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Will of Annie Bremner
from Newfoundland will books volume 9 pages 69-71
probate year 1910
With the order of the wills in the ledger, we feel that the probate year
should have been Dec 1909 not 1910
In re
Annie Bremner deceased.
This is the last will and Testament of
me Annie Bremner of Trinity in the Island of Newfoundland,
which I do make publish and declare as follows, being of sound mind and
disposing memory.
I do give and bequeath four hundred dollars ($400)
to each of my nieces Isabel, Margaret, and Jessie
Annie Bremner daughters
of my brother William and now residing at 575 Dundas Street London -
Ontario Canada - or care of Malcolm G Bremner Free Press
office London - Ont. Canada -
Four hundred ($400) to my niece Helen,
Maria Isabel Dunfield wife of Canon Dunfield
Two
hundred dollars ($200) each to my nieces Marian Bremner and Ethel
Grace Cogan - daughters of my brother Alexander Warren
Bremner -
Two hundred dollars
to my sitter-in-law Emily Bremner widow of my brother John -
and now residing at Open Hall Bonavista Bay -
Two hundred dollars each
to my grand-niece Edith Sweetland Bremner and my grand nephew Edward
Emerson Bremner children of my nephew Robert Sweetland
Bremner
Fifty
dollars to be expended in something for St. Pauls Church Trinity in memory
of my brother-in-law & my sister. The Inscription to be To the Glory
of God and in memory of Gilbert H and Isabel Cole -“ I leave it
to the Incumbent and the Rev. W. J. Lockyer of Port
Morison, Cape Breton, to decide upon the form it will take -
Forty dollars
for a plain white Marble Cross for my own grave this $40 to cover all
the expenses. Rev. Canon Dunfield is to order it and see that it is put
up just Annie Bremner died etc and some Text -
If there is sufficient money left I give to my brother Robert one
hundred Dollars ($100)
I give and bequeath my shares in the consolidated
Foundry Co. (for information inquire of Mr. J. J. McGrath Solicitor etc
formerly of Whiteway & McGrath) who holds my scrip) - also the house
in which I now reside called “Colemarsh” and the grounds
on which it stands, together with all the garden grounds, out houses
etc connected therewith also that piece of land situate round Tom
Jones Pond and fronting on the waters of the north east arm of Trinity harbour
measuring forty-nine acres - formerly known as Aubrey Crockers plantation,
but more recently as the property of Thomas Holdsworth Brooking - See
Diagram and Bill of Sale in Tin Box, and G. H. Cole’s will - also
my Piano, organ, and Piano stool my gold watch and Lady’s short
Albert Chain to my niece Isabella, Jessie Bremner -
daughter of my brother Robert -
I give to my niece
Helen, Maria Isabel Dunfield my sisters long gold chain and to my niece
Margaret Bremner of 99 Military Road St. John’s, my short neck
chain and locket, and all my remaining Jewellery, Silver, wearing apparel,
house hold goods & furniture
Mementoes to various friends
etc etc I have disposed of in a private letter to my niece Isabella
Jessie Bremner or Rev Canon Dunfield and I do hereby appoint Canon
Dunfield and my brother Robert as executors to this my last will and Testament
- Annie Bremner Signed acknowledged and declared by the said Annie
Bremner as and for her last will and Testament in the presence
of us who being present at the same time in her presence at her request
and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names
as witnesses this Twenty-seventh day of October, nineteen hundred and
nine Annie Bremner John
B. Lockyer Charles Morris
Certified correct,
D. M. Browning
Registrar
(Listed in the margin next to this will the following)
Fiat
Dec 31/10
Johnson J.
Probate
Jan 19/10
granted to
Rev H.
Dunfield
and
Robert
Bremner
Estate
sworn
at $6500.00
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