LEGAL FIRM SEEKS HEIRS TO FORTUNE.
AUCKLAND WIDOW THINKS SHE MAY HAVE CLAIM. AUCKLAND. June 22. The story of a world-wide search for the heirs to a fortune of £30,000 in New York, has raised high hopes in the mind of at least one Auckland resident, Mrs Mary Heinitz, of West Street, Newton. The telegraphed message from Christchurch stated that a New York legal firm had written to “the Lord Mayor of Canterbury” saying that a vain search had been conducted throughout the world for many years for Mary Bridget Madden, who was born in Count3'- Galwa}', Ireland, in 1820 thereabouts, ancl was the daughter of William Madden. Mrs Heinitz, who is a widow, aged sixty-five, and has no family, has in her possession photographs taken many 3'ears ago of her grandfather and grandmother, Mary and William Madden. She states her grandmother was born in County Galway, and is probably the Mary Madden sought by the New York legal firm, or at least a near relative. Although Mrs Madden’s family included five sons and two daughters, Mrs Heinitz does not believe there are many living descendants. She does not know of any other descendants in New Zealand at the present time. She intends to communicate with the New York legal firm at once with a view to discovering definitely whether she has any claim to the fortune.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18189, 23 June 1927, Page 8
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