ELOPEMENT WHICH COST £4,000,000.
GIRL DISINHERITED FOR A LOVE ROMANQE, NEW YORK, November ife The eccentric millionaire, Mr Gepige C. Taylor, of Islip, Long Island^ who died ». few days ago, left a fortune .of £4,000,000,a fourth of which goes to ch.ir %•' ,•- .■■.•■;■■■. ■-..'■:. ■ ; :,■:. Mr Taylor's adopted \ daughter. Miss Lena; Head, who eloped with!; gardener, Frederick Bodley, six years ago, gets nothing, says vihe Herald\ i<She is the daughter of a former housekeeper of Mr Taylor's, and the latter int«udpd leaving her his entire to{>une. , ' ' ; Because of' her marriage to Bodley, Mr Taylor made a new will which, a,cccjrding to the Herald, divides , £260,000 among fifteen nephews and nieces; wh)Je the, balance goes to a brother and two sisters. ' .-. :•■■ l ~ ■•■■ "" : .- ■ 1 . , The elopement of Miss Lena Head and Frederick Bodley caused, a great r sensation m Nw York m August. 1901. The bride Svas, eighteen years old. Mr Taylor declared that' his adopted daughter has done him an irreparable injury, and that, he would hever see her again. Bodley.: was 'discharged and the couple warned never to enter > the Taylor estate again. [ . :'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11157, 21 December 1907, Page 7 (Supplement)
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179ELOPEMENT WHICH COST £4,000,000. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11157, 21 December 1907, Page 7 (Supplement)
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