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Branwen Jones

People with these surnames in Wales could be heirs to fortunes

Hundreds of estates are yet to be claimed in Wales. When someone dies without leaving a will, the government monitors whether a lawful heir has made a claim to their estate. But if no claim is made, the money could make its way into the government's accounts.

From the day of death, you have 12 years to apply to claim an estate in the case of money, or 30 years otherwise. If you are eligible to inherit it, you must provide a family tree that proves how you are related to the individual.

Most Welsh counties have at least one unclaimed estate, some of which date back to the 1990s according to government records. The government publishes a list of these unclaimed estates on a regular basic. You can get more local news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.

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Here is a list of people who have died in Wales and left fortunes which are yet to be passed on. Their name is listed alongside the date and place of their death.

Anglesey

  • Michael O'Loughlan 23/02/2014 Anglesey
  • Peter John Sanders 17/04/2012 Anglesey
  • Henry Owen Roberts 27/09/1995 Anglesey
  • Jennie Griffiths 25/04/2011 Llanfair PG

Blaenau Gwent

  • Ronald Jones 21/04/2007 Ebbw Vale
  • Jim Jones 30/08/1995 Gwent

Bridgend

  • James Robert Brown 13/01/2020 Cheam, Surrey
  • Malcolm Vincent Millard 05/06/2019 Maesteg
  • Philip Lewis 14/06/2020 Bridgend
  • Diane Bawden 18/12/2013 Bridgend
  • Antoni Wojtaniec 25/04/2008 Bridgend
  • Mary Carrol 27/11/2003 Bridgend
  • Dennis William Pursell-Smith 20/01/1999 Bridgend
  • Roger John 05/06/2003 Bridgend
  • Franciszek Bawden 21/08/1999 Bridgend
  • Barrie John 13/11/2019 Bridgend
  • Carlton Willis 21/03/1999 Bridgend
  • Henry Thomas Lindo 13/07/2008 Bridgend

Caerphilly

  • Cyril Roberts 22/03/2022 Rhymney
  • David John Powell 27/11/1961 Caerphilly
  • Herbert Michael Miller 22/05/2004 Caerphilly
  • William Edward Williams 11/08/1995 Mynach

Cardiff

  • Victor James Cassim 07/07/2020 Bristol, Gloucestershire
  • Richard Slawomir Korecki 16/03/2002 Bristol, Gloucestershire
  • Marjorie Florence Truss 06/09/2021 Broomfield, Essex
  • Stephen Ivan Perry 06/09/2021 Cardiff
  • Dudley Hendy 17/11/2021 Cardiff
  • Malcolm John Tabbener 30/06/2021 Cardiff
  • Leslie John Hankerd 20/11/2019 Cardiff
  • John Reilly 05/05/2018 Cardiff
  • Nicholas Sharma 18/08/2019 Cardiff
  • John Pugh 23/05/2016 Cardiff
  • Ronald Morland 26/05/2016 Cardiff
  • Anthony Frederick Vella 01/05/2019 Cardiff

