41 unclaimed estates in Manchester that you could inherit if you have these surnames, full list

If you have one of these surnames, you may be an heir to one of the 41 unclaimed estates registered by the Treasury in Manchester. When a person dies without a valid will and no heirs come forward to claim their inheritance, the estate becomes unclaimed.

When this happens, the deceased’s property becomes ‘ownerless property,’ and the Crown assumes ownership. Family members, however, have a 12-year period after the Crown takes control of the estate to come forward if they believe they are entitled to a share of the deceased’s property.

If the claim is filed after the 12-year period has ended, the Treasury will allow claims up to 30 years from the date of death, with no interest paid on the money kept. An unclaimed estate, according to the Treasury, might be any form of property, including buildings, money, or personal possessions.

Therefore, if someone dies without leaving a valid or effective will, the following relatives are entitled to the estate in the order shown below:

1. Husband, wife or civil partner
2. Children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on
3. Mother or father
4. Brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews)
5. Half brothers or sisters or their children (nieces and nephews of the half blood or their children). ‘Half’ means they share only one parent with the deceased.
6. Grandparents
7. Uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants)
8. Half uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins of the half blood or their children). ‘Half means they only share one grandparent with the deceased, not both. 

In this case, if you are a first cousin of the deceased, you would be entitled to share in the estate if there are no relatives above you in the order of entitlement, for example, a niece or a nephew.

Surnames of the unclaimed estates in Manchester

1. Ashworth
2. Austin
3. Bamber
4. Barnes
5. Bowen
6. Breslini
7. Brown
8. Carroll
9. Cartwright
10. Cooper
11. Dowell
12. Drummond
13. Foden
14. Giddens
15. Gray
16. Howe
17. Jackson
18. Jacques
19. Josephs
20. Kemp
21. Knight
22. Luckarift
23. Maloney
24. Mason
25. Morton
26. Myers
27. Pinder
28. Pollitt
29. Pounal
30. Reid
31. Robert
32. Smith
33. Rodney
34. Thayre
35. Turner
36. Udeh
37. Walkden
38. Warwick
39. Whalley
40. Williamson
41. Wood

Please visit the Government website to make your claim or find out more information about the deceased.