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Many(Most?) solicitors hold wills for people whether or not they are executors of the will. It has been my experience that they search death notices and similar for information on people for whom they hold such wills.

When my MIL died a few years ago, we received phone calls from 2 different solicitor firms who held wills (neither being the current will) that she had made many years ago. I assume they tracked us through the funeral director - didn't think to ask.

It could also be that they have access to death registrations but you would need to ask a solicitor about that 

As folks have said above, in most cases the family know who holds the latest will/is executor and family would notify the solicitor.

I'm sure your lady has long passed - as many have said - married in 1934  would rarely, if ever equate to being alive today.

Difficulty of finding the death of Mary Violet could be the likelihood that she remarried. Do you know if  she had any children? Could she have settled with them in Australia?

nurse at the Lunatic Asylum, Ballarat in 1909
nurse at Hospital Insane Wendouree 1914
nurse at Beechworth 1916
matron at Mental Hospital Beechworth 1928 & 1934
Living at Ballarat listed as home duties 1949

Can someone tell me what I have done to my ancestry menu? Used to be across the top of the screen. Now I'm lost trying to search for anything I haven't previously saved in my favorites

Has it been changed? First time this has happened to me. Home page  has a sort of menu on the RHS

Westward, potentially a cover up then
I hope to have attached adult Jane's parish burial record

Just saving everyone a little money. In my part of the world births had to be registered within 30 days. Back in the day I have some ancestors whose birth dates were altered to comply with this requirement  You also have to put date of marriage on birth certificates. One large family had one child before the marriage, so they registered her with her younger sister's date of birth. All very confusing.

Edit: Thanks for the baptism record - interesting to see the change of detail from child to mother