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After her death on 24 January 1930, her three unmarried daughters, Winifred, Millicent and Muriel, took care of the estate for the rest of their lives. When the last daughter died in 1972, ownership of the estate passed to the New
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Allan Taylor died in April 1890, leaving Sophia with an estate valued at £20,000 but with a £4,000 mortgage. Sophia had not been involved in her husband's business affairs and was unprepared for the financial burden.
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100:Nationality
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629:"Alberton"
484:"Alberton"
300:Parliament
275:Later life
256:meningitis
139:Early life
133:suffragist
108:Occupation
94:, Auckland
316:In 1893,
160:Northland
111:landowner
387:23 April
218:Children
194:Anglican
179:Alberton
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