Find Ancestors

I am trying to track down Daisy Wood who was born 20 November 1925 in West Ham.

All I know is that she lived in that area until around 1966.

How do I go about trying to find her? Do I first need to buy all the death certs from that date onwards?

Was Wood her birth name?

If so, was she single in 1966?

Are these her parents?

Marriages Jun 1914 (>99%)
Ruff Elizabeth A C Wood W.Ham 4a 277 Scan available - click to view
Wood Frederick R Ruff W.Ham 4a 277

1939

Wood Household (6 People)
10 Ailwyn Road , West Ham C.B., Essex, England

Frederick R Wood 21 Sep 1890 Male Stoker Co2 Gas Factory Married 74 1
Elizabeth A C Wood 10 Apr 1888 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 74 2
Frederick R Wood 14 Aug 1914 Male Labourer (Railway) Single 74 3
Elizabeth S Edwards (Wood) 14 Feb 1916 Female Wholesale G?ssi? Clerk Single 74 4

Two closed records

Wood is her birth name she was single in 1966.

Those are her parents and that is them in 1939.

I have looked at freebmd and there is no death trace. This is of course only complete to 1979.

There is no trace in family search. Which I believe covers the records to 2007

There are several of that name on the 'Find a Will' site unfortunately no way of knowing whether one of them is her, though you may be able to tie some of them in with obituaries?

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

She could still be living.

Have you contacted the other people who may have Daisy in their trees on here?

She may still be alive, which is what I am hoping.

I have contacted the other people none of us know anything about her beyond around 1966.

Where can I check the death records beyond 2007?

There are no deaths to match 1965 - 2007 as Daisy Wood with a 1925 +/- 2 years birth
(England and Wales deaths 1837-2007 from Find My Past)

So either a late marriage, she has died since then or whoever registered a death had no idea of correct age.

There are 4 Daisy Wood deaths on the Find a Will site which goes up to date - they are in 2010/12/13/15. The Registry's concerned are not local to her last known area, but that doesn't have to be anyway. See link posted by Nyx. Be sure to highlight the correct time period when you search.

If she has died, her 'estate' may not have had to go to probate so may not be recorded on the site anyway.

2 Daisy Wood marriages 1965 to 2005 - 1981 in Pontypridd and 1987 in Southend on Sea

There are 4 deaths showing in Ancestry for Daisy Wood between 2007-2015. I cannot check there ages as I do not have a membership at the moment.

I realise that Ancestry is only 55% complete for this period

Some of those on Anc' ( taken from other sources I believe) may be 2008/11/15 as on obituaries
https://www.iannounce.co.uk

This may be the 2012 death/probate that shows on Anc ( I only have access to the search)

1 result with the name WOOD and the year of death 2012

WOOD DAISY 27 September 2013 4170400 23 December 2012 Grant and will Winchester

the other on Anc perhaps less likely is
WOOD DAISY 30 December 2010 3421231 04 November 2010 Grant and will Birm

MS Daisy Wood
in the England and Wales, Death Index, 2007-2015

Name: MS Daisy Wood
Gender: Female
Age: 87
Birth Date: 1925
Death Date: 23 Dec 2012
Residence Place at Death: Epsom, Surrey, England
Postal Code District: Kt19

MS Daisy Wood
Gender: Female
Age: 86
Birth Date: 1924
Death Date: 17 Oct 2010
Residence Place at Death: Epsom, Surrey, England
Postal Code District: Kt18

MS Daisy Wood
Gender: Female
Age: 82
Birth Date: 1928 <<< age is 'out'
Death Date: 4 Nov 2010
Residence Place at Death: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Postal Code District: B14

2 strong possibilities.

Strange that they are both in the same place.

I suppose I would need to get the death certs and contact the person who notified the death.

There is a Daisy to 2003 on erolls Epsom, but one of them I think was here for some years, but no recent eroll entries as far as I can see? It's a care home. 'maybe' they would be willing to confirm DOB?

http://www.careuk.com/care-homes/langley-oaks-south-croydon

Sorry Nyx are you saying that you have found a Daisy Wood on the e/roll for Epsom living in a nursing home up to 2003, but not after that year?

yes there was a Daisy Wood on the 2002/3 eroll in Epsom aged 65+ address listed as a flat. but she is not on eroll there after that,

The Croydon care home has a Daisy listed 2002-2006 but just noticed it says she was occupancy of 14 years...so probably two different Daisys.

Depending where you are it may help to know the following from https://www.gov.uk/research-family-history

"Find index reference numbers in person
You can also search for index reference numbers for free at:

Library of Birmingham
Bridgend Local and Family History Centre
City of Westminster Archives Centre
Manchester Central Library
Newcastle City Library
Plymouth Central Library
The British Library (you’ll need to register first)
These are the only complete copies of the full sets of index reference numbers. They’re on microfiche. "

Thanks for everyones help.

Does anybody have any experience of using a private investigator to find somebody?

With there potential access to official records they could find somebody in no time.