IRISHWOMAN'S WINDFALL
£90,000 FROM EMIGRANT BROTHER : News that she had inherited a for. tune of £90.000 was conveyed to Mrs. Kllen Traynor. of Gleucairn, Sligo, by ! an American, who visited the town recently. The money was left to her hv a brother. Mr. Patrick McGovern, who died recently in New York. Emigrating over 40 years ago. he secured j employment in a dairy as a milk-cv driver, and speculated with his s»v. lings on the Stock Exchange. gj, speculations proved lucky. He held • a large amount of investments, i a . 1 eluding railroad stock, and these i when realised after his death, were ; v alued at over £IOO,OOO. Henevertnar. I ried. He did not Talue money i n } t . f self, as he still continued to lead the | simple life, but, as his American friend put it. "he liked the fun of ! being successful in a Stock Exchange j gamble."’
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 760, 5 September 1929, Page 2
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150IRISHWOMAN'S WINDFALL Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 760, 5 September 1929, Page 2
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