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Jasmine Norden

The 148 Leeds surnames that could earn you a fortune in unclaimed estates

Leeds England

There are currently 148 unclaimed estates left by people who have links to Leeds that people could be in line to inherit.

When people die without writing a will, their possessions go unclaimed - from their money to their property and any businesses they own, and more. If you are eligible to inherit, the estates could be yours.

If not claimed, they money and estate may end up going into government funds. Unclaimed estates must be claimed within 30 years of the person's death.

The list of unclaimed estates is held by the Treasury Solicitor, and lists the names of all the deceased people who have left estates. The list also includes where they were born and where they died.

There are several relations that are eligible to make a claim on the estate:

Husband, wife or civil partner
Children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and so on
Mother or father
Brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews)
Half brothers or sisters or their children
Uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants)

If you can prove your relation to one of the deceased who died without a will, it will become yours. Here's a list of every unclaimed estate where the deceased was born in Leeds or died in Leeds. This list is correct as of August 4, 2022.

Leeds unclaimed estates

*Full name, date of birth (place of birth), date of death (place of death) listed for each unclaimed estate

John Arnold, January 26, 1909 (Leeds), November 20, 2000 (Leeds)
Pauline Atha, February 7, 1947 (Leeds), March 19, 2014 (Macclesfield)
Michael Avalon, March 3, 1950 (unknown POB), June 24, 2019 (Leeds)
John Barbour, March 20, 1920 (unknown POB), October 30, 1992 (Leeds)
Walter Barker, December 15, 1940 (Leeds), October 26, 2000 (Leeds)
Maurice Raymond Beaumont, October 1, 1932 (England), March 7, 2006 (Leeds)
Georg Belaj, July 7, 1918 (Ukraine), July 18, 2000 (Leeds)
Nora Ava o/w Ava Nora Birkett, February 23, 1930 (England), September 16, 1997 (Leeds)
Peter James Booth, April 4, 1965 (Leeds), February 2, 2017 (Heckmondwike)
Claretta Theodora Browne, October 26, 1918 (Anguilla), June 14, 2001 (Leeds)
Henryk Bryll, 30/12/1925 December 30, 1925 (Poland), August 2, 1999 (Leeds)
Timothy Burnham, June 14, 1951 (unknown POB), January 13, 2013 (Leeds)
Roland Burton, June 24, 1941 (England), December 18, 2002 (Leeds)
James Allen Butler, April 1, 1949 (Leeds), September 12, 2007 (Leeds)
Mary Butler, May 1, 1919 (Leeds), July 26, 2013 (Wortley, Leeds)
Valerie Carrier, November 26, 1938 (Leeds), March 17, 2020 (Dudley, Worcestershire)
Nanette Dorothy Carter, April 4, 1930 (Leeds), April 27, 1999 (Leeds)
Elaine Catton, April 24, 1956 (Leeds), February 29, 2020 (Leeds)
Karin Sigrid Chapman, September 17, 1942 (Germany), October 24, 2017 (Leeds)
Hilda Clarke, May 22, 1909 (Leeds), March 13, 2000 (Brighton)
Michael Clifford, September 23, 1927 (Killarney, Irish Republic), April 26, 2020 (Leeds)
