Anastatia Dunn

          1888

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St. Johns      } I do swear that I believe that Anastatia Dunn
To Wit          } late of St. John's in the Central District 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 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 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 one hundred dollars

Sworn before me at St. Johns
this first day of                                        Mary Ann Dunn
October A.D. 1888

Prescott Emerson
Commissioner of Affidavits

Estate of Anastatia Dunn

late of St. Johns

In the Central District

Widow deceased

Admin ---- granted to Mary
Ann Dunn of
St. Johns Spinster

Dated 1^st October 1888

Sureties Edward Rothwell
Andrew C. Blackwood

Estate sworn under

$2000.00

To the Honorable the Supreme Court
or one of the Honorable the judges thereof

The petition of Mary Anne Dunn of St. Johns Spinster

Humbly Sheweth

That your petitioner's mother Anastasia Dunn departed this life on or about the 14^th day of May last leaving her surviving four children namely William when last heard from was in Utah Washington Territory Philip residing in Sydney Australia Charles who is a minor residing with your petitioner and your petitioner
That the said Anastasia Dunn died intestate and was possessed of property of the probable value of Two thousand dollars
That no Administration to her Estate has been granted or applied for
Your petitioner prays that Letters of Administration to the Estate of said deceased be granted to her
And as in duty bound she will ever pray
Dated at St. Johns this 26^th day of September AD 1888

Mary Anne Dunn

Newfoundland

St. Johns      }
To Wit          }Mary Anne Dunne of St. Johns aforesaid the foregoing petitioner maketh oath and saith that the contents of said petition are correct and true to the best of this deponent's knowledge and belief

Sworn before me at
St. Johns aforesaid                              Mary Anne Dunne
this 26^th day of Sept
AD 1888

Jos P. Carty
Comm'r Affd

1888

Supreme Court

In the matter of the
Estate of Anastasia
Dunn deceased

Petition of Mary
Anne Dunn for
Letters of Adm'n

Fiat
F B T Carter
C J

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Be it Remembered That on this first day of October 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 Mary Ann Dunn of Saint John's Spinster Edward Rothwell of same place Merchant and Andrew C. Blackwood of same place Merchant, 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 Mary Anne Dunn as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Anastatia Dunn late of St. Johns 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 Anne Dunne 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 first day of October 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
in the presence of                              Mary Anne Dunne
having been first read                        E. Rothwell
and explained                                    A.C. Blackwood

Prescott Emerson
Comm'r