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.

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