Hi! I seem to be having a spot of bother with a couple of death records so was hoping someone out there may have a look at this problem with a fresh pair of eyes?!
I was looking into a couple of siblings called Rachel Frances Ann Renshaw Newton (born Q1 1863, Derby) and younger brother William Elijah Renshaw Newton (born Q2 1867, Radford, Nottingham) and found that they were both listed in the Probate Index for 1911 but it said that they had died 'on or since the year 1886'. I noticed by chance the entry for William when I was looking at the entry for Rachel. I have attached these entries.
Martha Renshaw Newton, mentioned in the Probate Listing, was their younger sister and would have been 31 by this time of this Administration. I wonder why she is mentioned as there were other older siblings who would have surely applied for the Administration rather than her? And why have Rachel and William both got their effects valued at 449 pounds?
The Probate Index also lists them as both of 'Foster Street Nottingham' but I am also having trouble locating that and have only found a Forster Street.
But the main problem I have is that I just cannot find any listing in the death index for either Rachel or William on or since 1886 which might be a possibility. It seems William Newton is quite a popular name, but I felt initially that Rachel F A R Newton might me more obscure so easier to locate, but no. No permeations I have tried seem to reveal anything that looks likely.
I also cannot find them in the 1891 Census so assume that they most likely did die around 1886 as the Probate entry suggests, and also cannot find a burial for either.
I have also looked at the newspapers on FindMyPast to see if there was a house fire or accident that involved them, but again nothing. It just seems odd that they died so close together and that their death entries do not seem to be apparent.
Can anyone help? My brain has become boggy with all of this and I just cannot think straight about it now, having spend days trying to iron it all out!!!
Many thanks, Nina