0:00:02 > 0:00:04Heir Hunter's specialise in tracking down people
0:00:04 > 0:00:09who are in line to inherit money from relatives who have passed away.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Often, the family members they find have no idea they're entitled.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17It was a real shock to find out Arnold had died
0:00:17 > 0:00:19and that they... I could be an heir.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Their work involves expert research.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24It says two Royston Briers,
0:00:24 > 0:00:29both born on the 29th of December, one in 1885, one in 1886.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32And can often uncover fascinating family secrets.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Absolutely no idea about any of that at all.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40But most of all, it's about giving news of an unexpected windfall.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Could the heir hunters be knocking at your door?
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Coming up, the race is on to find heirs to a 1.3 million pound estate.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57It's frustrating. I've got the right family, just can't get to see them.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01Research on the estate of a Cheshire man goes all the way to the Emerald Isle.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03It's necessary to go over to Ireland,
0:01:03 > 0:01:07and for me, personally, to do the work.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Plus, how you could be entitled to inherit unclaimed estates
0:01:10 > 0:01:12held by the Treasury.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Could thousands of pounds be heading your way?
0:01:21 > 0:01:24It's a Wednesday afternoon at the offices of
0:01:24 > 0:01:27heir hunting company Fraser & Fraser, in London.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Boss, Neil, has received an unexpected tip-off about
0:01:30 > 0:01:34a lucrative new case. That of Stanley Bone.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39This isn't our usual sort of case. This hasn't come in overnight,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42it hasn't come in first thing in the morning. It's 3.30 now.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47It's a £1.3 million estate, which probably means I'm going to be here
0:01:47 > 0:01:49till well into the night.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51The company have got wind of this huge estate
0:01:51 > 0:01:55before it's advertised by the Treasury Solicitor as "unclaimed".
0:01:55 > 0:01:58But although it appears that they've got a head start,
0:01:58 > 0:02:02it's possible rival firms have received the same information,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04so the team need to work fast.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I'm going to give it to one of our senior case managers,
0:02:08 > 0:02:12so it'll probably go to David Slee or David Pacifico.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15And he will have the full resources of the firm.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18He'll be able to pull on exactly who he wants to travel on it,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21which senior researchers on the road will be working,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24which senior researchers downstairs will be looking at it.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28It's a top priority case. It's a very valuable case.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32It means we cannot slow down, we have to work this extremely quickly,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35but, at the same time, very professionally.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37The team have established that Stanley
0:02:37 > 0:02:39didn't marry or have children.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42With the clock ticking, their next task is to get hold of
0:02:42 > 0:02:46his birth certificate to see if it reveals any more information.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I was phoning a couple of registry offices around the area of
0:02:50 > 0:02:53St John's Wood, where the deceased died.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57I tried Brent and Camden, they don't hold it,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59so I'm hoping Westminster have it.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03I've tried phoning them but they say they can't do a search for me,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07so I'm sending Ewart there tomorrow morning when he does the enquiry.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Stanley Bone died on the 6th of February, 2012,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14at his home in St John's Wood, London.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Stanley worked for the Metropolitan Police.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21When colleague Terry Oglethorpe first met him in the 1970s,
0:03:21 > 0:03:25he was stationed at a rather prestigious location.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29He was working at Buckingham Palace, where he did his duties,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32on ceremonial duties and that type of thing.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36And also on Royalty Protection in those early days.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39And that would be his full-time job.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43But Stanley kept his work life very separate from his home life.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46He was also a very, very private man,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49and always mixed well with colleagues.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52He didn't have any problems from that point of view.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54He kept himself to himself,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56and that's how he liked it, how he wanted it.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59After retiring from the police,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Stanley developed a very different interest.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05His main, um, hobby
0:04:05 > 0:04:08was stocks and shares,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11and, really, that's what he was into.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13He used to take a great delight in it.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16It was all his life, you know?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Regardless of what else he did, he was into it.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20There's no two ways about it.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24He should have been a banker himself, I think, by the sound of it.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29But in the office it's all hands on deck,
0:04:29 > 0:04:33as the team search for heirs to Stanley's huge £1.3 million estate.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37On a case like this, Neil and his team will be working for
0:04:37 > 0:04:39a pre-agreed percentage of the estate,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42which could make this a high-earning job.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45But only if they can find and sign up heirs
0:04:45 > 0:04:47ahead of rival heir hunting firms.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Um, we didn't check, probably, for her, did we?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52I mean, I know she's died '72,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55but it could just kick into '73, couldn't it?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58And the team have already hit difficulties.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01They need a copy of Stanley's death certificate,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03which will confirm his date of birth
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and may reveal other useful information.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11But Westminster Register Office is closed for the day, which means waiting until the morning.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15In the meantime, the team are going to gamble and use guesswork.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19He's meant to be in the police, or retired police, um,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25he's also meant to be about 71 years old. It doesn't quite seem right
0:05:25 > 0:05:27if he's been retired 30 years from the police,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29he should have retired about 50,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33so therefore he should be in the mid-70s, early 80s.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35So he may be 81, he may be a little older,
0:05:35 > 0:05:39but initially we'll have to work on the age of being 71 years old.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Other than that, I haven't got anything on him.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45I don't know his parents, I don't think he's married
0:05:45 > 0:05:51or has any children. I don't know about brothers and sisters until we've done some research.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Really, a blank sheet for us to work from.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Working with the theory that Stanley was 71 when he died,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02the team look for births in 1940 - and find nothing.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05But when they try 1930 births they find two.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08One in Woolwich, and the other, a Stanley H Bone,
0:06:08 > 0:06:10in Staines in Middlesex.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13They can't confirm which death is right until tomorrow,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15but with time ticking on,
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Neil decides to hedge his bets and work up the Woolwich birth.
