THERE are more than 200 unclaimed fortunes in the North-East and if you have one of these surnames, a large inheritance could be yours.
The Government has revealed that there are 202 unclaimed estates linked to people who were born or died in the region. Estates are unclaimed when a person dies without making a will.
Check through the surnames below to see if any money is left to you.
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These are the people with a link to County Durham, Darlington, Tyne and Wear, Hartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland, with their date of birth and location (where available) to allow you to search for any relations.
To find out more about whether you can claim, click here to visit the government website.
The details below are name, including maiden name if available, date of death, place of death, date of birth and place of birth.
Mary Margaret Allen (was Kewen), July 14, 2012, Whitechapel London, September 14, 1929, Newcastle
Douglas Ashley, November 27, 1995, Gateshead, February 27, 1941, Gateshead
Robert Bailes, October 30, 1993, Newcastle, May 26, 1912, Newcastle
James Ernest Baker, October 27, 2010, South Shields, February 5, 1932, Jarrow
Alan Banks, July 7, 2018, Stockton, May 10, 1931, Stockton
Rose Irene Beckwith (was Phillips), January 11, 2010, Saltburn, September 14, 1924, Guisborough
Elizabeth Bell, May 08, 1999, Gateshead, December 10, 1921, Gateshead
Joseph Fernandez Bell, December 14, 1996, Ryhope, November 1, 1914, Gateshead
John Frank Burkitt, December 11, 1998, Teignbridge Devon, February 19, 1931, Sunderland
Thomas Vincent Burns, August 25, 2016, Sunderland, November 11, 1929, Chester-le-Street
Anne Cairns, May 23, 2003, South Shields, March 19, 1910, Newcastle
James Henry Carr, February 14, 1995, Islington, London, December 28, 1922, Newcastle
Molly Carroll, July 30, 2000, Liss Hampshire, September 6, 1908, County Durham
Cynthia Jane Carter, November 12, 2001, Basingstoke Hampshire, June 1, 1930, Sunderland
Harry Clark January 13, 1998, Newcastle, August 2, 1929. Newcastle
John Edward Clark, May 28, 2007. Minehead, Somerset, June 30, 1941, Gateshead
Maureen Clark (was Smith), September 5, 2019, Sunderland, November 1, 1940, Houghton-Le- Spring
Penelope Clark, March 24, 2016, Sunderland, September 12, 1946, Sunderland
Terence John Collins, March 24, 1998, Swindon Wiltshire, October 6, 1920, Durham
Olive, Conway, October 29, 2001, Sunderland, July 12, 1909, Sunderland
Joan Elizabeth, Cotterill, August 30, 1999, Stockton, September 21, 1939, Stockton
Athol Ernest Cowen, October 4, 2010, Wrexham Clwyd, January 18, 1942, Northumberland
Carol Cox, February 3, 2019, South Shields, December 5, 1948, Jarrow
Gerard Hugh Francis Cunningham, July 14, 2020, Newcastle, March 18, 1965, Newcastle
Robert Thomas Davies, May 24, 1996, Hartlepool, July 27, 1933, County Durham
George Dodd, January 1, 2001, Plaistow, July 1, 1916, Newcastle
Sabina Doy(was Luke), July 22, 1994, Margate Kent, October 8, 1916, Tynemouth
Irene Dunn (was Laws), May 13, 2010, South Shields, January 11, 1952, South Shields
Helen Elliot, October 25, 1993, Sunderland, January 6, 1919, Gateshead
Jean McKalvie Elrick, September 11, 1997, Gateshead, March 30, 1909, Gateshead
Michael Anthony Evans, September 30, 2007, Stockton, August 25, 1951, Stockton
