John Costigan

          1888

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND

ST. JOHN'S          } I do swear that I believe that John Costigan or Custeen? late of
To Wit                  } Harbour Grace in the Northern District of Newfoundland Fisherman
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 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, judgement and belief, amount to the value of one hundred and sixty dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the 23^rd day of          }                      her
June in the year of Our Lord One Thousand              }          Johanna X Ryan
Eight Hundred and Eighty-eight                                 }                      mark
having been first read and explained

Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits

          1888

Estate of John Costigan

late of Harbour Grace

In the Northern District

Fisherman deceased

Dated 25 June 1888

Admin granted to

Joanna Ryan of
Harbour Grace, Widow

Sureties

Michael Dallon
Maurice Costigan

Estate sworn under

          $160.00

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Be it Remembered That on this Twenty third day of June in the 52^nd 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-Eight personally appeared Joanna Ryan at present of Saint John's in the Central District of Newfoundland, Widow, Michael Dalton of the same place Laborer and Maurice Costigan of the same place Laborer 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 three hundred & twenty 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 Joanna Ryan, as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of John Costigan or (Custeen) late of Harbor Grace in the Northern District Fisherman          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 Joanna Ryan          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 23^rd day of December          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 of possession of her      the said Joanna Ryan 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 23^rd day of June which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty- nine 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          }                      her
in the presence of           }          Joanna X Ryan
                                                            mark
having been first read over
and explained                                          his
                                                  Michael X Dalton
                                                              mark

Geo. I. Adams                                        his
Comm Affts                                Maurice X Costigan
                                                                mark

After three days application will be made to the Honorable Supreme Court or one of the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration to the Estate of John Costigan (or Custeen) formerly of South Side of Harbor Grace, Planter deceased to be granted to his daughter Joanna Ryan, widow.

                                  A? I Scott
St. Johns                    Acting? for Jno? Ryan
June 16^th 1888

Official Seal of Registrar's office
dated June 16, 1888
inserted at left margin

John, Maurice, James, Michael and Bridget and your petitioner Joanna That John, Maurice, James, and Bridget have since died unmarried, Michael died leaving a widow at present residing at Harbor Grace aforesaid but without children.
That said intestate was at the time of his death possessed of land at South Side of Harbor Grace of the probable value of One hundred and fifty dollars. That neither Petitioner nor any other person has hereto been granted Probate or Letters of Administration in the matter of said Estate.
Petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration may be granted to her and for which ???

I certify that the notice on
the other side hereof written was
posted in my office on the
day of the date thereof and has
remained there until this date and
that no caveat or other objection
thereto has been filed.
???, June 22^nd 1888

Geo. I. Adams
Afsa

To the Honorable Sir F.B.T. Carter K.C. ??? Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, and the Honorable R. I. Pinsent ??? and I. I. Little, Assistant Justice thereof,

The petition of Joanna Ryan at present of St. Johns, Widow,

Humbly Sheweth

          That many years ago her late father the late John Costigan or Custeen formerly of the South Side of Harbor Grace died without a will leaving him surviving his widow Julia since deceased and his children John, Maurice, James, Michael and Bridget and your petitioner Joanna. That John, Maurice, James, and Bridget have since died unmarried, Michael died leaving a widow at present residing at Harbor Grace aforesaid but without children.
That said intestate was at the time of his death possessed of land at South Side of Harbor Grace of the probable value of One hundred and fifty dollars. That neither Petitioner nor any other person has hereto been granted Probate or Letters of Administration in the matter of said Estate.
Petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration may be granted to her and for which ???

Supreme Court

Newfoundland          }
St. Johns                   }
To Wit                      }

          Joanna Ryan the petitioner named in the foregoing petition maketh oath and saith that the several matters and items set forth in the said petition are correct and true to the best of Deponent's knowledge and belief.

Sworn before me at                    }
St. Johns aforesaid                      }                     her
this 22^nd day of June                   }          Joanna X Ryan
A.D. 1888 (having been first        }                    mark
read over and explained               }

Geo. I. Adams
Comm Affts

          Supreme Court

In the matter of the

petition of Joanna Ryan

for letters of Admin to the

Estate of late John Costigan

or Custeen, formerly of

Hr. Grace, planter

dec'd

Fiat
J. I. Little
C.J.

June 22/88