Late Miss J. M. Ellis’s: £200 to Cheltenham Societies: Probate of the will dated July 22, with a codicil the 29th November, 1901, of Miss Juliana Maria Ellis, of 18 Lansdown-place, Cheltenham, who died June 3rd last aged 89 years, has been granted to Mr. Thomas Croysdale, Sunbury-on-Thames, Lieut-Col. John Boulderson, of Southsea, and the testatrix’s nephew, Mr. Ambrose Ellis Cookson, of 22 Exchange-buildings, Liverpool, by whom the estate has been valued at £14,923 gross and at £14,841 net. Miss Ellis bequeathed to Ambrose Ellis Cookson £1,500 and any sums of money invested in Victoria Government bonds or stock at the time of her death; and she bequeathed £50 each to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Home for Sick Children at Cheltenham, local branch the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Cheltenham branch of the Charity Organisation Society, and Cheltenham Orphan Boys’ Asylum. She bequeathed £1,500 to children of her great-niece, Mrs. Mabel Scott, £1,500 among the children her late niece Mrs. Harriet Eliza Pinsent, £1,000 each to her nieces Edith Malet Boulderson and Beatrice Charlotte Geraldine Croysdale, £1,000 to the two daughters her sister the late Mrs. Eliza Ann Ellis, £500 to her sister Catherina Finch, £200 to her friend Julia Augusta Smith, £100 each to Dorothy Croysdale and Catherine Blanche Pinsent, £200 to Frances Elizabeth Whalley if living with her at the time of her death, and some specific legacies. She bequeathed £500 in trust to purchase an annuity for her niece Laura Kate Duhroof, £600 in trust to purchase an annuity for Julia Friend; and she left the residue of her property in equal shares to the executors of her will.
Transcribed in whole or part from scanned originals: Presented with or without modified text and punctuation. For absolute accuracy refer to the original newspapers. Source: The British Newspaper Archive.
Referenced
GRO0401 Devonport: Harriet Eliza Cookson: 1846 – 1892