Ida Inga Cooke, June 23, 1901 (unknown POB), December 23, 2003 (Leeds)
Michael Craig, November, 1952 (West Yorkshire), October 22, 2020 (Leeds)
Peter Crawley, unknown DOB and POB, July 24, 2002 (Leeds)
William John Curtis, May 10, 1921 (unknown POB), September 3, 2007 (Leeds)
Withold Czepello, September 24, 1912 (Poland), October 3, 1993 (Leeds)
Jan Czyz, unknown DOB (Poland), April 8, 2002 (Leeds)
Elphinton Davies, December 12, 1936 (West Yorkshire), June 19, 2017 (Leeds)
Eileen Mary Davies, unknown DOB (England), February 16, 1998 (Leeds)
Mary Devlin, June 11, 1935 (unknown POB), January 20, 2004 (Leeds)
Grace Dickinson, January 20, 1927 (unknown POB), December 12, 2012 (Leeds)
James Dingle, November 7, 1964 (Yorkshire), February 1, 2021 (Leeds)
John Dolan, February 25, 1949 (unknown POB), January 12, 2019 (Leeds)
Patrick Duggan, January 23, 1942 (Irish Republic), September 13, 2012 (Leeds)
Janis Dzenis, March 31, 1928 (Latvia), August 14, 1998 (Leeds)
Graham Stuart Ellis, May 29, 1931 (Leeds), April 29, 2014 (Leeds)
James Harry Ellis, June 17, 1924 (Leeds), April 17, 2003 (Bristol)
Thomas Ellis, February 16, 1933 (Irish Republic), April 8, 2004 (Leeds)
Martin John Fiscor, February 8, 1929 (Hungary), January 19, 1998 (Leeds)
Michael Anthony Fletcher, September 24, 1938 (Leeds), July 19, 2015 (Leeds)
William Garnett, June 5, 1921 (Havana Cuba), February 20, 1995 (Leeds)
John Dyson Gaunt, August 24, 1928 (Leeds), February 12, 2020 (Leeds)
Joan Geldard, April 15, 1934 (Bramley and Holbeck, Leeds), July 28, 2011 (Paris, France)
Dugal Gillies, March 14, 1918 (Jamaica), October 26, 1997 (Leeds)
John Gilmore, March 2, 1943 (Ireland), August 2, 2011 (Leeds)
Philip Gilmour, May 3, 1948 (Leeds), 30/04/2012 April 30, 2012 (Wakefield)
Bernard Gilroy, 23/03/1931 March 23, 1931 (unknown POB), January 19, 2000 (Leeds)
Rachel Goodwin, March 25, 1932 (Leeds), December 4, 2015 (Leeds)
Margaret Emma Grant, November 14, 1913 (London), October 25, 2007 (Leeds)
John Lawrence Habshaw, August 7, 1938 (Leeds), August 8, 2011 (Leeds)
Clive Brian Hall, April 2, 1932 (Leeds), February 2, 2021 (Sheffield)
Frank Ernest Dean Hammond, May 15, 1926 (Leeds), June 20, 1999 (Leeds)
Margaret Hanney, May 15, 1924 (Scotland), April 19, 2013 (Leeds)
Philip James Hardy, March 25, 1967 (Leeds), August 6, 1990 (Bradford)
Gwendolyn Hart, June 11, 1917 (West Indies), March 4, 2013 (Leeds)
Philip Hartley, December 18, 1966 (Leeds), June 1, 2020 (Leeds)
Sarah Hartley, unknown DOB (Yorkshire), November 7, 1997 (Leeds)
Ethel Henderson, June 5, 1925 (unknown POB), February 18, 2011 (Leeds)
Peter Clarke Higgins, February 4, 1927 (unknown POB), October 29, 2005 (Leeds)
Joseph Holdsworth, May 6, 1929 (Leeds), September 6, 2016 (Leeds)
Irene Hudson, August 5, 1924 (Leeds), December 8, 2011 (Leeds)
Nathan Isaacs, August 31, 1907 (Sunderland), November 1, 1999 (Leeds)
Eric Jackson, June 7, 1929 (Leeds), January 25, 2008 (Leeds)
Marie Jackson-Ward, January 29, 1969 (England), March 29, 2015 (Leeds)