Brian Fallon April 21, 2007, St. Leonards on Sea East Sussex, June 26, 1939, Newcastle
Leslie Ferguson, October 25, 1998, Sunderland, May 21, 1960, Sunderland
Patrick Freeman, March 16, 2014, Newcastle, December 7, 1938, North Tyneside
Raymond Norris Garrett, February 22, 2001, Kingston-upon-Thames, February 1, 1921, Gateshead
Doreen, Gibson (was Roberts), December 28, 2006, Durham, March 17, 1941, Newcastle
John Joseph Gray, April 05, 1995, Plaistow London, NA, Newcastle
Elsie Doreen Groarke, February 3, 2020, Stockton County Durham December 20, 1917, Stockton
Jean Balfour Hall, June 20, 1991, Durham, October 16, 1941, NA
Trevor Harbron, January 23, 2018, Redcar and Cleveland, August 30, 1937, Stockton
Anthony John Harding April 28, 2018, Middlesbrough, September 19, 1958, Middlesbrough
John Dennis Haylett, January 29, 2001, Sunderland, August 14, 1929, Sunderland
Robert Henderson, June 23, 1992, Newcastle, November 10, 1920, Catchgate County Durham
Doris Hinton (was Kane), August 12, 1994, Kensington London, NA, Newcastle
Eleanor Howard, October 2, 2002, Durham, December 12, 1918, Chester-le-Street
Catherine Isabella Humphrey. July 30, 1995, Sunderland, February 11, 1906, Sunderland
Thomas William Irving, December 5, 2001, Westgate-on-Sea Kent, March 23, 1925, Durham
Nathan Isaacs, November 1, 1999, Leeds West Yorkshire, August 31, 1907, Sunderland
Isabella Jackson, November 6, 2010, Sutton Coldfield West Midlands, July 18, 1923, Newcastle
Harry Jones May 21, 1997, NA, April 21, 1917, Tynemouth
John Allan Jones, October 7, 2012, Newcastle, June 24, 1944, Newcastle
Catherine Kennedy (was Judson), May 23, 2018, South Shields, November 06, 1935, Tyne and Wear
Mary Lange, July 8, 2018, Newcastle, October 16, 1952, Newcastle
Noreen Beryl Lloyd Williams (was Sharpe), May 2, 2007, Crowborough East Sussex, September 19, 1918, Newcastle
Christopher Anthony Longstaff, November 8, 2012, Darlington, March 15, 1953, Darlington
George Alexander Macgill, April 22, 2019, Newcastle, March 20, 1947, Newcastle
Robert Marshall, May 22, 2020, Bradford West Yorkshire, November 1, 1955, Newcastle
Jean Margaret Maton, January 19, 1999, Southwark London, December 1, 1910, Gateshead
Ronald William McDonald, April 2, 1992, Cleveland, December 1, 1927, Darlington
David McDonnell, April 16, 2013, Hounslow Middlesex, February 7, 1940, Newcastle
Reginald Joseph McGarry, April 27, 2009, Newcastle, November 30, 1932, Gateshead
David Mears, October 6, 2020, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, October 10, 1956, Northumberland
Catherine Melville, April 24, 1998, Sunderland, September 2, 1911, Sunderland
Francis Miller, November 10, 1996, Wimbledon London, January 21, 1919 Newcastle
Robert Newton, February 23, 2015, Stockton Teeside, May 13, 1930, Stockton
ElizabethNixon, September 27, 1993, Thurrock Essex, March 8, 1931 Durham
Hilda, Norman, December 17, 1990 Claro North Yorkshire, October 8, 1909 Gateshead
John Christopher Pearson, February 14, 1992 Leeds, February 7, 1926, Hartlepool
Reginald Phillips, November 6, 2011, Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire, May 2, 1935, Newcastle
Michael, Robinson, September 22, 2013, Maida Vale London, December 1, 1946, Darlington
Thomas Joseph Ryan, January 10, 1994, Stannington Northumberland, February 21, 1901, Gateshead
