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Born in Albany, WA, 1869; died in WA in 1950.
One of at least four children, to Capt. Henry Knighton Toll, of the P. & O. Company, and Ann née Reynolds. Florence's father also worked for the Port of Albany, was lighthouse keeper at Breaksea, and ran 'Warrungup' sheep station north of the Stirling Range, before returning to England.
Florence collected MEL specimens at 'Warrungup', Stirling Range, 1883-1885.
In 1890, she married James John Sullivan (c.1860-1948), and they had six children.
She died in 1950 in WA aged 81.
Source: extracted from: Maroske, Sara and Vaughan, Alison (2014) 'Ferdinand Mueller's female plant
collectors: a biographical register', Muelleria Vol.32 [consult for source references]