  • Frank Morgan 29/09/2015 Cheam, Surrey

  • Anthony Frederick Vella 01/05/2019 Cardiff

  • Margaret Rose May 23/11/2014 Lewisham, London

  • Royston Tucker 03/01/2013 Cardiff

  • Ishak Ali 17/05/2013 Cardiff

  • James Jordan 14/07/2012 Cardiff

  • Henrique Santos 13/06/2000

  • Francis Griffiths 05/03/2001 Acton, London

  • Mohammed Abdi Quorshill 20/01/2002 Cardiff

  • Charles Dwon 20/01/2005 Cardiff

  • Joan Lewis 26/05/2011 Cardiff

  • Wladyslaw Polchlopek 23/04/2003 Cardiff

  • Nicholas Daniel Gabrilenko 30/03/2001 Cardiff

  • Frank Spiteri 21/09/2005 Cardiff

  • John Thomas 06/08/2001 Cardiff

  • Rashid Osman Magan 11/08/2002 Cardiff

  • Cameron Cassidy 02/08/2010 Cardiff

  • Noel George Rodriques 27/08/2000 Cardiff

  • Evelyn Briggs 30/01/1999 Cardiff

  • Neede Poder 15/12/1996 Cardiff

  • Frederick Thomas 18/04/2010 Cardiff

  • Henrique Santos 13/06/2000 Cardiff

  • Lionel Harris Williams 22/09/2009 Cardiff

  • Aloke Kumar Dutta 18/07/2002 Cardiff

  • John Shiels 18/08/2006 Cardiff

  • William Walsh 03/02/2009 Cardiff

  • Stephen Mark Timothy Duggan 27/07/2010 Cardiff

  • George Gray 24/03/1999 Cardiff

  • Zanis Kampers 27/01/1995 Cardiff

  • Robert Arthur Lloyd 27/07/1992

  • Hugh Ravenau 31/07/2001 Cardiff

  • Bernhard Tallmeister 16/09/2000 Cardiff

  • Rushford Gordon 17/12/2000 Cardiff

  • Myra Christine Mills 05/10/1996

  • John Jones 04/03/2006 Cardiff

  • Arthur Smith 24/04/1997 Cardiff

  • Brian Davies 02/01/2000 Cardiff

  • William Ivan Bell 30/06/2010 Cardiff

  • Leonard Baker 10/04/2011 Cardiff

  • David Victor Jones 25/12/1993 Cardiff

  • Henry Seymour Bramley 29/05/1924 Grimsby, Lincolnshire

  • Emanuel Bigeni 20/06/2000 Cardiff

  • Olwyn Muriel 18/08/1999 Hereford

  • Daniel Llewellyn Price 17/11/1994 Malvern-Hereford, Herefordshire

  • Violet Hampton 19/04/1995 Weston-super Mare Avon

Carmarthenshire

  • Teresa Mary Llywelyn 01/10/2013 Carmarthenshire
  • Arthur John 29/07/1992 Carmarthen
  • Sarah Davies 19/07/2001 Llanelli
  • Richard Desmond Walters 26/11/2009 Llangennech

Conwy

  • Sharon Davies 05/04/2022 Kinmel Bay
  • Frank Douglas Wilson 02/12/2021 Abergele
  • Robert Griffiths 15/01/2020 Colwyn Bay
  • May Roberts 19/09/2014 Abergele
  • Robert Trevor Jones 12/02/2014 Llandudno
  • Beryl May Jones 04/07/1995 Deganwy
  • Frank Regan 13/06/1997 Abergele
  • Margaret Hall Boydell 16/09/1997 Colwyn Bay
  • Edward Frederick 25/11/2002 Kinmel Bay
  • Rafal Tomaszewicz 02/04/2003 Llandudno
  • Margarita Christina Millard 11/05/1997 Llandudno
  • Michael Park 27/02/2008 Llandudno

Denbighshire

  • Sheila Falbriard 06/03/2022 Rhyl
  • Frederick Michael Sylvester 07/10/2018 Bodelwyddan
  • Dorothy Mary Gee 10/10/2020 Rhyl
  • Desmond Thomas Johnson 21/02/2021 Rhyl
  • Dennis Thomas 28/02/2012 Rhyl
  • Albert Behm 17/08/2014 Trefnant
  • David Glyn Jones 08/12/2014 Rhyl
  • Stephen Jacques 17/04/2010 Denbigh
  • Colin Robert Piercy 07/01/2004 Bodelwyddan
  • Olwen Jones 24/12/2004 Bodelwyddan
  • Ellis Powell Jones 10/08/1998 Denbigh
  • Catherine Elizabeth Dorothy Kendall 20/05/1994 Prestatyn
  • Idris Owen Roberts 18/04/1995 Rhyl
  • Elsie Evans 14/11/1993 Rhyl
  • Mary Jane Jones 22/02/1993 Rhyl
  • Peter Lawrence Johnson 30/12/2004 Rhyl
  • Jean Glendinning 14/01/2001 Rhyl
  • John Jacob Williams 11/05/1997 Ruthin
  • David John Jones 09/02/1998 Ruthin

Gwynedd

  • Rowland Steven Williams 24/02/2019 Caernarfon
  • Caroline Ann Brown 09/11/2019 Bangor
  • Lawrence John O'Dell 04/10/2016 Tremadog
  • Pawel Kazimierz Kalinowski 29/11/2013 Bangor
  • Glyn Jones 27/08/2005 Dolgellau
  • Robert Vivian Thomas 31/05/2013 Bangor
  • Thomas Isaac Martin 01/04/2014 Bangor
  • Margarita Annelise Saunder-Long 12/05/2013 Bangor
  • Stefan Hrynyk 19/05/2011 Pwllheli
  • Mair Eluned Owen 02/11/2012 Bangor
  • Griffith John Griffiths 12/06/1999 Bangor
  • John Hugh Evans 13/01/1996 Bala
  • Gwilym Meurig Roberts 20/03/2005 Bangor
  • Vivian Michael Brownray 27/08/2005 Bangor
  • Francis John Hookham 09/03/2002 Bangor
  • Gladys Hughes 01/02/1995 Bangor
  • Christopher John Packer 20/12/1999 Bangor
  • Boleslaw Wozniak 05/01/2009 Bangor
  • James Sheehan 27/04/2008 Bangor
  • Elizabeth Peters 23/08/2001 Dolgellau
  • Eluned Evans 13/08/1998 Gwynedd
  • Richard Parry Evans 25/05/1998 Gwynedd
  • Jozef Mocarski 10/01/1999 Gwynedd
  • Marian Wilczynski 01/04/2006 Porthmadog
  • Mary Wilson 01/05/2004 Porthmadog
  • Ellen Lloyd Jones 21/04/1994 Pwllheli
  • Stanislaw Osiak 03/03/1998 Pwllheli
  • Raymond Griffith Jones 30/092010 Uxbridger Hilling