Brian Saunders, April 4, 2020, Southwick Sunderland, June 27, 1942, Sunderland
Margaret Scott, October 9, 1999, Gateshead, August 24, 1897, Gateshead
Margaret, Scott, July 27, 1999, Newcastle September 30, 1900, Newcastle
Christine Simpson, April 15, 2004, Newcastle, June 8, 1922, Jarrow
Kathleen Mary Sisterson, September 8, 2018, Hexham Northumberland, October 13, 1927, Northumberland
Walter Smith, October 6, 1992, Newcastle, May 10, 1910, Newcastle
Elsie Sparrow, December 17, 2000, Newcastle July 17, 1923, Newcastle
John Spence, November 27, 2001, Oxford, August 09, 1926, County Durham
Lancelot Stephenson, September 12, 1991, Durham, September 27, 1928, Chester-le-Street
Richard Stephenson, May 27, 2017, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk, January 10, 1938, Newcastle
Amanda Stevenson, May 10, 2012, Harrogate North Yorks, January 29, 1967, Darlington
Elizabeth Stewart October 8, 2005, Morpeth Northumberland, December 11, 1938 Newcastle
John Edward Stirling, December 1, 1996, Newton Aycliffe, April 17, 1946, Durham City
Norman Stobbs, August 21, 2000, Gateshead, June 7, 1912, Newcastle
Mary Suffield May 8, 1997, Harrogate North Yorkshire, December 20, 1921, Thornaby Teesside
Mary Swan, October 26, 1996, Newcastle, July 7, 1907, Newcastle
Tucker Emmanuel Ian Swartz, July 11, 2018, Houghton-le-Spring July 1, 1960, Sunderland
Mary Douglas Taylor. August 5, 1991, Leamington Spa Warwickshire, April 16, 1918, Jarrow
David Terry, June 20, 2011, Durham, April 9, 1945, Newcastle
Marjorie Thompson, April 3, 2009, Trimdon Station, November 14, 1917, Darlington
Thomas Thompson, November 18, 1996, Isleworth London TW7, March 8, 1926, County Durham
KayTully (was Sellars), February 9, 2017, Withernsea East Riding of Yorkshire, July 6, 1938, West Hartlepool
Alan Vinter, September 14, 1993, Middlesbrough Cleveland, April 14, 1941, Middlesbrough
Philip Haddon Wade, December 4, 2011, Newcastle, March 27, 1958, Hexham Northumberland
Michael Walsh, December 5, 2006, Gateshead, January 14, 1923, Gateshead
Michael Ward, July 20, 2009, Newcastle, August 6, 1916, Gateshead
Kenneth Williamson, July 15, 2020, Middlesbrough, April 22, 1938, Darlington
Robert Wilson June 11, 1991, Newcastle, September 27, 1919, Tyne and Wear
James Clark Wood, March 09, 1999, Leeds West Yorkshire, November 26, 1920, Darlington
Jean Wright, September 2, 2014, Greenwich London, January 4, 1942, Newcastle
Percy Joseph Adamson, July 25, 2005, Hartlepool, May 3, 1924, Bedlington
Robert Bailes, October 30, 1993, Newcastle, May 26, 1912, Newcastle
David Bell, November 21, 2019, Stockton, May 23, 1941
Eugene Bidum, January 05, 2002Middlesborough ClevelandMarch 14, 1908, Poland
Magda Burnhope, March 18, 1996, Houghton-le-Spring, January 29, 1915, Germany
Jean Butcher, April 11, 2019, Middlesborough,August 17, 1939, Barnsley South Yorkshire
James Michael Campbell, August 11, 2004, Gateshead, NA, NA
Mary Carroll, September 12, 2007, Whitley Bay, December 8, 1915, NA
Raymond Clark, March 22, 1995, Newcastle, NA, NA
Anthony Clarke, September 21, 2006, Peterlee County Durham, May 12, 1917, USA
Bella Cohen, December 10, 2002, Middlesborough, April 14, 1915, Middlesbrough
Thomas Cook, December 22, 2010, Newcastle, September 4, 1934, England