0:06:19 > 0:06:25The issues we've got is we've nothing to confirm this is the right birth.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30We've ruled off a lot of the others, and this is the best of the bunch.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37If it is the wrong birth, then anything we do after this,
0:06:37 > 0:06:40anything we do from here on is going to be totally rubbish
0:06:40 > 0:06:42and we might as well just throw it away.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46So fingers crossed we have identified the right one.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50The team are able to establish the Stanley Bone born in Woolwich
0:06:50 > 0:06:53was the only child of Arthur Bone and Alice Hart.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57As there were no siblings, the team must look to the wider family,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00and they soon discover that Arthur had seven siblings.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Their descendents would be heirs to Stanley's seven figure estate.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09With the office closed, Neil is now working alone,
0:07:09 > 0:07:13but it's not long before he thinks he's found a potential cousin.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17He is the youngest child off the youngest aunt of the deceased
0:07:17 > 0:07:20on the paternal side,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22so if we're ever going to find the child alive,
0:07:22 > 0:07:26or a first cousin alive, it's going to be the youngest off the youngest.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29I have now got an up-to-date address for him,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31and a phone number, in Dover in Kent.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Neil has a number for this possible heir,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37but as he's a gentleman in his seventies,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Neil decides to phone his daughter instead.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Sorry to trouble you. I'm Neil Fraser,
0:07:41 > 0:07:45a genealogist and probate researcher, phoning from Central London.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49I'm sorry to trouble you so late on a Tuesday.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53The reason I'm calling, as I just explained to your husband,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55we were hoping to speak to your father,
0:07:55 > 0:07:59but I know he's born in 1935 and didn't really want to worry him,
0:07:59 > 0:08:02that's why I'm contacting his children first.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05We are genealogists and probate researchers.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08We specialise in locating missing and unknown beneficiaries.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Neil is able to confirm some details about the lady's immediate family.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18I think he's got a brother Frank, a brother Bill, or William,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21and Nelly as well. Sister Nell.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24I don't know if any of them are alive or anything.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26They're all alive, are they?
0:08:26 > 0:08:31It's a positive call, and the daughter is able to confirm her father would be an heir,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34but only if the team are working the right family.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41What I don't know is if the stem is actually connected to our deceased.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45So we've got huge problems still, trying to prove that this is
0:08:45 > 0:08:47one and the same family.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50As it stands at the moment, it's a bit up in the air.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Frustratingly for Neil, there's little more he can do
0:08:54 > 0:08:58but go home and hope that tomorrow he and the team can solve the case.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05The following morning the race is back on.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08The company have sent senior researcher Bob Barratt
0:09:08 > 0:09:10to Westminster Register Office
0:09:10 > 0:09:13to pick up the all-important death certificate.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Bob is one of the firm's trusty travelling researchers.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20He's primed to help the office by going to Register Offices,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23knocking on neighbours' doors, or visiting heirs.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28The team are hoping that when Bob collects the death certificate
0:09:28 > 0:09:30it will confirm that Stanley was born in 1930,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33and the research Neil did last night was correct.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37But in the office, Dave Slee, who is now leading the research, has put in
0:09:37 > 0:09:41a call to the Coroner's Office and got some crucial information.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44That was really, really helpful.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49The Coroner's Court knew very little about him, other than his age, 81.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Ties in perfectly with this 1930 birth,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56so I'm really pleased we've got that information, if nothing else.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Nollaig, Nollaig, that looks brilliant, that birth.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- Is it him?- Yeah, Coroner's Court told me he's 81.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- 19th.- Bang on.- Bang on.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Circa '31, there.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12The confirmation that the deceased was 81 is great news,
0:10:12 > 0:10:16as this match is the Stanley Bone they've already started working.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18But they can't get too excited yet
0:10:18 > 0:10:22as there are still two Stanley Bones born in 1930.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24One in Woolwich, in South East London,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27and one in Feltham, in West London.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Yesterday, the team took a huge gamble
0:10:29 > 0:10:31by working up the Woolwich birth,
0:10:31 > 0:10:35but Dave Slee is beginning to wonder if they've got it wrong.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39In theory, Stanley Hector, in Feltham,
0:10:39 > 0:10:43is a better birth for where the deceased dies
0:10:43 > 0:10:47than Stanley who died in Woolwich. Did you see that? Feltham.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- What's that?- Feltham. That's not a million miles from where he dies.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Mmm.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56They'll only know when they get the information from the death certificate,
0:10:56 > 0:11:00and Bob Barratt is on the phone from Westminster Register Office.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05- Hi, Bob.- Hello, Dave. I've got Stanley Bone's death certificate.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07They've given you it now, brilliant.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11So we've got Stanley Bone, died 6th of February, 2012,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13in Grove Hall Court.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20The date and place of birth, 12th of September, 1930, in Woolwich.
