Ellen Farrell
          1886

Estate of Ellen Farrell 1886
From LDS microfilm #2057543

Notice

After three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for Probate of the Will Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Ellen Farrell, formerly of St. John's, deceased to be granted to Philip Farrell, her husband.
          Dated at St. John's this 13^th day of September, Anno Domini 1886.
                    Robert J. Kent
(O.E.)         Little & Kent
                    Proctors

Certificate

I hereby certify that the Notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in my Office from the day of the date thereof to this date and that no Caveat or other objection thereto has been filed or entered.
          Dated at St. John's this 24^th day of September, Anno Domini, 1886.

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To the Honorable the Supreme Court of
Newfoundland or any one of the
Honorable the Judges thereof.

The Petition of Philip Farrell of St. John's aforesaid, Farmer

Humbly Sheweth

That Ellen Farrell the wife of your petitioner died at St. John's aforesaid on or about the fifteenth day of January last intestate and possessed of property situate within the jurisdiction of this honorable Court of the probable value of about Two Thousand Dollars.
That she left her surviving as her sole next of kin your petitioner and six children, the issue of her marriage with your petitioner, all of whom are now living with your petitioner.
That no probate or administration to the Estate of the said deceased has been hitherto granted. Petitioner therefore prays that administration to the Estate and effects of his said deceased wife may be granted unto him and as in duty bound he will ever pray &c &c &c.
Dated at St. John's this Eleventh day of September Anno Domini 1886.
Robert J. Kent
Proctor for Petitioner

In the Supreme Court
Probate Side

In the matter of the will Estate of
Ellen Farrell, formerly of St. John's
the wife of the petitioner in this
matter.

          Philip Farrell of St. John's, Farmer, maketh oath and saith that he is the petitioner in the foregoing petition in the matter named and that the several matters and things in the said petition set forth are just, correct and true.

Sworn before me at St. John's this            Philip his X mark Farrell
13^th day of September Anno Domini
1886 having been first read over and
explained.
Otto Emerson
Commissioner

1886

Supreme Court
Probate Side

In re the Estate of
Ellen Farrell
formerly of
St. John's, wife of
Phillip Farrell of same
place, Farmer, now deceased.

Petition for Administration

Filed Sept 13/86

Notice posted Sept. 13/86

Fiat
J. J. Pinsent
A.J.

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Be it Remembered, That on this 27^th day of September in the Forty Fiftieth 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-six personally appeared Philip Farrell of Saint John's, Farmer, John Ash and John Holden, both of same place, Farmers, 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 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 Philip Farrell as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Ellen Farrell, late of Saint John's, Widow, 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 him the said Philip Farrell as such Administrator or to the hands or possession of any other person, or persons, for him and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the 27^th day of March 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 her death, or which at any time afterwards shall come into the hands or possession of him the said Philip Farrell 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 his said Administration, on or before the 27^th day of September which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-seven 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 Account, 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 and virtue.

Signed and Sealed in presence of,               Philip his X mark Farrell (seal)
having been first read over and                    John Nash (seal)
explained to said Philip Farrell.                 John Holden (seal)
Otto Emerson
Commissioner

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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ST. JOHN'S }
To Wit          } I do swear that I believe that Ellen Farrell, late of Saint in the Central District of Newfoundland, Married woman, 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 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 Two thousand five hundred dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the
27^th day of September, in the year                    Philip his X mark Farrell
of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Eighty-six (having
been first read over and explained).
Otto Emerson
Commissioner of Affidavits

1886

Estate of Ellen Farrell
late of Saint Johns
in the Central District,
Married woman, deceased.

Dated September 27:1886

Administration granted to
Philip Farrell of Saint John's
aforesaid, Farmer.

Sureties
John Nash and
John Holden

Estate sworn under $2500.00