Probate is granted to the person nominated as Executor. The Executor distributes the Estate in accordance with the terms of the Will. The fact that one of the sons was the Executor does not necessarily mean that he inherited in preference to the Widow Being an Executor is a major responsibility - it may not have been one that a grieving widow would have been able to undertake. Even as late as 1938 there may have been a preference for male Executors over females, males being seen as more responsible and better able to deal with the financial responsibilities appertaining to the estate If Alfred was unmarried his father may have felt he had more time to devote to the administration of his estate then his siblings Ros ---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 20:25:53 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [G] Probate to son not wife? > From: [email protected] > > Hi > I have a Frederick Pullum, born 1876 in Shoreditch, son of William Banner PULLUM and Caroline GLOVER. > Baptised 20th October 1878 at St John, Hoxton. > 25th December 1897 he married Ada Kate Harriet FIELD at St John the Baptist, Hoxton. > They had 11 children (including Alfred born 1906) > His wife Ada Kate Harriett died in 1923 aged 46 > 9th November 1929 Frederick married Mary Ann GEERS at St Paul’s Church, Haggerston. > Mary Ann GEERS was born Mary Ann GLOVER (they were in fact first cousins) > > However when Frederick dies in 1938, his probate is to son Alfred, even though his second wife is still alive (found with her widowed brother on the 1939 register). > Alfred is not the eldest child but his elder siblings (one brother and 3 sisters) are married and he is not. On the 1939 register Alfred and all his living younger siblings are living at the address of his father in the probate. > > I am quite sure I have this right as I have checked all residences, occupations etc and they match. > Can I ask, was it common for the children to inherit over the wife? or have I misunderstood something (again!)? > > > -- > Nikki Brown > #6552 > Pullum ONS > https://pullumons.wordpress.com > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.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
Thank you I always have trouble understanding probate for some reason - seem to have a mental block. I felt that as a year later, the children were living in Fredrick's house and not his wife, then she seemed to have been left out. Although of course just because she is elsewhere on the 1939 register, it doesn't mean that was her permanent residence. Nikki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ros Dunning" <[email protected]> To: "NIKKI BROWN" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 7 April, 2016 9:46:40 PM Subject: RE: [G] Probate to son not wife? Probate is granted to the person nominated as Executor. The Executor distributes the Estate in accordance with the terms of the Will. The fact that one of the sons was the Executor does not necessarily mean that he inherited in preference to the Widow Being an Executor is a major responsibility - it may not have been one that a grieving widow would have been able to undertake. Even as late as 1938 there may have been a preference for male Executors over females, males being seen as more responsible and better able to deal with the financial responsibilities appertaining to the estate If Alfred was unmarried his father may have felt he had more time to devote to the administration of his estate then his siblings Ros ---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 20:25:53 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [G] Probate to son not wife? > From: [email protected] > > Hi > I have a Frederick Pullum, born 1876 in Shoreditch, son of William Banner PULLUM and Caroline GLOVER. > Baptised 20th October 1878 at St John, Hoxton. > 25th December 1897 he married Ada Kate Harriet FIELD at St John the Baptist, Hoxton. > They had 11 children (including Alfred born 1906) > His wife Ada Kate Harriett died in 1923 aged 46 > 9th November 1929 Frederick married Mary Ann GEERS at St Paul’s Church, Haggerston. > Mary Ann GEERS was born Mary Ann GLOVER (they were in fact first cousins) > > However when Frederick dies in 1938, his probate is to son Alfred, even though his second wife is still alive (found with her widowed brother on the 1939 register). > Alfred is not the eldest child but his elder siblings (one brother and 3 sisters) are married and he is not. On the 1939 register Alfred and all his living younger siblings are living at the address of his father in the probate. > > I am quite sure I have this right as I have checked all residences, occupations etc and they match. > Can I ask, was it common for the children to inherit over the wife? or have I misunderstood something (again!)? > > > -- > Nikki Brown > #6552 > Pullum ONS > https://pullumons.wordpress.com > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.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 -- Nikki Brown #6552 Pullum ONS https://pullumons.wordpress.com