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From: "Barbara" <>
Subject: [NZ-HB-PB] Gilmore Firth Line
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:39:37 +1300

Hi all Happy new year. Well after 27 years trying to find information on my Gilmore line. I got an email just before Christmas it was from a lady in the UK researching her Firth line and had just received Samuel Firth's Will. Goodness me if when transcribing it she came across my Gilmore names and using my website sent me an email. What a shock and excitement for me.
Her is a part of that email
You will now be wondering why I am telling you all this, and here comes the more insensitive bit, for which I have thought long and hard as to whether to contact you. My sister and I have discussed it and we feel if it was the other way around any information regarding our ancestors would be welcomed, whether it would change things dramatically or not.



In Samuels will dated 5th July 1886 (Samuel dies 20th August 1886 aged 62) there are 3 executors, one being Anne Gilmore of Papatu. It goes onto mention that he leaves a portion of his real estate "in trust for Lottie Gilmore daughter of the said Anne Gilmore and of whom I am the father" another portion "in trust for Ada Gilmore of whom I am the father, daughter of the said Anne Gilmore". And remaining portions of his estate "in trust that if Samuel Charles Gilmore son of Anne Gilmore and of whom I am the father".



So as my Gt Gt grandmother was Ada Gilmore I guess she wasn't a Gilmore after all though all through her life she was known by this name.



When trying to work this out I got a map of Ormondville in the early days only to find the Gilmore Farm and Firth farms were beside each other.



Now I have bored you can anyone tell me how I can find out if the bequests were honoured and as Ada and her husband lived on a farm in ormondville all their lives how can I find out if it was the same piece of land.

Cheers Barb

NZ Genealogy
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