Best, Ellen Ann   (1842 - 1914)

Born 1842, died 1 June 1914.

BEST, E.A., fl. 1878, is probably Ellen Ann Best née Prince. Born, one of at least two children, to Thomas Prince and Elizabeth née Truslove. In 1860, Ellen married a settler, George Best (1832-1915), and they had twelve children. The Bests lived in the Northam district at Wongamine, followed by Toodyay, and then Leederville.

Ellen collected MEL specimens at Beverley and Youarding near Toodyay, 1878.

She died on 1 June 1914, WA, aged 71.

Source: Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison (2014) 'Ferdinand Mueller's female plant collectors: a biographical register', Muelleria Vol.32 [consult for source references]