Jesse Woodson James, August 31, 1930 (Leeds), October 4, 2007 (Scarborough)
Peter James, April 29, 1934 (unknown POB), January 19,1998 (Leeds)
Susan Christine Jee, April 9, 1952 (Leeds), July 10, 2009 (Halifax)
Henry Jones, April 14, 1944 (Durban, South Africa), February 2, 2012 (Leeds)
Mary Jones, March 22, 1917 (County Mayo, Ireland, July 5, 2008 (Leeds)
Owen Jones, September 30, 1929 (Wales), November 12, 2001 (Leeds)
Terence Jones, October 19, 1939 (unknown POB), September 16, 2003 (Leeds)
Antanas Karklinis, August 8, 1917 (Utena, Lithuania), April 17, 1997 (Leeds)
Linda Susan Khan, November 8, 1946 (Leeds), June 24, 2016 (Leeds)
John Thomas Kirk, August 8, 1945 (Leeds), December 29, 2010 (Hackney, London E2)
Bordan Kmet, August 1, 1949 (unknown POB), February 6, 2018 (Leeds)
Leona Alvarez Kruger, January 18, 1926 (Spain), January 3, 2012 (Leeds)
Algidas Kutkevicius, December 1, 1927 (Lithuania), March 28, 1999 (Leeds)
Edward Martin Landy, April 6, 1930 (Republic of Ireland), November 14, 2013 (Leeds)
James Lawton, March 13, 1956 (Leeds), December 16, 2019 (Leeds)
Ethel Levine, January 24, 1920 (Leeds), November 25, 2001 (Pontefract)
Neville Roy Lewis, September 20, 1936 (West Indies), May 21, 1998 (Leeds)
Ernest Stockill Lofthouse, November 24, 1932 (Leeds), March 18, 2009 (Sleaford)
Charles Lonsborough, March 3, 1913 (England), September 19, 1996 (Leeds)
James Jack Love, September 4, 1940 (England), July 2, 1997 (Leeds)
Ronald Mackie, unknown DOB and POB, April 28, 1993 (Leeds)
Anna Majczak, November 25, 1921 (Ukraine), June 20, 2011 (Leeds)
Anthony Mann, August 13, 1935 (Leeds), December 24, 2014 (Leeds)
Evelyn Mawn, October 14, 1901 (Leeds), December 12, 1992 (Leeds)
Ian Mcaskill, September 15, 1922 (unknown POB), March 30, 2000 (Leeds)
John Mcbride, July 27, 1935 (unknown POB), August 9, 1999 (Leeds)
Christopher Harry McDermott, December 19, 1920 (Irish Republic), December 21, 2001 (Leeds)
Linda Mckean, April 17, 1951 (England), March 2, 2018 (Leeds)
William Mclaren, March 26, 1921 (unknown POB), January 20, 2010 (Leeds)
Maria Miskiw, September 21, 1920 (Ukraine), August 18, 2005 (Leeds)
Peter Moore, April 18, 1931 (London), October 29, 2010 (Leeds)
Yvonne Barbara Lillian Morris, February 21, 1930 (Liverpool), August 13, 2016 (Leeds)
Eugene Mullan, May 19, 1957 (England), January 25, 2020 (Leeds)
Michael Bernard Mullen, September 8, 1952 (Leeds), August 5, 1996 (Leeds)
Patrick Murphy, July 10, 1933 (Leeds), August 7, 2009 (Leeds)
James Alexander Murray, March 19, 1936 (Republic of Ireland), February 10, 2016 (Leeds)
John Murray, unknown DOB and POB, December 15, 2004 (Leeds)
Patrick O’Brien, January 28, 1946 (unknown POB), November 18, 2005 (Leeds)
John Emanuel O'Hosi, March 21, 1925 (Nigeria) February 18, 2007 (Leeds)
Anthony O’Shea, April 23, 1944 (Republic of Ireland), January 24, 2005 (Leeds)
John O'Sullivan, March 12, 1929 (Eire), July 6, 2008 (Leeds)
John Patrick O'Sullivan, April 28, 1920 (Eire), March 3, 2003 (Leeds)
Jan Podola, May 26, 1926 (Slovakia), October 20, 2016 (Leeds)
