Hello Fellow Listers I have found a notice taken from the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administration) 1861-1941 recorded for Louise Cecilia KNAPP 1915. It reads KNAPP Louise Cecilia of Salmons Farm Great Bardfield near Braintree Essex widow died 26 November 1915. Administration (limited) London 20 December to Elizabeth Brickmore (wife of Herbert Bickmore). 390 pounds. I have two questions, would Salmons Farm be the name of the property or is it a farm belonging to a family by the name of Salmon also I am not clear on what information the rest of this entry means. Did she die without a will is that what Adminstration means. I look forward to any help and comments Thank you Jenny

The answer to both questions is, yes.   Back in the 18th century, it was usual for farms to bear names like, 'White Star Farm', so the farm could have been named after the fish. More likely however, the farm was named after a one-time owner. Hoy's Farm, Wixoe was so named as recently as 1921, though Hoy's had not farmed it since 1775. Today it is Hoy House. Louise died intestate and the estate passed to her heir, either her only surviving daughter Elizabeth, married to Brickmore, or a sister of that name. Hope this helps. --- On Fri, 15/4/11, Jenny <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jenny <[email protected]> Subject: [Ess] Louisa Cecilia KNAPP Index to Wills To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 15, April, 2011, 9:51 AM Hello Fellow Listers I have found a notice taken from the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administration) 1861-1941 recorded for Louise Cecilia KNAPP 1915. It reads KNAPP Louise Cecilia of Salmons Farm Great Bardfield near Braintree Essex widow died 26 November 1915. Administration (limited) London 20 December to Elizabeth Brickmore (wife of Herbert Bickmore). 390 pounds. I have two questions, would Salmons Farm be the name of the property or is it a farm belonging to a family by the name of Salmon also I am not clear on what information the rest of this entry means. Did she die without a will is that what Adminstration means. I look forward to any help and comments Thank you Jenny ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] ------------------------------- 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