James Curley

Dianne,

GRONI in Belfast should have James death. Deaths within the past 50 years (such as his must be) are not searchable on-line. You can go into the GRONI office in Stranmillis, Belfast and search there or you can contact them and pay for a search. They will do a 5 year search for £7 and if they find a matching certificate you can purchase it for £8, coming to a total of £15. It will be posted to you a few days later. You pay over the phone using a credit card. You type your number in on the phone keypad. They don’t know what it is.  They won’t deal with these searches and orders by e-mail or post because they need you to type the credit card number in yourself.

Phone: 0300 200 7890 (+44 300 200 7890 from outside the UK)

Obviously his death certificate should tell you whether James was ever married. The informant’s details may also help if it was a relative.

It’s quite possible that James left a will. Again that’s too recent to be on-line but if you go to PRONI in Belfast you can search the will calendars to see if he did, and if so you can order it up and copy it. If you can’t get to Belfast yourself you could pay a researcher or you could pay PRONI to search for it.

 

I have a hunch James may have married twice.  Possible marriage to Ellen Clegg on 26.8.1925 in Belfast. Death of Ellen Curley 25.6.1929 aged 26, in Belfast. Marriage to Sarah Curran 14.7.1930 in Belfast. But you would need to view the certificates to be sure it’s the correct family.

All of those certificates are viewable on-line on the GRONI website. You will need to open an account and buy some credits. It costs £2.50 (sterling) to a view a certificate:

https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk

 

 

I can add a little more information. James died 11.4.1979 at the UVF Hospital in Belfast. His estate was worth £25,228.   Copy of his will attached. He appears to have been a career soldier. Last rank was Captain in the Inniskillings.