I discovered a transcript of a Will the other day, nestling in between some work papers of my late father (note to self: go through all this boring stuff with fine toothcomb in future).
It was written in 1957 by my unmarried great great aunt, Emily Green.
She makes many bequests. Three have me flummoxed.
To my NIECE E**** W**** of 18 Nursery Rd Prestwich
To my NEPHEW E****F***W*** of 18 Nursery Rd Prestwich
To my NEPHEW N****G**** of 20 Nursery Rd, Prestwich.
Now, Emily's eldest sibling Ann, married William Goldstraw Wood and I ASSUMED the first two were their children, albeit born VERY late in the marriage...
I have found a birth for E****F****W***, Q4, 1900, Prestwich. But when I look at the 1901 census, the only EFW born 1900 Prestwich has a father Herbert Alfred Alban Wood, born 1872, Battersea London. (married Margaret Agnes Wilson in 1896, Blackpool, she a Canadian)
He is NOT the child of Ann and Herbert Goldstraw Wood - they do have a son Herbert but he is accounted for elsewhere.
So, how is EFW connected to Emily and her sister Ann? Why did she make this mistake in her Will, he is not her nephew. (She has only given relationships for the above three bequests, plus another nephew, who IS her nephew. Several other family members are in this Will but with no relationships given because they are not direct, i.e. great nephews etc.)
Emily was a smart cookie right to the end and I am puzzled by this mistake, and why on earth she would make it, as there doesn't appear to be even a blood relationship.
Any thoughts? Or am I reading too much into this fundamental mistake?
OC
It was written in 1957 by my unmarried great great aunt, Emily Green.
She makes many bequests. Three have me flummoxed.
To my NIECE E**** W**** of 18 Nursery Rd Prestwich
To my NEPHEW E****F***W*** of 18 Nursery Rd Prestwich
To my NEPHEW N****G**** of 20 Nursery Rd, Prestwich.
Now, Emily's eldest sibling Ann, married William Goldstraw Wood and I ASSUMED the first two were their children, albeit born VERY late in the marriage...
I have found a birth for E****F****W***, Q4, 1900, Prestwich. But when I look at the 1901 census, the only EFW born 1900 Prestwich has a father Herbert Alfred Alban Wood, born 1872, Battersea London. (married Margaret Agnes Wilson in 1896, Blackpool, she a Canadian)
He is NOT the child of Ann and Herbert Goldstraw Wood - they do have a son Herbert but he is accounted for elsewhere.
So, how is EFW connected to Emily and her sister Ann? Why did she make this mistake in her Will, he is not her nephew. (She has only given relationships for the above three bequests, plus another nephew, who IS her nephew. Several other family members are in this Will but with no relationships given because they are not direct, i.e. great nephews etc.)
Emily was a smart cookie right to the end and I am puzzled by this mistake, and why on earth she would make it, as there doesn't appear to be even a blood relationship.
Any thoughts? Or am I reading too much into this fundamental mistake?
OC
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