Eleven unclaimed Pembrokeshire estates are at risk of becoming the permanent property of the Crown.
When people die without leaving a will, their estate is passed to the Crown and recorded in the Bona Vacantia list, awaiting legitimate heirs to make a claim.
The estates remain listed for up to 30 years before they permanently become the property of the Crown and Treasury.
However, any relative who wasn't initially tracked down can still make a claim, even after the estate is officially owned by the Crown.
The government has released an updated version of the list of all unclaimed estates from across the UK.
Among these are those belonging to individuals who were either born or died in Pembrokeshire.
The list includes the following people:
- Pauline Albans, born October 24, 1947, in Sussex, who died in Fishguard on April 2, 2005. Her maiden name was Woodward.
- Margaret Olwen Elizabeth Deibert, born January 21, 1938, in Nash, Pembrokeshire, died in Pembroke Dock on November 3, 2007. Her maiden name was Jones.
- Charles Henry Bryant Hawker, born February 24, 1929, in Tenby, died in Swansea on January 30, 2016. He was also known as Brian Hawker.
- Marian Frances Holliday, born December 25, 1941, in Alderley Edge, died in Pembroke Dock on November 1, 2014. Her maiden name was Wiltshire.
- Barbara Winifred James, born November 24, 1930, in Pembrokeshire, died in Swansea on July 7, 2018. Her maiden name was John and she married a John Simon James on March 26, 1955.
- Minnie Johnson, died July 31, 1996, in Narberth.
- Yvonne Jayne Nolan, born June 5, 1961, in Haverfordwest, died on July 10, 2021, in Haverfordwest.
- Winifred Polek, born June 3, 1927, in Belfast, died in Haverfordwest on December 31, 2016. She married Jozef Polek.
- Gethin Melbourne Christopher Raymond, born December 22, 1942, in Little Newcastle, Pembrokeshire, died in Haverfordwest on June 18, 2014.
- James Smith, born October 20, 1932, died in Haverfordwest on May 3, 2018.
- Thomas Smith, born May 15, 1928, died in Pembroke Dock on February 3, 2009. He was also known as Thomas Terrence Watkin-Smith.
Relatives of these individuals are encouraged to come forward to claim their inheritance.
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