My 3x great grandfather HENRY MAXWELL MATHEWS died Dublin 1 May 1838. I have a reference to a Probate for him, but it's dated many years later, in 1874!
Can't actually remember where I picked this info up from, didn't note that foolishly, but kept a copy of the note on my computer - have copied and pasted at the bottom of this post.
1. Why would a probate take so long, his death was 1838, and probate date was 1874. Is that usual?
It's one of those things that just popped up when I was searching my own computer for something else that had I obviously buried in error, and forgot all about it! No note to myself where I had got it from! Could have been either find FindMyPast or Ancestry, just checking my source boxes for those now, but the time frame seemed a bit odd! It may well have been on Dublin Rootschat Board, or on My Scavenger Hunt, where I have received wonderful assistance.
Appreciate any advice please about the time frame of this probate!
Henry's other details
Birth
c 1774
1835
Age: 61
18 Portland Street, Dublin - almanac directory entry
Death
1838
1 May
Age: 64
Dublin, Ireland
Henry Maxwell Mathews of Portland Street, Dublin Dublin Evening Mail, 7 May, 1838
Burial
1838
4 May
Dublin, Ireland
Henry Mathews of Portland Street, St George's Parish. St. Audain.
Probate
1874
Jun
Westmeath, Ireland
Henry Maxwell Mathews Ireland, Landed Estate Court Files Name: Henry Maxwell Mathews Event Type: Probate Event Date: 1874 Event Place: Westmeath, Ireland Document Number: 026 Volume Number: 115 Volume Date Range: Jun 1874 County: Westmeath
Thanks for any advice
Jeanne