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ELIZABETH KIRBY – A MOTHER’S JEALOUSY

On August 15, 2024   /   History   /   2 Comments
Tags: Elizabeth Kirby, Funeral Business, Patrick Kirby, Undertakers, William Kirby, Wills
ELIZABETH KIRBY - A MOTHER'S JEALOUSY

In 1881, Patrick Kirby purchased a small undertaker’s business at 84 Hunter Street, in central Sydney. Two years later he sold a half share in the business to Elizabeth Barby, who ran a tobacconist’s shop at no. 66 in the same street. Elizabeth was an astute business

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MISS CLULOW’S WILL

On March 24, 2022   /   Blog   /   Leave a comment
Tags: May Latham Clulow, Missing wills, social history, Wills
MISS  CLULOW'S  WILL

Miss Mary Latham Clulow, of Sydney’s exclusive Bellevue Hill, had made a lot of money, mainly through property investments. She was an astute business woman, as this 1903 court action demonstrates; Miss Clulow died on October 26 1944 at a private hospital in Rose Bay. Subsequently there

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MISS PILE; HER DEATH & ITS AFTERMATH

On February 10, 2022   /   History   /   Leave a comment
Tags: Fraudulent wills, Gawler, James Pile, Jessie Pile, Maisie Smith, Oakland, Wills
MISS PILE; HER DEATH & ITS AFTERMATH

Miss Jessie Pile was the youngest daughter of wealthy South Australian pastoralist James Pile. James had built a ten room mansion at Gawler called Oaklands, and when the rest of her immediate family passed away Miss Pile lived on at the property alone. She became increasingly eccentric,

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