0:11:20 > 0:11:2412th of September. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Yeah.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Good. Is there anywhere you want me to head for?
0:11:29 > 0:11:33For the moment, take a well-deserved cup of tea and we'll crack on with this.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38- We've definitely got the right family.- Cheers now, bye.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42After an anxious wait, it's the news they've been hoping for.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45The Stanley Bone born in Woolwich is correct,
0:11:45 > 0:11:47and Neil's gamble has paid off.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52But this £1.3 million case is far from solved.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56The team have lost valuable time waiting for the death certificate
0:11:56 > 0:12:01and must now work flat-out to ensure they find and sign up heirs ahead of any rival firms.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05At the moment, I can't get to see anyone,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07can't get anyone on the telephone,
0:12:07 > 0:12:11and the certificates are not leading us to any decent informants
0:12:11 > 0:12:13that now we can interview.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Every Thursday, the Treasury Solicitor
0:12:20 > 0:12:22releases a list of unclaimed estates,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24and if no relatives can be found,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27the money in these estates will go to the government.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31In 2010, the name Victor Jones appeared on this list,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35and Peter Birchwood, from heir hunting company Celtic Research,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37took up the search for heirs
0:12:37 > 0:12:39that would end up taking him on a voyage overseas.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42It was necessary to go over to Ireland,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44and for me, personally, to do the work.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50Victor Joseph Anthony Jones passed away in a nursing home
0:12:50 > 0:12:53in Runcorn, Cheshire, on the 26th of February, 2010.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59He was 80 years old. Fred Boon was one of Victor's neighbours.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Didn't see much of him because it was only now and again
0:13:03 > 0:13:05when he showed himself, you know?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09No photos survive of Victor, and it seems he was
0:13:09 > 0:13:12something of an enigmatic figure in the local community.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16The first time I saw him was a well-dressed man,
0:13:16 > 0:13:20being pushed in a wheelchair, coming past my house.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22That was in the road.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26I saw him once out the back. I said, "Good morning, Mr Jones."
0:13:26 > 0:13:29He said, "Good morning," and that's it.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32He was a man that liked to be left alone.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Victor's reclusive nature meant that he was destined to remain a mystery.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40I had no idea if he had a wife or not.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45I don't know much about it, although I've been living here all them years.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50As soon as he picked up the case of Victor Jones, Peter,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52who runs his company with son Hector,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55realised they would need to move fast.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59This case is a reasonable-sized one. It's worth about £150,000,
0:13:59 > 0:14:04so pretty certainly there were going to be competitive elements.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07And we had to do the research as quickly as possible.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10The company work on a commission basis,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13which means they must get to heirs ahead of rival firms.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16One way they do this is by having case managers
0:14:16 > 0:14:18based in different parts of the country.
0:14:18 > 0:14:24I have various case managers, they all have their own little niches, their expertise.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Saul, in Liverpool, works on cases in that area.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31He's also an expert on Jewish genealogy.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36Phil down in South Wales works on Welsh records,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39and also anything to do with South Africa.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43As it seemed clear that Victor Jones was going to be a Welsh case,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Peter turned to Welsh records expert Phil,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49who immediately knew he was facing a tough challenge.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54When they passed me the case and said it was a "Jones" case, I went, "No! Here we go again."
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Jones is the most common surname in Wales.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00In fact, almost one-in-six Welsh people are named Jones.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03As a result, tracing this common name can feel like
0:15:03 > 0:15:05looking for a needle in a haystack.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09It makes it hard to find because the possibilities of children
0:15:09 > 0:15:14of a Jones-Jones marriage is multiplied hundreds of times.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19But Phil was determined he would not be beaten on such a valuable case.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23According to his death certificate, Victor had died a widower,
0:15:23 > 0:15:27so Phil quickly checked to see if Victor had any children, and found none.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Phil's next job was to look for any brothers or sister he might have.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34To do this, he first had to trace Victor's parents,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Stanley Jones and Elizabeth Holland.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Using the mother's maiden name, we found that he was an only child.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44The fact that Victor had no siblings meant the team would now
0:15:44 > 0:15:49have to expand their search and look for cousins, who could be entitled.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52That wasn't the only thing Phil was able to report back to Peter.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57He got the marriage certificate of the parents of the deceased,
0:15:57 > 0:16:03and from that and from the information on the 1911 Census,
0:16:03 > 0:16:06it was clear that the maternal family were Irish.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09With half the family in Wales and half in Ireland
0:16:09 > 0:16:12and with the threat of competition ever present,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15it was time for the team to divide and conquer.
