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Clara Maud Law was the wife of Arthur Law; she predeceased him in 1895 in the village of Silverdale, Lancashire.

We have all other details about her EXCEPT the possibility of her Will and/or Probate records. So please don't waste your precious time going after any of the other family details!!

I have searched and searched to try to locate her Will. They led a very good lifestyle and she had money in her own right. This would be the final piece of the puzzle.

Many thanks in advance. :-)

Clara Maud Law
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices:
Clara Maud Law
Event Type:
Obituary
Event Date:
17 Aug 1895
Event Place:
United Kingdom
Event Place (Original):
United Kingdom
Gender:
Female
Age:
49
Birth Year (Estimated):
1846
Death Date:
09 Aug 1895
Father's Name:
Henry Simms
Spouse's Name:
Arthur Law

Oooh, thank you. How do I access that please?

I am looking at the BNA on FindMyPast but those details won't come up. Help.

found on familysearch thats all there was sorry

https://wwwp.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSC-1316

Malyon found that on family Search, a free site.

https://www.familysearch.org

It also shows up on BNA here on GR (under "Search" at top right of this page.
I don't have any credits left on GR to look at the image.

It's only a death notice - no Will or probate.

This dodgy partial mistranscription is as much as BNA shows without a BNA sub or GR credits:


Manchester Times Lancashire, England
16 Aug 1895
Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries
ba builder, of Manchester, aged 82 years. ,! w L~w.-On the 9th instant, at Silvardale, Cfarefortb u aged 49, Clara Mand, wife of Arthur Law, and secon us daughter of the late Henry Simms, uriel Longs Bath. r tt Dg Lowmr.-On 10ch inst., at South Shore

There's no Will or probate for her showing on this site:

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk

Most likely she didn't own anything herself - it would all be her husband's.

LAW - on the 9th instant, at Silverdale, Carnforth, aged 49, Clara Maud, wife of Arthur Law, and second daughter of the late Henry Simms, Oriel Lodge, BAth

Thank you all.

Goodnight.
:-)

That's before the Married Woman's Act, so everything she had belonged to her husband.

You would almost certainly not find a will by her unless she died after her husband.

I have one case where husband and wife died 6 weeks apart in 1869, but he died first so she also had a will and probate

I have another where the wife died in 1918, no will. Her husband died in 1921, and his will went to Probate but requested by the Public Trustee ...... not too sure why because he had adult children but it may be thta he didn't update it after leaving everything to his wife (he was in the equivalent of our present-day care home).

Name: Clara Maud Law
Burial Date: 12 Aug 1895
Burial Parish: Silverdale, Lancashire, England

Thank you all again.

I'm going to delete the post later today because I need to 'tidy up' my threads!!!

:-D :-D

They don't take up any space on your computer, and they may just possibly help someone else

Good point, have edited the heading instead.
:-)