, this collection does include the information of deceased persons living throughout the British Empire, as long as the decedent owned property in England or Wales. While relatively few in number, this collection contains records of individuals who resided in the following countries: Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Greece, Jersey, Isle of Man, South Africa, Guernsey, Prussia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Canada, United States of America, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Egypt, China, Japan, Singapore, East Indies, Burma, Turkey, Malta, West Africa, Nairobi, East Africa, Syria, Nigeria, Uganda, Monaco, Guyana, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Algiers, Canary Islands, Mesopotamia (Iraq), Macedonia, Cuba, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Jamaica, Mexico, Barbados, Trinidad, Argentina, and the West Indies. Link: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/wills-1384-1858/ Link: https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate Link: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ |
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Title: England & Wales, Death Index, 1837-2005 Page: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10444-21003125/robert-hamnett-in-england-wales-death-index Publication: MyHeritage Text: Civil registration â the government recording of births, marriages, and deaths â began in England and Wales on 1 July 1837. Local registration districts had jurisdiction for recording civil events, but were required to send copies of their records each quarter to the General Register Office (GRO) in London. The GRO created indexes to these records which are organized by event, year, and quarter, and thereunder alphabetically by surname.Information included in the index changed over the years. The index always provides the name of deceased, registration district, and reference information (volume and page numbers). From 1866 to March 1969, the index also includes age. Beginning in June 1969 the index includes the deceasedâs birth date rather than age. Information provided in the index can be used to order a copy of the personâs death certificate for a fee from the GRO through their Certificate Ordering Service. Depending on the year, full death certificates may provide: name of deceased, death date, death place, age, sex, occupation, cause of death, name of parent if the deceased is a child, informantâs name, residence, and relationship to the deceased, and date of registration. Note: Information recorded on a death certificate is only as accurate as the knowledge of the person reporting it. It is important to pay attention to who the informant was and their relationship to the deceased. The closer the relationship, the more reliable the information likely is. For years where images of the index are available, be sure to consult the image to verify the information presented to you. Sometimes errors happen during the transcription process. For example, a â5â may have inadvertently been transcribed as a â3â. Since there is a fee for ordering certificate copies from the GRO, it is especially important to make sure all reference numbers are correct before placing an order. Search tip: If an individual had multiple given names, sometimes only one or two of these names was recorded in the index. In addition, some of the given names may have been recorded by initials only. If youâre having trouble locating someone in the index, try searching by any of the individualâs known given names, initials, or nicknames. |
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