0:16:15 > 0:16:21I didn't have the expertise to find the Irish side of things.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26I immediately gave it to Peter, who's an expert at Irish research.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30So whilst Phil tackled the paternal Jones side of the family,
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Peter set about tackling the Irish connection, a challenge he relished.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39Irish research, now it can be difficult, it can be tricky,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42and it can be sometimes almost impossible,
0:16:42 > 0:16:46but my particular little speciality is Irish research.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51But with the pressure on to find heirs ahead of their rivals,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54the Irish research could make or break the case.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57I was concerned about the Irish side of the family.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59That had to be dealt with.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Fortunately, Phi's research had given Peter a head start.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07From the marriage certificate of the parents of the deceased,
0:17:07 > 0:17:12it was obvious that this was a middle-class family.
0:17:12 > 0:17:18The grandfather of the deceased on the Holland side was John Holland.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21He was a teacher, a headmaster.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24The mother of the deceased had been a teacher herself,
0:17:24 > 0:17:29so I was looking for a family probably in the professions.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Peter was off to a good start,
0:17:32 > 0:17:34and in South Wales things were even better.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Phil had been able to cross-reference Census records
0:17:39 > 0:17:42to establish that Victor's father, Stanley, had two brothers,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Thomas and Trevor, and one sister, Violet.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Phil needed to establish whether any of these siblings
0:17:51 > 0:17:54had any living descendants. The eldest of the three, Violet,
0:17:54 > 0:17:58was born in Newport, but passenger records showed that
0:17:58 > 0:18:00she'd travelled to India in 1920.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03It later transpired that she made this epic voyage
0:18:03 > 0:18:05in order to become a missionary.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Missionaries have been around almost as long as the Christian church.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15They are people who leave the place where they are,
0:18:15 > 0:18:19were brought up, to travel to different parts of the world
0:18:19 > 0:18:22to tell people about Jesus Christ.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27But they're also people who believe that they should show compassion
0:18:27 > 0:18:31to other human beings, that they should offer forms of service,
0:18:31 > 0:18:35whether it be education, health work, and that kind of thing.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Until the early 20th Century,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41missionaries had been almost exclusively male.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45But Violet was part of a new wave of females taking up the mantle.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49The First World War had opened up greater opportunities for women.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54They had had to work in ways that were new, or different,
0:18:54 > 0:18:58and so I wider number of women now had the opportunity
0:18:58 > 0:19:01to work as missionaries.
0:19:01 > 0:19:07Increasingly, they were sent to teaching colleges, and in schools,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10and sent to be nurses and indeed doctors.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15Violet's nursing training meant that she was able to travel the globe,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17helping those in need.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21And she was sent to Chikkaballapur Hospital, near Bangalore.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24This was a new hospital.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29It had been established in 1913. It had 60 beds at the time.
0:19:29 > 0:19:35And it was set up to respond to a desperate need
0:19:35 > 0:19:38for the local population for basic medical care.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Once there, in very challenging circumstances,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Violet's skills would have been pushed to the limit.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Violet would have been called upon to do
0:19:47 > 0:19:50a variety of jobs within the hospital.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55She wasn't a doctor, but she would've been expected to assist the doctor.
0:19:55 > 0:20:01She would have probably found that the skills she'd learnt in the UK
0:20:01 > 0:20:04were stretched, and she would almost certainly have
0:20:04 > 0:20:09come into contact with diseases that were unfamiliar in the UK.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13The work that she and other staff carried out at Chikkaballapur
0:20:13 > 0:20:15saved countless lives,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18helping to stem the spread of many fatal diseases.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22We know there was an outbreak of plague,
0:20:22 > 0:20:26and that the hospital dealt very well with that outbreak
0:20:26 > 0:20:29and managed to reduce its seriousness in the area.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33And perhaps most notably, the healthcare that they offered there
0:20:33 > 0:20:36was available to everyone who needed it.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39The hospital that Violet Jones worked in
0:20:39 > 0:20:42was very important for the local community.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46It was very significant for the poorest people in that community,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49the people who were considered outcaste, or low caste,
0:20:49 > 0:20:52and Violet would have been involved in their care.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59Missionaries at the hospital welcomed, with open arms, those considered "untouchable",
0:20:59 > 0:21:02and outcasts according to the Hindu class system.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04As a result, many converts were born.
