James Foley
          1887

Estate of James Foley 1887
From LDS Microfilm #2057238

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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ST. JOHN'S, }
                      }  I do swear that  I  believe that James Foley
     To Wit.     }  late of St Johns  Farmer
deceased, died without 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 the value of   Eight Hundred -------------------------------- dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the TwentySixth day of }
September in the year of Our Lord OneThousand          }Margaret^herX_markFoley
Eight Hundred and Eighty-seven  having been,              }
first read over & explained

Otto Emerson
                   Commissioner of Affidavits.

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188? (Last digit of date overwritten with a 7)

Estate of James Foley
late of Saint John's
in the Central     District
Farmer        deceased

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Dated Sept. 26 :1887

Admin---  granted to Margaret
Foley of St Johns aforesaid
Widow -----------------------

Sureties Thomas Lawlor and
     William Jarvis--

Estate sworn under
$800⁰⁰/₁₀₀

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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Be it Remembered, That on this Twenty ninth          day of September                              in the Forty-    51^st       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- seven personally appeared Margaret Foley of St Johns in the Central District of the Island of Newfoundland Widow, William Jarvis of xxxx and (in right margin, OE. Com^r) Thomas Lawlor 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 ??? 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 Margaret Foley                    as Administratrix       of the Estate and Effects of James Foley                    late of the St John's aforesaid Farmer 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   Margaret Foley--------------------------- 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       26^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  his   death, or which at any time afterwards shall come into the hands or possession of her the said Margaret Foley----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          26^th          day of September-----------------
which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty- 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 Newfoundlandland, shall and do pay and dispose of in due course of Administration, or in such a mannner 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.

                              Margaret^herX_markFoley

Signed and Sealed
                         }
in presence of  }
having been first                                   William J?i?
read over and explained
to said Margaret Foley and                 Thomas^hisX_markLawlor
Thomas Lawlor

Otto Emerson
Comm^r

Notice

After Three days application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration to the Estate of James Foley late of St Johns Farmer deceased to be granted to Margaret Foley widow of deceased

St Johns September 22^nd 1887

P.E.                    ?.?.??Banting
                           Solicitor for
                           Applicant

I certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in the office of the Chief Clerk & Registrar from the date thereof to this date & that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto

St Johns Nfld Sept 26. 1887

Otto Emerson
A.C.^s.c.

To the Honourable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof

The Petition

of Margaret Foley of St Johns Widow

Humbly Sheweth

That your petitioners Husband James Foley late of St Johns Farmer deceased died at that place on or about the Eighteenth day of September A D 1887 Intestate leaving him surviving your petitioner his widow and five children viz Mildred, James Catherine   Mary and Ellen all under age

That the said James Foley at the time of his decease was possessed of property of the probable value of Eight Hundred Dollars

That no probate or Administration to his said Estate has as yet been granted

Your petitioner therefore prays
                                                  that

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that Letters of Administration to his said Estate may be granted to her

     And as in duty bound &c   &c

     St Johns Newfoundland
     this 24^th day of September AD 1887

Margaret^herX_markFoley

Supreme Court

Newfoundland,
    St Johns SS

          Margaret Foley of St Johns    Widow the petitioner named in the foregoing petition maketh oath and saith that the contents thereof are correct and true.

Sworn before Me at
St John's Newfoundland     }          Margaret^herX_markFoley
this 24^th day of September }
AD 1887                             }
Having been first read         }
over and explained

Otto Emerson
Comm^r
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1887

Supreme Court
Probate side

In the matter of the
Estate of James Foley
late of St Johns Farmer
deceased

Petition
of Margaret Foley for
Administration

Fiat    J.J.Little
             A .J.

(stamp) SOLICITOR
?. ?. ?. ?UNTING ?
ST.JOHNS, N.F.