ESTATE WORTH MILLIONS
OIL FROM VAST ACREAGE. SEARCH FOR CLAIMANTS. Dozens of parish registers in Devon have been searched by Monmouth Alfred Williams, of Newport, as attorney for the heirs of Thomas Duckham, who died in Kentucky in .1851. He was the owner of vast acreages, from some of which oil is being pumped. The title reserved mineral rights for Duekham. whose estate is reputedly ■worth millions. ‘The attorney discovered that Duekham’s sister Sully had a daughter Hester, who married Louis Lee, whoso son, Louis Thomas, died in 1916 at Saint Aubyn’s, Parna Bay, North Auckland, New Zealand. Mr. Williams says his searches rank Louis iThomas 7 brothers and sisters as descendants among the claimants.
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Patea Mail, Volume LII, 6 March 1931, Page 3
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115ESTATE WORTH MILLIONS Patea Mail, Volume LII, 6 March 1931, Page 3
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