0:21:05 > 0:21:11The Indians who became Christians as a result of this whole movement were the outcaste and lower caste.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13About 60% of the Indian population today,
0:21:13 > 0:21:17probably, possibly even more, come from those outcaste groups.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19They saw it as a form of liberation.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24But having dedicated her life to religion, Victor's Aunt Violet
0:21:24 > 0:21:26never married or had children,
0:21:26 > 0:21:30which meant that in the search for heirs to Victor's estate,
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Phil's search now focused on her brothers, Thomas and Trevor.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38In North Wales, company boss and Irish specialist Peter
0:21:38 > 0:21:41was making great progress with Victor's mother's family.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46The mother of the deceased was born in County Cork, in Ballinspittle.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Using the online records, Peter was able to gather some basic
0:21:50 > 0:21:54information about the family, but it wasn't enough to crack the case.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57The information that I got from Ireland helped out,
0:21:57 > 0:21:59but it wasn't conclusive.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02I'd done as much as I could with the online records
0:22:02 > 0:22:05and the records that we've got here at the office.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08If Peter wanted to stay ahead of rival firms,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11he knew he needed to go that extra mile.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15I decided that, given the probability of competition,
0:22:15 > 0:22:19that it was necessary to go over to Ireland
0:22:19 > 0:22:22and for me, personally, to do the work.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25And as Peter began to make real headway on the ground...
0:22:25 > 0:22:30Fortunately, I found a historian who knew of the family.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34A relative on the other side of the family was in for a big surprise.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37I knew virtually nothing about Victor Jones.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40I didn't really know he existed.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Heir hunters trace thousands of rightful beneficiaries every year,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51but not all cases can be cracked.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56There are thousands of estates on the Treasury's Bona Vacantia list
0:22:56 > 0:22:59that have eluded the heir hunters and remain unsolved.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04The Bona Vacantia Division deals with the estates of people who die
0:23:04 > 0:23:07without leaving a will, or any entitled blood relatives.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Today we're focusing on two cases that are yet to be solved by the heir hunters.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Could you be the beneficiary they're looking for?
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Could you be about to inherit some money from a long-lost relative?
0:23:22 > 0:23:27First is the case of Doris Heffer, who died on the 16th March, 1998,
0:23:27 > 0:23:29in Ealing, in West London.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32There are only around 750 people in Britain
0:23:32 > 0:23:36who share the unusual surname of Heffer.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41Are you one of them? And if so, could you be a relative of Doris,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43entitled to a share of her estate?
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Next, can you shed any light on the case of George Edward Bainton?
0:23:49 > 0:23:52He died on the 8th April, 1997,
0:23:52 > 0:23:56and his place of death is simply listed as The Willows.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59It's likely the name Bainton originates from Yorkshire,
0:23:59 > 0:24:03but these days, Bath is where the name is most commonly found.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Did you know George, or do you have any information about his family?
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Both George and Doris' estates remain unclaimed,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17and if no one comes forward their money will go to the government.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Money raised by the division is ultimately passed to
0:24:20 > 0:24:24the General Exchequer, which benefits the country as a whole.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Do you have any clues that could help solve the cases of Doris Heffer
0:24:28 > 0:24:30or George Edward Bainton?
0:24:30 > 0:24:34If so, you could have thousands of pounds coming your way.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42From their offices in Wales,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45the team at Celtic Research were racing against the competition
0:24:45 > 0:24:50to find heirs on the £150,000 estate of Victor Jones.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Victor Joseph Anthony Jones died in Runcorn, Cheshire,
0:24:55 > 0:25:00on the 26th February, 2010. No photos remain of him.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Neighbour Fred Boon can remember seeing him out and about
0:25:04 > 0:25:06very occasionally.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Well dressed, he had a...
0:25:10 > 0:25:13He was a bit taller than me. He was a slim man,
0:25:15 > 0:25:17wasn't tubby or anything, was very slim.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21But Victor never engaged beyond a brief hello.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25He kept himself to himself. He never mingled with people all that much,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27as far as I know.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30And his private manner meant Victor
0:25:30 > 0:25:32and the details of his life remain a mystery.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38But one thing was for sure. Victor had left a sizeable estate,
0:25:38 > 0:25:42and the race was on to find his rightful beneficiaries.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44To try and stay ahead, company boss Peter
0:25:44 > 0:25:47had decided they should split the research in two.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49The paternal Jones side of the family was
0:25:49 > 0:25:54handed over to case manager Phil, who specialises in Welsh research.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59All Welsh cases, where the names tend to be somewhat common,
0:25:59 > 0:26:03then Phil has got such an expertise in that.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08He knows where to go for the records. He's pretty successful.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11While Phil was trying to keep up with all the Joneses,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Peter had taken on the maternal Holland side of the family,
0:26:14 > 0:26:16who were all in Ireland.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21I'd managed to put together a family tree of the Holland family in Cork,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24but I knew that it was going to need to be developed,
0:26:24 > 0:26:28and that was when I decided to go over to Ireland.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32It was a gamble, but Peter hoped that by investing time and money
0:26:32 > 0:26:36going to Ireland, he'd be able to find Victor's heirs
0:26:36 > 0:26:38and win the company valuable commission.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Irish research often means scouring parish records.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- Morning. Father Healey?- That's right. You're welcome. How are you?
0:26:45 > 0:26:49And in the past, trips to Ireland have really paid off for Peter.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- I have it for you.- Do you? - Oh, wow!- Wow.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56But would this trip be as successful?
0:26:56 > 0:27:01Because working in Ireland does have its own problems when it comes to research.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Christian names can differ. Nora can be Honora.
