Eleanor Feehan
          1886

Estate of Eleanor Feehan 1886
From LDS microfilm #2057543

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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ST. JOHN'S }
To Wit          } I do swear that I believe that Eleanor Feehan, late of Saint John's in the Central District of the Island of Newfoundland, 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 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 Three Thousand Five Hundred dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the
16^th day of December, in the year                    Mary Feehan
of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Eighty-six.
Otto Emerson
Commissioner of Affidavits

1886
Estate of Eleanor Feehan
late of Saint John's
in the Central District
Widow, deceased.

Dated December 16:1886

Administration granted to
Mary Feehan of Saint John's
aforesaid, Spinster.

Sureties
Pierce M. Barron and
Laurence Gerau

Estate sworn under $3500.00

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

The Petition of Mary Feehan of St. John's, Spinster,

Humbly Sheweth

That Eleanor Feehan, formerly of St. John's, Widow of John Feehan of same place, died there on or about the tenth day of October last past, intestate, and possessed of property of the probable value of about Three Thousand Four Hundred dollars. That her said husband died before her. That your petitioner, Mary Feehan, is the only child of the marriage of the said Eleanor and John Feehan. That no probate or administration of the estate of the said Eleanor Feehan has been hitherto granted. Your petitioner therefore prays that administration of the Estate of the said deceased mother may be granted unto her and is in duty bound she will ever pray &c &c &c.
Dated at St. John's this 18^th day of November A.D. 1886.

Robert Kent                                        Mary H. Feehan
Proctor for Petitioner

In the Supreme Court
Probate Side

In the matter of the Estate of
Eleanor Feehan, late of St. John's,
Widow, deceased.

          Mary Feehan of St. John's, spinster, the petitioner in the foregoing petition in this matter named maketh oath and saith that the several matters and things in the said petition set forth are just, correct and true.

Sworn before me at St. John's                    Mary H. Feehan
this 18^th day of November, A.D.
1886.
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner, S.C.

1886

Sup. Ct.
Probate Side

In re administration of
the Estate of Eleanor Feehan
late of St. John's, Widow,
decreased.

Petition for Administration.

Granted by the Court
Nov . 20/86.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered, That on this 16^th day of December in the Forty 50^th 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 Mary Feehan of Saint John's in the Central District of the Island of Newfoundland, Spinster, Pierce M. Barron and Laurence Gereau, both of same place, Gentlemen, 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 Seven 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 Mary Feehan as Administratrix  of the Estate and Effects of Eleanor Feehan late of St. John's aforesaid, 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 her the said Mary Feehan 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 16^th day of June 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 her the said Mary Feehan 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 16^th day of December which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-seven 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 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                              Mary Feehan (Seal)
in presence of
Otto Emerson                                   P. M. Bannon (Seal)
Commissioner                                    Law. Gereau (Seal)

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 Eleanor Feehan, formerly of St. John's, Widow, deceased, to be granted to Mary Feehan, her daughter.

          Dated at St. John's this 17^th day of November Anno Domini 1886.
                              Robert J. Kent
O.E.                      Little & Kent
                              Proctor

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 20^th day of November Anno Domini 1886.

Geo. J. Adams
A.C, S.C.