George Craig, December 8, 2000, Newcastle, September 7, 1922, Monkwearmouth
Janos Csizmadia January 9, 2001, Darlington, October 13, 1928, Hungary
Karen Cullen, January 10, 1995, Hartlepool, September 12, 1961, England
James William Davidson, August 2, 2005, Newcastle, September 20, 1909, England
Annelise Delaney, June 25, 1994, Stockton, NA, NA
Peter Paul Docherty, January 17, 2011, Middlesbrough, July 1, 1925, County Mayo Ireland
Michael Dumphey, May 21, 1994, Newcastle, August 30, 1904, NA
William John Evans, February 11, 2004, Middlesbrough, January 25, 1914, Wales
Kathleen Anne Fairweather, October 7, 2001, Darlington, November 11, 1939, NA
William Alan Forman, April 18, 1995, North Shields, August 16, 1924, Aberdeen
Robert Gibson, January 18, 2014, Newcastle, July 19, 1930, Glasgow
Raymond Gill. October 11, 2016. Durham, April 17, 1939, Spennymoor
David Gillespie, December 12, 2017, Newcastle, May 1, 1951, NA
Margaret Bridget Graham, August 13, 2005, Newcastle, March 28, 1913, Ireland
William Paterson Green, December 5, 1993, Darlington, May 27, 1917, Middleton-in-Teesdale County Durham
Wladyslaw Gumula, October 25, 1995, Newcastle, July 27, 1915, Poland
Antonina Harley (was Bondirenco), March 28, 2012, North Shields, January 31, 1924, Ukraine Russia
Frederick Harrison, December 6, 1997, Newcastle, September 27, 1920, England
Claire Hendry (was Kalayjian), January 4, 1992, Hartlepool, January 1, 1919, Lebanon
James Henry, July 24, 2014, Gateshead, April 15, 1938, NA
Sarah Holmes (was Connor), March 1, 2003, Wheatley Hill County Durham, December 13, 1920, Wheatley Hill
Iwan Horbatiuk, July 16, 1995, Redcar, November 30, 1921, Ukraine
Ronald Horne, July 7, 1996, Newcastle Northumbria, NA, NA
Sheila Rose Ethel Hutchings, November 27, 2011, Hartlepool, January 18, 1935, NA
Aryee Jackson, December 26, 2007, Newcastle, December 31, 1933, Ghana
Elizabeth Jackson (was Bird), April 19, 1998, Durham, April 24, 1923
Thomas Coleman Johnson, March 5, 2019, Newcastle, November 27, 1931, England
Charles, Keating, April 25,1999, North Tyneside
William Kelly, May 14, 2018, Newcastle, May 8, 1971, London
Stephen Christopher King, July 5, 2013, Newcastle, March 1, 1941, England
Vincenty Kwiatkowski, February 24, 1993, Newcastle, NA, NA
Joy Jean Laing September 21, 2013, Middlesbrough North Yorkshire, April 19, 1948, Stoke-on-Trent
Mohammed Latif, July 1, 2000, Stockton, January 20, 1930, India
Leonora Thelma Leeson (was Best) February 22, 2002, Gateshead, March 15, 1921, South Africa
Mary Logan, December 25, 1999, Newcastle, May 24, 1913, England
Steven Low, December 10, 2005, Hartlepool, April 2, 1932, Singapore
Colin Stuart Macdonald, March 29, 2010, Newcastle, May 4, 1938, Great Yarmouth
Michael Mackenzie, May 6, 2016, Gateshead, August 11, 1930, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Leo Maroney, April 13, 2016, Stockton, October 9, 1935, Stockton
John Michael Martin, February 20, 2015, Darlington, September 14, 1956
Peter Brian Mason, April 4, 2014, South Shields, July 26, 1953, Ballymena County Antrim, Northern Ireland
James George McCormick, April 4, 2009, Gateshead, November 11, 1929 England
Norah McCorry, December 12, 2005, Redcar, December 22, 1924, Byker Newcastle
Gerrard McEntaggart, March 22, 2007, Darlington, July 17, 1930, Irish Republic
