Gladys Illingworth

[*Sandra*]

Wow Sandra - you have been busy! Well done.

I notice that Snowolf hasn't responded to any previous messages. I hope they are OK.

Thank you very much.

Snowolf posted on Canada earlier so hopefully all is well. 

Happy New Year
Sandra

[*Sandra*]

Oh this one is sad    This was the father of William Frederick Durward

Hugh Durward - Believed to be lost in woods - 30 November 1935

The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts 30 Nov 1935, Sat    Page 6

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66229818/hugh-durward-believed-to-be-lost-in/

The Caledonian-Record St. Johnsbury, Vermont 29 Nov 1935, Fri   Page 1

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66233364/hunt-sged-man-29-november-1935/

Claremont man still missing - 2 December 1935

The Brattleboro Reformer  Brattleboro, Vermont 2 Dec 1935, Mon    Page 5

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66230131/claremont-man-still-missing-2/

FIND A GRAVE

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50782043/hugh-durward

Sandra

[Pennines]

Oh dear. That is so tragic.

From a genealogy point of view (and I don't mean this to sound heartless - which it does) -- such a lot of information in those links. Sandra - your surname must be 'Marple'!!

[*Sandra*]

lol..................not quite.   

Still trying to find out if they did find Hugh, surely must have, I must be missing it. 

Thread was acknowledge on Canada. https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=842012.msg7084831

Sandra

[Pennines]

Oh good (re the acknowledgement).

Do you mean that you are still looking for a newspaper article regarding the discovery of Hugh or am I misunderstanding you?

 Yes you would think there would be an article. He was found, otherwise he couldn't have been declared as deceased for a number of years. (It's 7 years in the UK - not sure about other countries).

[*Sandra*]

Yes, I was hoping to find something that said they had found Hugh.

Seven years does seem to be the most common period before declaring someone dead, after a diligent but unsuccessful search. Its listed on this link.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumption_of_death#:~:text=It%20takes%20twenty%20years%20to,can%20be%20declared%20legally%20dead.

Sandra

[Pennines]

Sandra - maybe they didn't print his name and just published something like 'Body found in woods' or the like.

As you say - because they had published him as missing, you would have thought the discovery would have been in the newspaper.

I can only say 'very well done' again on all your hard work with this - you have done an amazing job already for the original poster.

[RJ137]

His son Hugh Jr was appointed Conservatorship 12 Dec. 1935. Hugh Jr. was the Executor of his will in 1942.

https://www.rootschat.com/links/01q5v/

[*Sandra*]

The family must have had to wait until Jessie Durward passed away (25 April 1942) to probate the will of Hugh.

FIND A GRAVE

Jessie Johnston Durward - 15 December 1954 - 25 April 1942

Section F Lot 46 Position 2

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50287557/jessie-durward

son James 1886 - 1911 is - Section F Lot 46 Position 3

Sandra