First time posting- hello all!
Have been confronted with the following and wonder how others might go about tackling the issue:
In the 1930s or 1940s my mother's family - Davies very helpfully- went to Court over the proceeds of an estate.
I found out yesterday that the person who instigated the action was none other than my grandfather's grandma! I found this quite shocking as no-one has ever really talked about her much before- seems she was quite feisty!
The reason why she went to court is a member of her husband's family left the south wales valleys to work in America- he ended up in California working on a peach canning farm- a bit like Delmonte (or so they say!).
Anyway, long story short, he ended up owning the place and when he died, the family seem to have gone looking for a share of the proceeds.
No one seems sure what happened and I think it would make really interesting reading.
The trouble is I have no idea of a christian name for the person concerned or of the name of the organisation. The surname was Davies and I have only 2 unmarried Davies' in my tree- Ebenezer born 1859 and David born 1886. Obv. though I may have missed someone out.
Any ideas on where to try and take things from here would be gratefully received.
Many Thanks
Claire
xxx
Have been confronted with the following and wonder how others might go about tackling the issue:
In the 1930s or 1940s my mother's family - Davies very helpfully- went to Court over the proceeds of an estate.
I found out yesterday that the person who instigated the action was none other than my grandfather's grandma! I found this quite shocking as no-one has ever really talked about her much before- seems she was quite feisty!
The reason why she went to court is a member of her husband's family left the south wales valleys to work in America- he ended up in California working on a peach canning farm- a bit like Delmonte (or so they say!).
Anyway, long story short, he ended up owning the place and when he died, the family seem to have gone looking for a share of the proceeds.
No one seems sure what happened and I think it would make really interesting reading.
The trouble is I have no idea of a christian name for the person concerned or of the name of the organisation. The surname was Davies and I have only 2 unmarried Davies' in my tree- Ebenezer born 1859 and David born 1886. Obv. though I may have missed someone out.
Any ideas on where to try and take things from here would be gratefully received.
Many Thanks
Claire
xxx
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