Local Wills: Probate of the will (with a codicil) of Miss Juliana Maria Ellis, of 18 Lansdown-place, who died on June 3rd last, aged 39 years has been granted to Mr. T. Croysdale of Sunbury-on-Thames, Col. Boulderson, of Southsea and the testatrix’s nephew, Mr. A. E. Cookson, of Liverpool, by whom the estate has been valued at £14,923 gross and at £14,841 net. Miss Ellis bequeathed to A. E. Cookson £1,503 and any sums of money invested in Victoria Government bonds or stock at the time of her death, £50 each to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Home for Sick Children at Cheltenham, the local branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal, Cheltenham branch of the Charity Organisation Society, and Orphan Boys’ Asylum; £1,500 to children of her great-niece, Mrs. Mabel Scott. £1,500 among the children of her late niece Mrs. Harriet Eliza Pinsent, £1,000 each to each of her nieces; Edith Malet Boulderson and Beatrice Charlotte Geraldine Croysdale. £1,000 to the two daughters of 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, and £500 in trust to purchase an annuity for her niece, Laura Kate Dubrook; £600 in trust to purchase an annuity for Julia Friend, while she left the residue of her property in equal shares to the executors of her will.
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GRO0401 Devonport: Harriet Eliza Cookson: 1846 – 1892