0:27:06 > 0:27:12Patrick can be anything from Paddy to Paul.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14You've got to use your sense of adventure
0:27:14 > 0:27:17when you're going through Irish records.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21Peter was trying to establish whether Victor's mother, Elizabeth,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24had any siblings whose descendents would be heirs.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Faced with tricky records, Peter decided on a different strategy
0:27:28 > 0:27:31and went straight to the family's hometown.
0:27:31 > 0:27:38I got to the town of Ballinspittle and I asked people about the family,
0:27:39 > 0:27:44and, fortunately, I found a historian who knew of the family
0:27:44 > 0:27:50because, when he had been in school as a young boy, one of the members,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Miss Nora Holland, had been his teacher.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57And Nora Holland was an aunt of the deceased,
0:27:57 > 0:28:02and he was able to take me to one of the local cemeteries,
0:28:03 > 0:28:08and we saw her grave and that of her father.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11It was a brilliant stroke of fortune,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14and Peter knew exactly where to go next.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I managed to contact the priest,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19who was good enough to go through the records,
0:28:19 > 0:28:25and, at that point, we managed to find the dates of baptism of
0:28:25 > 0:28:30what we now believe to be the entire Holland family,
0:28:30 > 0:28:36and there were 12 of them, of whom one died as an infant.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40This was the crucial information that Peter needed,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42but although the trip to Ireland had paid off,
0:28:42 > 0:28:46the research on the maternal side of the family is far from over.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Because Victor had 11 aunts and uncles,
0:28:49 > 0:28:53most of whom had several children of their own, the family tree is huge.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58I've found about 20 heirs so far,
0:28:58 > 0:29:00the majority of whom are in Canada.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05I would expect there will be quite a few more to find.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09But whilst the Irish research is still a work in progress,
0:29:09 > 0:29:12in South Wales, Phil was trying to crack
0:29:12 > 0:29:14the difficult Jones side of the family.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16The name is Jones,
0:29:16 > 0:29:20and even with middle names it was still very difficult.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Things were looking pretty desperate
0:29:23 > 0:29:26until a check of the probate record revealed that,
0:29:26 > 0:29:29whilst Victor's uncle Trevor hadn't left a will, his wife had.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Wills are great if they give information.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Sometimes they don't give much information,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39but in this particular case, both wills gave a lot of information.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44They listed the names of the children and grandchildren.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47In a brilliant breakthrough, Phil had struck gold
0:29:47 > 0:29:50and uncovered his first heirs.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Even better, he'd done so before the competition.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57With a bit more work, it wasn't long before he managed to find
0:29:57 > 0:29:59six heirs on the paternal side,
0:29:59 > 0:30:03all now entitled to a share of Victor's £150,000 estate.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Isobel is Victor's cousin once-removed,
0:30:06 > 0:30:10and one of the heirs Phil found through her grandmother's will.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14News of her inheritance was a surprise on many different levels.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19I knew virtually nothing about Victor Jones.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Um, I didn't really know he existed.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25I think my family, they weren't terribly close on my father's side.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29He used to keep in touch with his two sisters, although not that often.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31But not with... The extended family,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34we knew little about him, they didn't keep in touch.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37It was a weird feeling to know that, you know,
0:30:37 > 0:30:41you might have some money from someone you didn't even know existed.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43The knowledge she's now inheriting from
0:30:43 > 0:30:46a mystery family member has been a turning point for Isobel.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Since this started, it's got me thinking about the family
0:30:50 > 0:30:55and wanting to find out more, particularly when there are people you didn't even know existed.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00You wonder what they were like. It's a shame we couldn't have met when they were alive.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03While she doesn't know much about her father's family,
0:31:03 > 0:31:06she knows there was one figure that was very dear to him.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10I know he was fond of Aunty Violet. Aunty Vi they used to call her.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14She's somebody who fascinates me. I'd love to have met her,
0:31:14 > 0:31:18because she sounds a real character. I know she used to write to him
0:31:18 > 0:31:22when he was in the Second World War. He was an aircraft fitter in the RAF.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24She used to write him long letters,
0:31:24 > 0:31:27but she had terrible writing and he couldn't read them.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29So he used to get his friends in the billet,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32they used to look at the letter to try and decipher it
0:31:32 > 0:31:35so that he could know what to say in reply.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38So, um, but that's about all I know about her really,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41and the fact that she was a missionary in India,
0:31:41 > 0:31:44but I don't know when exactly, or how long she was there.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47And now that she's been contacted by the team,
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Isobel can't wait to discover more.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54For me, it was never about the money. It's finding out about the family
0:31:54 > 0:31:56and if there are any good stories,
0:31:56 > 0:31:59and finding other members of the family we didn't know existed.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06In London, the team at Fraser & Fraser
0:32:06 > 0:32:09are working the case of Stanley Bone following a tip-off.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14They understand the estate is worth an incredible £1.3 million.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18It's really rare to find an estate that's potentially
0:32:18 > 0:32:22really valuable - and have no competition.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26The combination of both is a luxury.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30But although the team are confident they're the only ones working
0:32:30 > 0:32:34this seven-figure case, there's a chance rival firms are onto it, too.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37So they need to sign up heirs as fast as they can.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Stanley died on the 6th February, 2012,
0:32:42 > 0:32:46at home in St John's Wood, London, aged 81.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50He had been a police officer with the Metropolitan Police.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Terry Oglethorpe first met Stanley in the 1970s,
0:32:53 > 0:32:57when he was a protection officer at Buckingham Palace.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01Stanley turned to Terry when he was looking for a new job opportunity.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06With being an older man, he wasn't really suitable
0:33:06 > 0:33:09to go back out on the streets, like a probationer, again.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Stanley went over to the Palace of Westminster for a trial period,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16and they found him excellent with his job.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Very good, very loyal.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Um, and that's what he carried on.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Terry stayed in touch with Stanley after they retired,
0:33:26 > 0:33:30although his personal life always remained a mystery.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34I never knew anything about family. He never, ever mentioned it.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37I didn't know whether he had brothers and sisters, mum, dad.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40I didn't even know where he was born or where he came from.
