This was a five page document received from the Supreme Court of Newfoundland in June of 2005

1877  

Estate of Thomas Wilkie  
Late of St. John's  
In the Central      District  
Gun Smith      deceased.   

Dated April 3^rd.    

Vol 4
Folio 185

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To the Honorable the Supreme
Court of Newfoundland
or one of the Hon. Judges of
the same.

The petition of Charlotte Wilkie of St. John's Newfoundland widow

Humbly sheweth

That        

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That no letters of Administration of the said estate have been granted. Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that letters of Administration of her said late husband's estate may be granted to her and as in duty bound will pray.
          St. John's Newfoundland
                  March 28, 1877

Charlotte Wilkie LS

Supreme Court     )
Newfoundland     )
St. John's to wit   )    Charlotte Wilkie of St. John's aforesaid widow the petitioner named in the above written petition maketh oath and saith that the several matters and things therein contained are just and, true

Sworn before me at            )
St. John 's aforesaid this     )       Charlotte Wilkie LS
28^th day of March               )
A.D. 1877    ?? Wood        )
                   Commer Affts  )

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Supreme Court of Newfoundland

ST. JOHN 'S
TO WIT .

I do swear that I believe     that Thomas Wilkie late of St. John's aforesaid Gun Smith deceased, died with out a Will; and that I will well and truly administer all and every the Goods of the said deceased, and pay his debts so far as his Goods will extend; and that I will exhibit a true, full and perfect Inventory of the said Goods of the Deceased, and render a true account of my Administration into the Registry of the said Court, within six months from the date hereof, or when I shall be thereunto lawfully required; and that the whole of the goods, rights, chattels, assets, credits and effects of the said deceased, which he died possessed of, within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not, according to the best of my knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of Eight Hundred and fifty dollars.

Charlotte Wilkie LS

Sworn before me at St. John's,
the 3^rd . day of
April in the year of
our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Seventy seven.

          ?? Wood LS

Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Newfoundland

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this    third    day of April in the Thirty fortieth           Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady VICTORIA, By the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Seven

personally appeared Charlotte Wilkie
Widow, George Udle, Painter and John Collier
Painter all of St. John 's in the Central District

and did acknowledge themselves to beheld and firmly bound to our said Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal Sum of Seventeen hundred
Dollars, to be had, made, and levied on their Goods, Chattels and Effects, jointly and severally, if Default is made in any of the conditions following:

NOW THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH , That if the above bounden
     Charlotte Wilkie      as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Thomas Wilkie late of St. John's aforesaid Gun Smith deceased, do make or cause to be made, a just, true, and perfect inventory of all and singular the Goods, Credits and Effects of the said deceased which have or shall come to the hands, possession, or knowledge of her the said Charlotte Wilkie as such Adminstratrix or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons, for her and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the third day of October next ensuing the date hereof; and the said Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects, and all other the Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects of the said deceased, at the time of his death or which at any time afterwards shall come to the hands or possession of her the said Charlotte Wilkie or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for her shall well and truly Administer according to Law, and further shall make, or cause to be made a just and true account of her said Administration, on or before the 3^rd day of April which will be in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy eight and afterwards from time to time as she shall be lawfully required. And all the rest, residue and remainder of the said Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects, which shall be found remaining upon the said Administration Account, the same being examined and allowed by the said Supreme Court of Newfoundland, shall and do pay and dispose of in a due course of Administration, or in such a manner as the said Court shall direct; then this obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.

Signed and Sealed          Charlotte Wilkie LS
in the presence of

George Udle LS

?? Wood
Commer                           John W Collier LS