Honora Nurse
          1885

Estate of Honora Nurse 1885
From LDS Microfilm #2057177

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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ST. JOHN'S,  }

To Wit.           }
I do swear that I believe that Honora Nurse late of Halifax, Nova Scotia Widow deceased died without a Will; and that I will well and truly administer all and every the Goods of the said deceased and pay her debts so far as her 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 she 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 One Thousand three hundred --------------------- dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the 20^th           }
day of October in the year of Our Lord             }                    Richard T. Nurse
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty five }
Otto Emerson
Commissioner of Affidavits.

1885

Estate of Honora Nurse
late of Halifax
Nova Scotia
In the District.
Widow deceased.

Dated Oct 21^st 1885

Probate^Admin granted Richard
Thomas Nurse of
Halifax aforesaid Cooper.
the Execut named in the Will.

Sureites John Vinnicombe
& Samuel Ryan both of St
Johns Pilots

Estate sworn under $1300⁰⁰/₁₀₀
$1300 00/100

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered, That on this Twentieth day of October in the Forty ninth 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 Eighty five personally appeared Richard Thomas Nurse of Halifax, Nova Scotia but at present of Saint Johns Newfoundland Cooper, John Tinnicombe of St Johns aforesaid Pilot and Samuel Ryan of St Johns aforesaid Pilot and did acknowledge themselves to be held and firmly bound to our said Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal Sum of Two Thousand six 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 THECONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that if the above bounden Richard Thomas Sworn Nurse as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Honora Nurse late of Halifax aforesaid 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, pos-session, or knowledge of him the said Richard Thomas Nurse or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him shall well and truly administer according to Law, and further shall make, or cause to be made, a just and true account of his said Administration, on or before the 20^th day of October which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty six and afterwards from time to time as he 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 Acc'ount, the same being examined and allowed by the said Supreme Court of Newfoundland, shall and do pay and dispose of in 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 virtue

Signed and sealed   }                              Richard T. Nurse
In presence of         }                              John Vinnicombe
Otto Emerson                                        Samuel Ryan
Comm^r
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(Note: Seals affixed to the right of the three signatures.)

Notice
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Three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Hon-orable the Supreme Court or one of the Honourable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration to the Estate and Effects of Honora Nurse late of Halifax N.S. deceased to be granted to Richard Nurse son of the said deceased

_____                    St. John's October
G.J.A.                   15; 1885
--------                     James J Milley
                               Proctor for appli-
                               cant.

Certificate
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I hereby certify that the notice on the other side written was posted in the office of the Chief Clerk and Registrar on the day of the date thereof and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.

          Dated this 19^th day of October AD 1885

Otto Emerson
AsstClk
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To the Honorable the
Supreme Court or one of
the Honorable the Judges
thereof          

          The petition of Richard Thomas Nurse of Halifax Nova Scotia Cooper but at present of St. John's Newfound-land

Humbly Sheweth

          That Honora Nurse late of Halifax in the Province of Nova Scotia died intestate at that place on the twen-tieth day of April A.D. 1885 leaving her surviving two children named respectively Richard Thomas your petitioner and Mary (wife of Daniel Scanlan) all residents of Halifax aforesaid.

          That the said Honora Nurse was at the time of her decease possess-ed of property in this Colony real and personal of the probable value of Twelve Hundred Dollars

That

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          That no administration has been taken out(?) the estate and ef-fects of which the said deceased died possessed in this Colony.

          Your petitioner therefore prays that administration to the estate and effects of the said deceased in this Colony may be granted unto him.

          And as in duty bound he will ever pray.
          St John's October 15^th 1885

Richard Thomas Nurse

Supreme Court

St John's  }
to wit       } Richard Thomas Nurse at present of St John's aforesaid maketh oath and saith that he is the petitioner referred to in the foregoing petition and that the contents thereof are correct and true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Sworn before me at St   }
John's aforesaid this       }                              Richard T Nurse
15^th day of October       }
A.D. 1885
Geo J Adams
Comm^r

Supreme Court
Probate Side

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Petition of Richard
Thomas Nurse for
Letters of Admin-
istration to the
Estate of Honora
Nurse late of Halifax
Nova Scotia deceased

Fiat
J.I. Little
A.J.

Oct 19/85.