Constance May Richardson Pollitt, January 26, 1906 (Poulton le Fylde), September 4, 1994 (Leeds)
Mary Pylypenko, unknown DOB and POB, October 10, 1995 (Leeds)
William Frank Quinn, October 6, 1942 (Ireland), September 24, 2017 (Leeds)
Jaan Raudsepp, February 4, 1906 (Estonia), March 15, 1998 (Leeds)
Denis Rhodes, November 12, 1931 (Pudsey, Leeds), January 10, 2011 (Leeds)
Vera Robinson, September 6, 1909 (Chapeltown, Leeds), January 27, 1999 (Bognor Regis)
Joe Rooney, February 4, 1932 (Ireland), October 19, 1999 (Leeds)
John Routledge, unknown DOB and POB, November 5, 1995 (Leeds)
Elmenia Constantia Samuel, April 24, 1915 (St Kitts), October 26, 2009 (Alwoodley, Leeds)
Brian Vivian Scott, March 16, 1939 (UK), March 22, 2020 (Leeds)
David Anthony Shapley, February 3, 1940 (Leeds), January 7, 20207 (South Kensington London SW7)
Ronald Slater Sheriden, unknown DOB and POB, July 13, 1994 (Leeds)
Surjit Kumar Singh, June 15, 1952, (unknown POB), August 7, 2014 (Leeds)
Charles Smith, September 24, 1920 (Pontefract), January 9, 1999 (Leeds)
David Andrew Smith, March 2, 1965 (Leeds), July 24, 1999 (Redditch, Worcestershire)
Elizabeth Smith, July 3, 1913 (unknown POB), December 8, 2006 (Leeds)
Mary Agnes Smith, September 4, 1922 (Leeds), October 11, 2012 (Bradford)
William Smith, September 15, 1915 (Irish Republic), June 12, 1998 (Leeds)
Peter Ronald Staples, June 9, 1933 (Leeds), April 19, 2012 (Penarth Vale of Glamorgan)
Oswald Stewart, unknown DOB (West Indies), March 16, 1998 (Leeds)
Robert Stinson, October 3, 1952 (Yorkshire), April 15, 2020 (Leeds)
Marie Anne Svetovio, February 12, 1955 (Dewsbury), November 16, 1993 (Leeds)
Stanislaw Szostak, April 4, 1924 (Poland), July 11, 1997 (Leeds)
Edna Walsh Taylor, June 12, 1922 (Leeds), June 25, 2003 (Leeds)
Eileen Taylor, August 22, 1916 (UK), July 31, 1999 (Leeds)
Pearl Stafford Taylor, March 6, 1922 (Leeds), December 12, 2006 (Leeds)
Cyril Thompson, April 4, 1921 (Leeds), January 8, 2015 (York)
William Thompson, April 6, 1927 (Scotland), February 19, 2002 (Leeds)
John Todd, January 13, 1909 (England), February 2, 1999 (Leeds)
Sevasti Catherine Voulgaris, unknown DOB and POB, August 28, 2000 (Leeds)
Luka Vukotic, unknown DOB (Yugoslavia), June 7, 1995 (Leeds)
Anthony Garry Walton, June 25, 1957 (Winton, Dorset), January 20, 2022 (Leeds)
Luke Whelan, July 2, 1933 (Irish Republic), December 17, 1998 (Leeds)
Irene Wilcox, unknown DOB and POB, September 29, 1994 (Leeds)
Michael Joseph Williams, November 19, 1932 (Republic of Ireland), January 2, 2010 (Leeds)
William Flesher Wilson, April 18, 1945 (Yeadon, Leeds), March 20, 1999 (Normanton)
Richard Winfield, April 14, 1953 (Birmingham), September 27, 2014 (Leeds)
Jenny Sarah Jane Winter, October 21, 1920 (Leeds), October 31, 2012 (Leeds)
James Clark Wood, November 26, 1920 (Darlington, Durham), March 3, 1999 (Leeds)
Salihu Ajadi Yusuff, April 5, 1947 (Nigeria), January 4, 2017 (Leeds)
Joseph Zlobicki, September 17, 1927 (Jauvarow, Ukraine), October 11, 2001 (Leeds)

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