0:33:40 > 0:33:47I just kept it as a colleague... relationship, shall we say.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56In the office, the team had taken a huge gamble searching for
0:33:56 > 0:34:00Stanley's relatives before confirming his date and place of birth.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04But the gamble has paid off. They've been proved correct.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06We're all tired. I'm tired and emotional.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13They now know Stanley was the only son of Alice Hart and Arthur Bone.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16The family lived in Woolwich, in South East London,
0:34:16 > 0:34:19where Stanley's father Arthur worked for a local brewery.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22It was a good job. He was a foreman,
0:34:22 > 0:34:26which was a very important person in the pecking order in any company,
0:34:26 > 0:34:30particularly a brewery. He would've been a salaried employee at a time
0:34:30 > 0:34:33when many people would've been on what we call piece rates,
0:34:33 > 0:34:36that they were casual workers who'd be called in
0:34:36 > 0:34:40when they were needed, then sent home when they weren't needed.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Attitudes toward beer drinking were quite different from today.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49We have to understand that, in the 1930s, everybody drank beer.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52It was a very different culture and society to today.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Only the seriously rich and the aristocracy drank wine,
0:34:55 > 0:34:57nobody else drank wine.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00And so you had pubs like this pub which had two bars,
0:35:00 > 0:35:03one bar the saloon for the middle class,
0:35:03 > 0:35:05and the public bar for the working class.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Arthur was right at the heart of a renowned brewing empire.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14London was famous for a beer style called mild ale,
0:35:14 > 0:35:19and when it was in a bottle it was called brown ale. That's what Arthur was doing.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22He'd have been bottling enormous quantities of brown ale.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25And the reason why London made dark beer
0:35:25 > 0:35:28was because of the nature of the water in London,
0:35:28 > 0:35:32which was best suited to producing dark, slightly sweet beers.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36But the writing was on the wall for that era of the brewing industry.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39In the 1930s, there was a catastrophic decline
0:35:39 > 0:35:43in the number of breweries in London because of the Great Depression.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Many breweries went out of business.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49We think he may have worked for a company called Beasley's,
0:35:49 > 0:35:51which was taken over by Courage.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55Courage and Barclay Perkins were the big, giant brewers in South London.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58So Beasley's ended up in the arms of Courage.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Arthur's history may be well-documented,
0:36:03 > 0:36:07but the team are struggling to find out about the rest of his family.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09With no heirs on Stanley's mother's side,
0:36:09 > 0:36:13the paternal family is the team's only hope of finding heirs.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15There's no kids to that marriage.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18There's no issues with that marriage. Maternal looks dead.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22They found that Arthur had seven siblings. Their descendants would be
0:36:22 > 0:36:27Stanley's cousins - and heirs to his £1.3 million estate.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31And he dies March 1998, in Worthing.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35The team have discovered that four of Arthur's siblings died
0:36:35 > 0:36:39without children, which means the search for heirs is now focused
0:36:39 > 0:36:43on the remaining aunts and uncles, William, Ernest, and Nelly.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46The team already know that Nelly had four children,
0:36:46 > 0:36:48all of whom are still alive,
0:36:48 > 0:36:52so now they're turning their attention to William and Ernest.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- Dave.- Yeah.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58I think Aisha's onto William John, got the 1911 Census.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02He's married with about four or five kids. He's a paper hanger.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05The team are able to identify some potential cousins,
0:37:05 > 0:37:07but they soon encounter a new problem.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Dave is struggling to get hold of anyone.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17It's frustrating. I got the right family but can't get to see anyone.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21Across the office, Noel and Aisha are researching William's stem
0:37:21 > 0:37:23and trying to find his correct birth.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- No.- So the death's wrong. - The death's wrong.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- The marriage in Croydon's going to be correct?- Definitely.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Ethel's going to be correct, and if this marriage is correct...