Merthyr Tydfil

  • Charma Dorren McGranaghan 24/12/2019 Merthyr Tydfil
  • Malcolm John Howard 27/12/2017 Merthyr Tydfil
  • David Reginald Mather 10/09/1997 Merthyr Tydfil
  • Hilda Morney 27/06/1999 Merthyr Tydfil
  • Blodwn Davies 02/02/2008 Merthyr Tydfil
  • Bernard Morris 26/01/2009 Merthyr Tydfil
  • Hilda Moroney 27/06/1999 Merthyr Tydfil
  • Megan Gwyther 19/02/2001 Merthyr Tydfil
  • David Re

Monmouthshire

  • Kathleen Smith 09/11/21 Abergavenny
  • John Waters 31/12/2020 Fullham, London
  • Nancy Lewis 05/04/2020 Abergavenny
  • Alan Charles Henry Robinson 17/03/2017 Pontypool
  • David Robert Powell 21/04/2019 Abergavenny
  • Percy Baynham Broadhead 19/07/2018 Abergavenny
  • William Vaughan 13/08/2009 Chepstow
  • Dudley Walters 03/10/2006 West Gilwern

Neath Port Talbot

  • Kenneth Miller 21/11/2021 Port Talbot
  • George Brennan 21/05/2008 Neath

Newport

  • John Charles Henry Rogers 12/07/2016 Newport
  • Margaret Roberts 09/09/2021 Newport
  • Harold Edmund Young 18/11/2018 Newport
  • Rudi Hommel 26/10/2007 Newport
  • Aklis Miah 02/08/2014 Newport
  • Karl Fernandez 25/05/2019 Newport
  • Vladimirs Kazlausks 03/12/2015 Newport
  • Cyril Morris 28/11/2014 Newport
  • Mair Whiting 20/09/2010 Newport

  • Fay Reed 27/04/2005 Newport

  • Desmond Ahmed 24/02/1994 Newport

  • John Howard Lllewllyn 28/04/2003 Newport

  • George Mitchell 09/01/2009 Newport

Pembrokeshire

  • James Smith 03/05/2018 Haverfordwest
  • Gethin Melbourne Raymond 18/06/2014 Haverfordwest
  • Winifred Polek 31/12/2016 Haverfordwest
  • Marian Frances Holliday 01/11/2014 Pembroke Dock
  • Pauline Albans 02/04/2005 Fishguard
  • Minni Johnson 31/07/1996 Narberth
  • Margaret Olwen Elizabeth Deibert 03/11/2007 Pembroke Dock
  • Thomas Smith 03/02/2009 Pembroke Dock
  • Walter John Robinson 02/09/1997 Tenby

Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Pauline Barbara Poole 19/05/2022 Pontypridd
  • Jacqueline Jane Davies 19/10/20 Pontypridd
  • Thomas Frederick Roch 14/01/2015 Llantrisant
  • Elizabeth Margaret Davies 11/11/2020 Aberdare
  • Gillian Champ 04/03/2020 Taffs Wells
  • William George Richards 06/07/2010 Lewisham, London
  • Carole Anne Jones 13/03/2018 Llantrisant
  • William Morris 11/11/2020 Aberdare
  • John Phillips 21/04/2004 Llantrisant
  • John Arthur Bowyer 05/01/2005 Llantrisant
  • Carol Golden 02/11/2014 Mountain Ash
  • Lilian Owen John 16/12/1993 Pontypridd
  • Lazar Milinovic 11/07/2007 Pontypridd
  • Gertrude Liesbeth Margarete Bethell 26/01/1995 Pontypridd
  • Jennifer Margaret Jane Jones 14/12/1999 Rhondda
  • Elizabeth Mary Morris 31/03/1999 Rhondda
  • Doris Morgan 22/12/2008 Rhondda
  • Evelyn Edwards 29/11/1999 Rhocester, Kent

