Ordered the will of Fenn - which has finally come...and that is not really a will, just a letter, I had assumed as it said probate and not administration it would have more info :(
. COW328894g.pdf
so looks like the mystery of her money will be unsolved.
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my will has finally arrived, and tells me very little. Interestingly she had stocks in the pacific Canadian railway and the grand trunk railway company of Canada. She left everything to her elder sisters children.
I will go back through this thread and see if I can find some wills to order.
she said that she wanted a head stone over her grave, so guess they took her at her word!
I have added the will to the gallery on ancestry.Last edited by cbcarolyn; 07-10-19, 23:47.
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very interesting thank you, maybe I need to look at her employers, I am still waiting for my will, overdue so hopefully it will be here soon.
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I've just come on here to let you know that whilst checking through the recent wills I have purchased of fairly affluent twigs on my tree (from £30,000 - £90,000 from 1889-1954) in each there have been bequests to various staff members from £50-£500. Where that member of staff has continued to work for the next family they have benefited twice. I thought I would just let you know that it did happen.
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Originally posted by vera2013 View PostBit of a wild one. I wonder if Grace was a beneficiary in the Will of Joseph Fenn Snr. She appeared to be a Cook in the household of Joseph Fenn Snr in 1871 although attached to somebody's mother in law?
Joseph Fenn Snr died 1875.
Grace was living on her own means from 1881. Her grave monument is similar to that of Joseph Fenn Snr
VeraOriginally posted by vera2013 View PostOr maybe Sarah Williams in the 1871 census for whom Grace was a Cook. She died in 1871 leaving a Will of under £18,000
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Originally posted by Olde Crone Holden View PostMy great great aunt never married. She was a cook too. She never had her own home and lived with various relatives at the end of her life. She left a surprising amount of money in her will and the only bit I can a count for was a legacy of £300 her own father left her. Perhaps various employers left her money, perhaps she was frugal and a clever investor, I can't find out. Perhaps you have a similar scenario?
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My great great aunt never married. She was a cook too. She never had her own home and lived with various relatives at the end of her life. She left a surprising amount of money in her will and the only bit I can a count for was a legacy of £300 her own father left her. Perhaps various employers left her money, perhaps she was frugal and a clever investor, I can't find out. Perhaps you have a similar scenario?
OC
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Bit of a wild one. I wonder if Grace was a beneficiary in the Will of Joseph Fenn Snr. She appeared to be a Cook in the household of Joseph Fenn Snr in 1871 although attached to somebody's mother in law?
Joseph Fenn Snr died 1875.
Grace was living on her own means from 1881. Her grave monument is similar to that of Joseph Fenn Snr
VeraLast edited by vera2013; 27-07-19, 04:15.
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Originally posted by Lin Fisher View PostI know but just wondered if a rich member of the family put the headstone on quite a long time after her death and burial.
She did leave some money in a will so perhaps there was more and she arranged for the headstone before she died.
A previous generation relative did lots of family tree work, and he wrote some info that has been handed onto me in recent years, and he states in the writing 'as one enters the churchyard the imposing memorial of Grace Hendy Lugg can be seen' - and that is it, he says no more about her apart from how she links to the tree. It certainly is imposing - there are no others like it from what I can remember. The only other large one has many names including those that died in Australia.
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I know but just wondered if a rich member of the family put the headstone on quite a long time after her death and burial.
She did leave some money in a will so perhaps there was more and she arranged for the headstone before she died.
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This is just guesswork as most of my family didn't have headstones but could it have been added at a later date to her death?
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his will is on ancestry, he left everything to his brother samuel handy lugg.
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Originally posted by Lin Fisher View PostI had a feeling it wasn't the Ellis family, most people then were still very formal when it came to things like will etc.
Far more likely to be family. With her being single she perhaps got a bit 'spoilt' with a bit of money left in a few wills.
Luckily will are now only £1.50 so we don't feel so guilty about buying a few.
Hope you solve it all.
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I will pop down the library and look up Edward in Australia, I don't have WW ancestry membership, not sure if I can access his will, not so good on Australia.
Did find his death in the Australia papers, but said nothing about anyone, so no help!Last edited by cbcarolyn; 26-07-19, 10:56.
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Originally posted by cbcarolyn View PostI have just ordered her will, but am assuming it won't tell me much about why she had money, just who she gave it to! We have had a number of wills and various people seem to get the 'money' rather than sharing it around. My Mum always missed out.
Even when there are wills sometimes they get 'lost' certainly happened in our family.
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I had a feeling it wasn't the Ellis family, most people then were still very formal when it came to things like will etc.
Far more likely to be family. With her being single she perhaps got a bit 'spoilt' with a bit of money left in a few wills.
Luckily will are now only £1.50 so we don't feel so guilty about buying a few.
Hope you solve it all.
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have managed to fill gaps on census, and that gives me no clue, she must have inherited.
I am pinning my hopes on Edward Lugg:
BIRTH 1821 • Cornwall
DEATH 1889 • Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
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there are a few that went to Australia...maybe one of those were her 'donor' looks like a trip to the library.
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