0:37:32 > 0:37:38There's two Frederick William H Bones born a year apart in London.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41One's born West Ham, ours is born in St Pancras.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45We've got a death for the West Ham one in Waltham Forest,
0:37:45 > 0:37:48but we can't seem to find a death for our one.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52We've got his daughter up-to-date so it doesn't really matter now.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55If we speak to her she'll be able to tell us.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58If the daughter they've found is correct,
0:37:58 > 0:38:01she would be Stanley's cousin - and an heir to his huge estate.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05But it seems the daughter isn't at home.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10Unbelievable, isn't it? You just - You really think that ten o'clock,
0:38:10 > 0:38:1311 o'clock this morning, I just thought, "This is a doddle!"
0:38:13 > 0:38:16We're going to be speaking to loads of people,
0:38:16 > 0:38:19and then we've just spent all day and not seen an heir.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Finally, though, Dave manages to get someone on the phone.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Hello, good afternoon. Very sorry to trouble you.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31I'm trying to trace a family by the name of Bone. B-O-N-E.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35The lady he's speaking to isn't a blood relative of Stanley,
0:38:35 > 0:38:39but she does have some crucial information about one of the heirs.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43Now, your sister-in-law Margaret, is she still alive?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46OK. Does she? Because I have an address...
0:38:46 > 0:38:49It seems Dave is finally getting somewhere.
0:38:49 > 0:38:55She has given me the address and phone number of her sister-in-law, who will be an entitled party.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57It's the lead they'd been hoping for.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01Margaret is the granddaughter of Stanley's uncle, William,
0:39:01 > 0:39:03And will be an heir to his estate.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08We believe that you, as the children of your father, John William Bone,
0:39:08 > 0:39:11and from your mother, Mary Taylor I believe was her maiden name,
0:39:11 > 0:39:14you would be entitled parties in this estate.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19At last, Dave has spoken to an heir on this £1.3 million case
0:39:19 > 0:39:22and, better still, he's made an appointment for
0:39:22 > 0:39:26travelling researcher Bob Barratt to go and see her.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Margaret Tipton is Arthur's cousin once removed.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Her grandfather, William John Bone, was Stanley's uncle.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38I think I'm pretty close to where she lives now.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42The firm are hoping to help Margaret claim her inheritance in return for
0:39:42 > 0:39:47an agreed percentage of the estate, and it's Bob's job to sign her up.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52- Hello, Mrs Tipton?- Yes.- Bob Barratt. I think the office called and you're expecting me.- Yes, I am.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54- Thank you very much.- Come in.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Before Bob can sign Margaret up, he needs to ask her
0:39:58 > 0:40:01a few questions to confirm their research is correct.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- Any other first names?- Margaret Mary. - Mary.
0:40:05 > 0:40:11- Your marriage, please? - 23rd of April, 1955.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13- And your mother's maiden name? - Taylor.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- TAY?- Yes.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Do you remember your grandparents?
0:40:18 > 0:40:23Yes, I do, very vaguely, because, um, but I do remember them.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- My granddad... - Do you remember their names?
0:40:26 > 0:40:28My granddad was William John, again.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32But I do not remember my grandmother's name.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34- Only as Grandma. - She was Elizabeth.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39The team's research is confirmed. Margaret is definitely an heir.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Bye-bye, now. Cheerio.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48For Margaret, it's all been a bit of a surprise.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52We didn't know Stanley at all because we lost...
0:40:52 > 0:40:56During the war we were away and other members of the family were away,
0:40:56 > 0:40:58and that's how we really didn't know Stanley.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01He was a cousin, I believe, of my father's,
0:41:01 > 0:41:05but we didn't know the family very well because we were away
0:41:05 > 0:41:08during the war and lost a bit of touch with that side of the family.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13But the news of a potential inheritance is very welcome.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19We've got two grandsons who we'd like to spoil a little more.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Yes, that would be a good idea, really.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26I can't think of anything else really.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28No, that would be nice.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31And it would be nice to have a little windfall of any kind.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38For the team in the office, the case of Stanley Bone is almost complete.
0:41:38 > 0:41:45We've managed so far to locate 15 paternal beneficiaries entitled.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49I know from the feedback from them that they're really pleased about
0:41:49 > 0:41:53the family history that we've been able to provide them with.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56But there is one final twist in the tale.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02Although the case was originally estimated to be worth £1.3 million,
0:42:02 > 0:42:06the team have since learned it's not quite as valuable as they hoped.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09We understand now that the apartment
0:42:09 > 0:42:12and the small share portfolio probably means that
0:42:12 > 0:42:15the estate's valued somewhere in the region of £300,000.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18It's a little disappointing for the team,
0:42:18 > 0:42:21but they can still reflect on a job well done.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24From past experience, we've found, invariably, estates
0:42:24 > 0:42:29are never over £1 million, and so we can't be disappointed that
0:42:29 > 0:42:33this estate isn't as grand as we first thought it would be.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38We're now left with, as always, lots of paperwork to conclude the matter.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41But from our point of view, yeah, it was a good day at the office.
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