Thomas Nurse
          1885

Estate for Thomas 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 Thomas Nurse late of St Johns in the Central District of Newfoundland Pilot deceased died with 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 Two thousand two hundred dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's the 3^rd               }
day of December in the year of Our Lord          }          Mary ^her X _mark Nurse
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty five  }
having been first read over & explained
Otto Emerson
Commissioner of Affidavits.

1885

Estate of Thomas Nurse
late of Saint Johns
in the Central District.
Pilot   deceased.

Dated Dec. 14: 1885

Probate^{Admin C.T.A.} granted to Mary
Nurse of St John widow

the Execut        named in the Will.
Sureties Charles P Nurse
and Michael Walsh

Estate sworn under
$2200⁰⁰/₁₀₀

1885
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Supreme Court
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In the matter of the
Estate of Thomas
Nurse late of S^t
John's Pilot
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Petition of Mary
Nurse Widow for
Letters of Administration
C.T.A
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Fiat
J.I. Little
A.J.
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M.H. Carty - Proctor-------------

To the Honorable Sir F.B.T
Carter K.C.M.G the Honorables
R.J. Pinsent D.C.L and
Joseph I Little Judges of the
Supreme Court of Newfound-
land                    

The Petition of Mary Nurse of S^t John's Widow

Humbly Sheweth

That your petitioner's husband Thomas Nurse late of ^St John's aforesaid Pilot departed this life on or about the Eleventh day of October instant having previously made his last Will and Testament which has been duly proved by Patrick J Summers one of the Subscribing Witnesses thereto, and which is hereto annexed
That the said Thomas Nurse was at the time of his death possessed of property of the probable value of Two thousand dollars
That no Probate or Letters of Administration to the said Estate has been taken out or applied for
Your petitioner^therefore prays that Letters of Administration be granted to her
And as in duty bound she will Ever pray.
Dated at S^t John's this 22^nd day of October AD 1885 ----------------

Mary^her X _mark Nurse

Supreme Court

S^t John's  }
S.S.          }
Mary Nurse the within named petitioner maketh oath and saith that the contents of this said petition are correct and true to the best of this deponent's Knowledge and belief.

Sworn before me at       }
S^t John's aforesaid         }
This 22^nd day of           }                              Mary^her X _markNurse
October A.D. 1885        }
having been first            }
read over & explained   }
Otto Emerson              }
Comm^r                          }
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Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered, That on this third day of December 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 Mary Nurse of St Johns in the Central District Widow Charles P. Nurse of same place Plumber and Michael John England ^Walsh of same place Pilot ^O.E. Shoemaker 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 Four Thousand Four 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 Mary Nurse ----------------------- as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Thomas Nurse -------------- late of St Johns aforesaid Pilot========== 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, knowledge of her the said Mary Nurse ------------- as such Administratrix 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          day of April^May 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 into the hands or possession of her the said --------- Mary Nurse -------------------------------------- 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 third day of October^November which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty six 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 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          }                                        Mary^her X _markNurse
in presence of                }
having been first                                                      Charles P Nurse
read over & explained
to the said Mary Nurse                                          Michael Walsh
Otto Emerson
Comm^r
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(Note: Walsh substituted for John England
Initials O.E., between two lines, are found to the left of line with Walsh substituted; to the right of line with Pilot crossed out; to the right of line with May substituted; to the right of line with November substituted.
Note: Seals affixed to the right of each signature.)

Certificate
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I hereby certify that the notice on the other Side hereof written has been duly posted in my office from the day of the date thereof until this date and that no Caveat or other objection has been Entered thereto          St. John's October 21^st AD 1885
Otto Emerson
Clerk
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Notice
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After three days from date hereof application will be made to the Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable Judges thereof for Letters of Administration c.t.a. to the estate of Thomas Nurse late of S^t John's Pilot deceased to be granted to Mary Nurse Widow of said deceased
S^t John's October 15^th AD 1885
M.H. Carty
Proctor for Applicant
G.J.A

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND.
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TO WIT      }
Patrick I Summers of Saint Johns in the Island of Newfoundland maketh oath and saith that on the third day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty five at Saint Johns aforesaid he, this Deponent, was present and did see Thomas Nurse -------------------- late of Saint Johns aforesaid the Testator named in the paper writing hereto annexed, duly sign, publish and declare the said annexed paper writing as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of this Deponent and of T.J. Nurse of St Johns aforesaid accountant the other subscribing witness thereto. That Deponent and said F.J Nurse ---------------------- then and there signed their names to such Will as witnesses, in the presence of the said testator and of each other and that at the time of the said execution of the said Will the said Testator was of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, to the best of Deponent's knowledge and belief.

SWORN BEFORE ME at St. John's, in }
the Island aforesaid, this 15^th                  }
October 1885?                                         }
A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred       }                              P.I. Summers
and Eighty                                                }                              -------------------
Otto Emerson
Comm^r
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I Thomas Nurse of S^t Johns in the Island of Newfoundland Pilot being of sound mind and memory and understanding do make this my last Will and Testament. I give devise and bequeath unto my wife Mary all my real and personal property of whatever kind and description I am now or may die possessed of
S Johns Nfld. October 3^rd 1885
Thomas Nurse
Witnesses
T.J. Nurse
P.I. Summers

Last Will and
Testament of Thomas
Nurse
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