Burial of Emily Crooke

[apanderson]

       

[ShaneNZ]

Hi There cant help with the burial but probate record for Emily Hackett or Crooke has her death as  12th December 1921 address 12,Grange Road West Bromich Staffordshire

The fact that it gives her maiden and married surnames, and that it was sealed at London, means that the original legal procedure was a confirmation in the Scottish Courts. (There is no such procedure as probate in Scots Law; the correspnding process is Confirmation. 'Probate' is meaningless in Scotland.)

And indeed there is such a confirmation: 2/3/1922 Crooke or Hackett, Emily, 41 Morningside Park, Edinburgh, afterwards 9 Glengyle Terrace Edinburgh, Tullymore Park, Armagh, Ayrfield, Raheny, County Dublin, afterwards The Akrill Home, 12 Grange Road, West Bromwich, widow, d. 08/12/1921 at The Akrill Home, testate. Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills SC70/4/556.

You can download a copy of her will, and of her husband's death certificate, at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

There must be a reason why she moved to a home in the English Midlands - perhaps to be near a son or daughter in her final years?

Thank you very much