Rachel Robinson (nee Dodgson)

[jonw65]

Hi
That sounds good news.
Alas, it doesn't seem to help with the 1861 census. Perhaps Rachel and son John were with her sister Anne, and all are missing. Never mind.
Are you going to go for Anne Dodgson's will while they are still only £1.50?
Jon

[who_am_i?]

Thanks again for your help.

The 1861 Census is a mystery for all of Rachel, JB and Ann. I'll keep looking!

Where would I purchase Ann's will from?

[jonw65]

Hi
From here, if you decide to order it, you will need to create an account
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/

This site has been causing us all sorts of problems to get the image of the calendar up.
However, you are lucky with Dodgson being a bit less common name.

You just need to put in
Last name Dodgson
First name Anne
Year of death 1907 (put that in because it's the year of probate)
Was the person a soldier - it should say No

Save and continue takes you to advanced search, you can just leave it all blank.
Results page gives you
Digital Search Results - 0 results
Image Search Results - 1 document page returned

Click on that image and you get the order form
Fill it all out, including Registry Location - London

Because it was proved in London, there is a folio number you need to add, it's on the image by her
entry - 38 (these folio numbers are not on the ancestry version!)

Add to basket
Good luck!

[who_am_i?]

Fantastic - thanks so much

[who_am_i?]

So Ann's Will and Probate arrived.

Will:
%200 to nephew John Bradford Robinson, %200 to nephew John Wallace Dodgson (executors), %200 to niece Clara Louisa Dodgson, %100 of London and North Western Railway Consolidated stock to niece Elizabeth Ann Dodgson, %100 each to nephew's John Dodgson, Stephen Sandhurst Dodgson and Thomas Dodgson, %100 to niece Fanny Dodgson, remainder to charities: Church Missionary Society, National Incorporated Association for the Reclamation of Destitute Waif (war?) Children - Dr Barnados Homes, Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, British and Foreign Bible Society, Irish Church Missions to the Roman Catholics

Executor addresses match my records.

Definitely our Ann