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Will of Eleazer Bursey from Newfoundland will books volume 14 pages 129-130
probate year 1927
In re
ELEAZER BURSEY.
DECEASED.
This is the last will and testament of me, Eleazer Bursey, of Old Perlican,
Retired Janitor.
- I hereby revoke all former wills by me at any time made and me and declare
this to be my last will and testament.
- I appoint my grandson Frank Moor of St. John's, Expressman,
to be the sole Executor of this my last will.
- I wish my body to be buried
beside that of my wife in the General Protestant Cemetery in St. John's and
I direct that my Executor to pay the costs of my funeral expenses same however,
not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars.
- I direct that my Executor
pay to James M. Bursey of Old Perlican and his wife with
whom I have been living, a sum equal to Two hundred and forty dollars per
year for such period as I may have lived with them, provided however, that
there shall be deducted from this payment any moneys which I may have paid
to them since January, 1927, for my support and provided further, that the
said James M.
Bursey shall undertake to see that after my decease my body is
brought to St. John's and properly interred in the General Protestant Cemetery
as hereinbefore directed. Should the said James M. Bursey fail
to carry out my wishes in this regard the bequest to him shall lapse.
- I
give devise and bequeath to my nephew Corbin John Bursey my
smoking chair.
- All the rest residue and remainder of my estate including
my bed-stead, bedding, lounge, bureau and the balance of the money in the
Bank of Nova Scotia, Carbonear or elsewhere, I give devise and bequeath to
my said said grandson Frank Moor.
Dated at St. John's, this Sixth day of August, 1927.
ELEAZER BURSEY.
Signed by the said testator as and for his last will in the presence of us,
present at the same time, who in his presence and at his request and in the
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Gertrude Chambers of St. John's, Stenographer.
Leslie R. Curtis of St. John's, Solicitor.
CORRECT
William F. Lloyd
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
(Listed in the margin next to this will the following)
Fiat Nov
5th 1927
Kent J.
Probate granted
to Frank
Moor.
Nov 7/27.
Estate sworn
at $2562.72
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