40 unclaimed estates in Sheffield you could inherit if you have these surnames - full list

If you have one of these surnames, you may be the heir to one of 40 unclaimed estates in Sheffield as released by the Treasury. When a person dies without a valid will and no heirs come forward to claim their inheritance, the estate becomes unclaimed.

When this happens, the deceased’s property becomes ‘ownerless property,’ and the Crown assumes ownership. If family members believe they are entitled to a share of the deceased’s property, they have a 12-year period after the Crown takes control of the estate to come forward.

If the claim is filed after the 12-year period has expired, the Treasury will accept claims for up to 30 years from the date of death, with no interest paid on the money retained. An unclaimed estate, according to the Treasury, might be any form of property, including buildings, money, or personal possessions.

Therefore, if someone dies without leaving a valid or effective will, the following relatives are entitled to the estate in the order shown below:

1. Husband, wife or civil partner
2. Children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on
3. Mother or father
4. Brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews)
5. Half brothers or sisters or their children (nieces and nephews of the half blood or their children). ‘Half’ means they share only one parent with the deceased.
6. Grandparents
7. Uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants)
8. Half uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins of the half blood or their children). ‘Half means they only share one grandparent with the deceased, not both. 

In this case, if you are a first cousin of the deceased, you would be entitled to share in the estate if there are no relatives above you in the order of entitlement, for example, a niece or a nephew.

Surnames of the unclaimed estates in Sheffield

1. Ali-Bin-Ali
2. Allen
3. Bailey
4. Bawden
5. Box
6. Brown
7. Casson
8. Cooper
9. Davies
10. Dejneka
11. Donaghy
12. Donovan
13. Ellis
14. Fletcher
15. Griffiths
16. Hamer
17. Hill
18. Horton
19. Ibbotson
20. Jamieson
21. Johanes
22. Juhasz
23. Keatley
24. Kolencik
25. Little
26. Littlewood
27. Locke
28. Marston
29. McDermott
30. McGinty
31. Moore
32. Murphy
33. Naylor
34. Oldale
35. Parmar
36. Pegg
37. Prystasz
38. Redmond
39. Ronksley
40. White

Please visit the Government website to make your claim or find out more information about the deceased.