1900 Emma Tivey’s Will Translation
This is the last
will of me Emma Tivey of Melbourne in the County of Derby Spinster. I give
the Oil Painting being a portrait of the late Miss Tomlinson also the
photograph of the same Miss Tomlinson now hanging in my front room
downstairs together with the photograph of the same Miss Tomlinson in the
front room upstairs framed in maple and the albums with green cover
containing portraits of Miss Tomlinson Mrs Earp’s family etc to Mrs Earp of
the Church House Melbourne her heirs and successors. I also give to the said
Mrs Earp or her heirs and successors any of the stuffed animals in cases
which they or she may care to possess of. I give the small oak chest now in
my back bedroom to doctor Arnold Ingle of Cambridge. I give my eight day
clock also my drawing of the Crystal Palace of the late William Ensor to my
brother Arnold Tivey of Melbourne and I appoint him to be the sole executor
of this my will. I give my clothes to be divided into six equal portions as
nearly equal in value as may be and distributed one portion each to Emma
Hollingworth of Melbourne Annie Pass of Blackpool Fanny Kinsey of Melbourne
Mary Ann Smith of Melbourne and Emma Foster of Melbourne also one portion to
my sister Bessie Webster . I give my investment in the municipal building
society to the Baptist Missionary Society. All the remainder of my property
I give to my sole executor afore named Arnold Tivey upon trust as soon as
possible to sell and convert into money each parts as to not invest of money
and divide the proceeds together with any other money after my debts funeral
to any other expenses are paid (including five pounds to be paid to the said
Arnold Tivey for acting as my sole executor) into five equal portions one
portion to be retained by my said brother Arnold Tivey for his sole use and
benefit and one portion to be divided equally between my sister Bessie
Webster and her daughter Emma Hollingsworth and one portion to be divided
equally between the three children of the late Jeffrey Pass formerly of
Melbourne or such of them as survive and one portion to be equally to be
divided between the four daughters of Samuel Pass and one lot to be equally
divided between Arthur Pass and his three daughters each portion to be
equally divided among the persons indicated or such of them survive
Signed Emma Tivey
Signed by the Testatrix as her last will in the presence of us, present at
the same time, who in her presence, and in the presence of each other, have
subscribed our names as witness
Arthur Henry Coombs Melbourne Baptist Minister
Henry Beardsley Melbourne, Boot Finisher
Probate
On the 27th day of March 1900 probate of this will was granted at Derby to
Arnold Tivey the sole executor
Analysis
Emma
was a servant in the household of Miss Tomlinson mentioned in the portraits.
She was Hannah Tomlinson, a spinster who inherited her father David’s farm
and lived off its means. Hannah was the daughter of David Tomlinson and
Hannah Webster.
Mrs Earp of the Church of the Church House Melbourne was Ann Harriet (nee
Bowles) Earp wife of Henry Webster Earp. Henry Webster Earp was the son of
John Earp and Mary Tomlinson. Mary was the sister of Hannah who Emma served
most of her life and who’s portrait she bequeathed.
Dr Arnold Ingle was the son of Selina Earp and Robert Nicholas Ingle. Selina
is the daughter of John Earp and Mary Tomlinson sister of Hannah as
aforementioned.
Arnold was Emma’s brother born 1839 in Melbourne shortly before his father
Thomas’ death in 1841. His mother Mary (Nee Wilmott) remarried to John Pass
in 1843.
Emma Hollingworth was the daughter of Emma’s half sister Elizabeth (Bessie)
Pass. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Pass, 2nd husband of Mary Tivey
(nee Wilmott~ the widow of Thomas Tivey). Elizabeth married Robert Webster
in 1867 and Emma was born in 1867, their only child. Emma married John
Hollingworth of Derby in Pancras London, 1889.
Annie Pass- not traced as yet
Fanny Kinsey was the daughter of Arthur Pass, Emma’s half brother (see note
8) Fanny Pass was born abt 1873 in Melbourne and married John Kinsey in
1890.
Mary Ann Smith refers to Emma’s half brother Arthur’s child. Arthur was born
to Mary Pass (Nee Tivey, Nee Wilmott ~ Emma’s mother) and John Earp in 1852.
He married his first wife Eliza Smith in 1872. Mary Ann Pass was born abt
1873 Melbourne. She married Thomas Smith in 1896.
Emma Foster was the daughter of Emma’s half brother Arthur (see note 8) Emma
Pass was born abt 1878 Melbourne and married William Foster in 1897.
Bessie Webster was Emma’s half sister. She was the daughter of Mary Pass
(Nee Tivey Nee Wilmott ~ Emma’s mother) and John Earp and was born abt 1848
in Melbourne. She was baptised Elizabeth Pass but was known as Bessie. In
1867 she married Robert Webster and had one child that survived infancy ~
Emma in 1869.
Jeffrey Pass- not traced as yet, but could be either her half brother born
1845 Melbourne or her nephew, son of Arthur (see note 8)
Samuel Pass was the half brother of Emma, being the eldest son of her mother
Mary (Nee Tivey Nee Wilmott) and her second husband John Pass. Samuel
married Mary Amanda Moll and had 11 children, 4 of them being daughters Ada
(c) 1878 Alice (c) 1880 Mary (c) 1883 and Agnes (c) 1885. He died in 1890.