Stuart McPherson, May 4, 1994, Newcastle, NA, NA
Frederick Montgomery, April 19, 2004, Redcar and Cleveland, NA, NA
John Moran, December 5, 2007, Sunderland, April 06, 1928, Northern Ireland
Kathleen Mullen, December 13, 2009, Middlesborough, September 9, 1926, America
Brian Gerrard Murray, January 25, 2017, Newcastle, July 20, 1943, NA
Norah Murray, April 19, 2016, Newcastle, November 10, 1916, NA
Michael O'Carroll, April 06, 2006, Newcastle, June 17, 1941, County Kerry Eire
John Joseph O'Neill, November 22, 1999, North Shields, NA, NA
William Palmer, May 21, 2010, South Shields, August 11, 1928, NA
Josef Panas, January 26, 1999, Darlington, July 1, 1916, Poland
Terzy Parczyk, June 05, 1991, Middlesbrough, November 1, 1910, Poland
Arvind Patel, April 23, 2014, Hartlepool, August 3, 1942, India
Alan Raymond, Patterson, December 14, 2005, Middlesborough
Jeanette Pollard, October 21, 2009 Saltburn Cleveland, September 2, 1929, Prudhoe
Nicholas Pratt, October 2, 2017, Stockton, July 13, 1932
Bruno Raslanas, December 20, 1999, Middlesbrough, August 19, 1920, Russia
Michael Thomas Reilly, October 29, 2003, Darlington, October 6, 1925, Dunmore County Galway
Harry Richardson, June 29, 1996, Darlington, NA, NA
Stanya Wanda, Richardson, September 30, 2000, Gateshead, May 3, 1920, NA
Agnes Isabella Robison (was Brayson), September 16, 2005, Newcastle, July 24, 1937, Coldstream Borders
Robert Robson, October 23, 2012, North Shields, July 21, 1939, Scotland
Maria Magdalena Rowntree Meys, February 24, 2011, North Shields, November 2, 1923, Belgium
Anne Roy, March 16, 2003, Hebburn, NA, NA
John Scott April 28, 2002, Durham, NA, NA
Margaret Scott, July 27, 1999, Newcastle, September 30, 1900, Newcastle
Violet Scott October 25, 2000, Durham, NA, NA
Anna Margaretta Sernstrom, May 4, 2006, Stockton, August 24, 1932, Marylebone
Marjorie, Simkins(was Sadler), January 20, 2014, Darlington, July 8, 1925, Widnes Cheshire
Ernest Henry Simpson, September 5, 1993, South Shields, NA, NA
Patricia Margaret Skelton (was Barber) April 11, 1999, Middlesbrough, April 22, 1916, England
Thomas Smith, July 8, 1997, Newcastle, August 26, 1913, Newcastle
Margaret Stephens, March 23, 2003, Newcastle, October 23, 1926, Scotland
Leon Sushko, May 6, 1999, Darlington, January 10, 1914, Grodno Belarus
Keith Taylor, May 29, 2018, Gateshead May 20, 1952, NA, NA
Thomas Taylor, April 24, 1992, Durham, June 7, 1928, Dublin Ireland
Walter Taylor, March 24, 2002, Saltburn,November 5, 1941
Mark Anthony Turner, March 15, 2008, Durham, March 22, 1948
Peter Villacs, December 11, 2002, Middlesbrough, May 10, 1930, Poland
Diana Clare Ward, September 11, 2009, North Shields, April 9, 1950, Rossington Yorkshire
Catherine Warner, June 23, 1994, South Shields, NA, NA
EthelWattsOctober 11, 2003Gateshead January 25, 1915
Mary Lindsay Waugh (was Weddle), February 21, 2015, North Shields, December 22, 1921, Newcastle
Anna Louise Webb, November 6, 2006, Stockton, May 19, 1924, Essen Germany
Robert, Wilson, June 11, 1991, Newcastle, September 27, 1919, Tyne and Wear
Veda Maria, Wilson, February 14, 1991, Northumberland, July 9, 1921, NA
Edward, Woodhouse, March 13, 2005, Middlesbrough, January 6, 1943,Cleveland
Juris Zeme, December 17, 1999, Durham, May 11, 1916, Poland
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