FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS

THE FAMILY OF JOHN & JANET ASCROFT

INFORMATION FROM WILLS:

 

Janet Ascroft
Janet Ascroft died, aged 35 years, exactly one week before her husband and her death must have been sudden and unexpected. There is no record of any Will or Administration of her estate.
John Ascroft
John Ascroft, of 19 Highfields Lane, Croston, Lancashire, died 17 February 1922. ADMINISTRATION (with Will) London, 11 May 1922 to James Norris Ascroft, Joiner. Effects: £1736 1s 6d.

 

NOTES:
1: I suspect that John Ascroft wrote a hastily prepared Will after the death of his wife - knowing that he was seriously ill. This may have been the reason why the Will could not be proved in the usual way and why Letters of Administration needed to be filed.
2: The Lancashire Record Office does not hold Wills Probated in London.
3: The above information is taken from the National Probate Index held at the Lancashire Record Office.

 


Marriage Page Baptism Records Census Returns Burial Records Inner Homepage