Swansea

  • Wilfred Charles Jackson 11/02/2019 Swansea
  • Richard Lawrence Francis 20/05/2020 Swansea
  • Nathaniel Krisstoffer 03/01/2021 Swansea
  • Barbara Winifred James 07/07/2018 Swansea
  • Anthony James Coursey 11/05/2019 Swansea
  • Charles Henry Bryant Hawker 30/01/2016 Swansea
  • Ashley Charles Howell Williams 23/02/2013 Pontardawe
  • Michael Nolan 20/09/2005 Swansea
  • John Norma Thomas 30/04/2005 Croydon, Surrey
  • Francis Raymond Rumph 17/08/2001 Lambeth, London
  • Thomas Patrick Brazil 26/11/1997 Swansea
  • Iwan Romaniw 10/07/2006 Swansea
  • Tedor Joseph Kuzaj 10/12/1995 Swansea
  • Patrick Llewellyn 05/12/2000 Swansea
  • John Oswald Walsh 09/12/1994 Swansea
  • Peter Mitchel 13/05/2008 Swansea
  • Betty Annie Tuck 18/02/1998 Swansea
  • George Aubrey Lewis 28/09/2004 Swansea
  • Leslie Smith 10/02/2006 Swansea
  • Ivy Clarke 04/11/1995 Swansea
  • Richard Hammond Thomas 07/04/1994 Swansea
  • Iris Florence Hayes 10/08/1998 Swansea
  • Ahmed Nasser 18/08/2000 Swansea

Torfaen

  • Elizabeth Chapman 10/10/2021 Cwmbran
  • Alan Charles Henry Robinson 17/03/2017 Pontypool

  • Frederocl Macey 02/06/2009 Pontypool

  • Nickolas Vicoras 01/10/2007 Pontypool

  • Terence Evans 09/05/2000 Pontypool

Vale of Glamorgan

  • Anthony George Hades 21/11/2017 Penarth
  • Raymond Davies 21/06/2011 Penarth
  • Darren Stephen Granger 24/04/2015 Wolverhampton
  • Peter Ronald Staples 19/04/2012 Penarth
  • Elizabeth Thompson 13/03/1996 Barry
  • John Matthews 08/07/2007 Penarth
  • Josephine Mary Oakley 29/01/2004 Penarth
  • James Edwards 14/03/2007 Penarth
  • Nellie Mary Phillips 15/03/1997 Penarth
  • Patrickson Anthony 31/12/2006 Penarth

Wrexham

  • Russell Frederick Mills 04/05/2018 Wrexham
  • Gwyn Owen 13/10/2019 Wrexham
  • Frances Kathleen Rowley 16/04/2003 Wrexham
  • John William Roberts 07/03/1994 Wrexham

North Wales

  • Catherine Larymoo 14/05/2020 Fullham, London
  • Anthony Combe 10/09/2012 Hackney, London
  • Robert Jones 04/12/2001 Bromley, Kent

South Wales

  • Iris May Sullivan 12/05/2002 Redditch, Worcestershire

Wales

  • George Brian Jones 24/05/2021 Godalming, Surrey
  • Nigel Henry Bruce Powell 28/07/2021 Westminster, London
  • Dewi Williams 03/11/2019 Bristol, Gloucestershire
  • Elsie Regan 18/04/2014 Muswell Hill, London
  • Christine Briand 24/04/2012 Aldershot, Hampshire
  • William Chappell 19/02/2005 Derby, Derbyshire
  • Bobi Bragnaza-Evans 23/05/2012 Southwold Suffolk
  • Albert John Llewellyn 21/11/1999 Baldock, Hertford
  • Glyndwr Thomas 20/03/2000 Bristol, Gloucestershire
  • Thomas Condon 11/03/2003 Camberley, Surey
  • Ivor Jones 19/12/1994 Canterbury, Kent
  • Ian McIntyre 20/12/1999 Chelmsford, Essex
  • Gwladys Eunice Mansell 05/07/2003 Chichester, West Sussex
  • William John Jones 15/09/2007 Epping, Essex
  • Mabel Sainsbury 21/09/2008 Grimsby, Lincolnshire
  • Owen Jones 12/11/2001 Leeds, West Yorkshire
  • Gwenice Osbourne 13/01/1997 Muswell Hill, London
  • Idris Edward Davies 18/04/2005 Northampton, Northamptonshire
  • Elizabeth Emily Davies 20/09/1992 Pontefract, West Yorkshire
  • John Kenneth King 06/09/2000 Shepherd's Bush, London
  • Frank Jones 09/07/2003 Shepherd's Bush, London
  • William Eley 24/08/2008 Tottenham, London

Who is entitled to collect an unclaimed estate?

If an individual dies without leaving a will, the following people can make a claim to their estate:

  • Husband, wife or civil partner
  • Children, grandchildren, great grandchildren etc.
  • Mother or father
  • Brothers or sisters who share both the same parents, or their children (nieces and nephews)
  • Half sisters or brothers or their children
  • Uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins of their descendants)

To make a claim, click here. You can find a full list of names of people who have left unclaimed estates here. The list is frequently updated.

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