Greetings all Sincere thanks to all those kind people who are helping with my previous posting re my family names in SA. I am trying to break down a brick wall surrounding Edward Mann formerly of SA. I was recently amazed to discover in the Wills and Probates for England and Wales on Ancestry, that probate had been granted to someone in England for the estate of Edward Mann. To the best of my knowledge, Edward emigrated from Cornwall at the age of 21 in 1865 and lived in SA, all his life except for his final two years, 1912 - 1914, when he died in Melbourne. I am amazed that he had any estate in England at all as he had left there 49 years before. His known personal circumstances do not encourage me to believe he could have had anything at all in England to will - ie. been left anything in a Will there. The claimant of the estate (very meagre) does not appear to have been a family member nor does he appear to have ever been in Australia. How did he know of this death and that there was an estate to claim? Most curious. A search in Victoria for a Will or Probate indicates that he may have died intestate. As he was only resident in Vic for two years before he died, is it possible that he left a Will in SA and could Probate have been granted there? His marriage broke down in the 1880s and he would not have been in close contact with his five children who had scattered to WA, VIC, QLD and only one stayed in SA. Are there indexes to Land Titles available to the public in SA? I can find no records on-line. I believe he had a house and land transferred to him in Wallaroo in 1876 by his father-in-law, Benjamin Green of Moonta. He may have farmed at Emu Flats but I have no proof of that. Kind regards Jocelyn in QLD

Hi Jocelyn, Have you tried TROVE Newspapers On Line at all? You never know there may be something on Trove Re Edward MANN??? Just an idea!! Kind regards, Judy. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jocelyn Gould Sent: Sunday, 16 March 2014 8:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] Edward Mann Greetings all Sincere thanks to all those kind people who are helping with my previous posting re my family names in SA. I am trying to break down a brick wall surrounding Edward Mann formerly of SA. I was recently amazed to discover in the Wills and Probates for England and Wales on Ancestry, that probate had been granted to someone in England for the estate of Edward Mann. To the best of my knowledge, Edward emigrated from Cornwall at the age of 21 in 1865 and lived in SA, all his life except for his final two years, 1912 - 1914, when he died in Melbourne. I am amazed that he had any estate in England at all as he had left there 49 years before. His known personal circumstances do not encourage me to believe he could have had anything at all in England to will - ie. been left anything in a Will there. The claimant of the estate (very meagre) does not appear to have been a family member nor does he appear to have ever been in Australia. How did he know of this death and that there was an estate to claim? Most curious. A search in Victoria for a Will or Probate indicates that he may have died intestate. As he was only resident in Vic for two years before he died, is it possible that he left a Will in SA and could Probate have been granted there? His marriage broke down in the 1880s and he would not have been in close contact with his five children who had scattered to WA, VIC, QLD and only one stayed in SA. Are there indexes to Land Titles available to the public in SA? I can find no records on-line. I believe he had a house and land transferred to him in Wallaroo in 1876 by his father-in-law, Benjamin Green of Moonta. He may have farmed at Emu Flats but I have no proof of that. Kind regards Jocelyn in QLD AUS-SAGEN Archives are here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/AUS-SAGEN/ Websites of Interest on our Blog: http://aus-sagen-genealogy-websites.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message