Alexander Graham
          1894

Estate of Alexander Graham 1894
From LDS Microfilm # 2057392

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in the office of the Chief Clerk and Registrar of the Supreme Court from the date thereof to the present and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.

          Dated at St. John's this 2^nd day of March A.D. 1894

Jos. P. Carty
Asst. Clerk
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(Note: Seal of Registrar's Office of Newfoundland dated 2 March 1894 is affixed to bottom left corner.)

Notice
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Three days from the date hereof 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 Alexander Graham late of St. John's Master Mariner deceased to be granted to Jane Graham of the same place, widow of deceased.
St. Johns February 17^th 1894
Chas H Hutchings
Solicitor for PetitionEr
GJA
ACofC

(Note: Stamp of Registrar's Office St. John's Newfoundland dated 17 Feb 1894 is affixed to bottom left corner.)

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

The Petition of Jane Graham of St. Johns in the Island of Newfoundland Widow

Humbly sheweth

1. That Alexander Graham late of St. Johns aforesaid Master Mariner died on the tenth day of February instant intestate.

2. That said Intestate left him surviving his Widow Your Petition one son, William residing in          and two daughters Hannah, and Jane wife of Charles Stevenson both residing in St Johns aforesaid

3. That said intestate was possessed at the time of his death of property to the probable vale of Twenty Four Thousand Dollars (24000.00)

4. That no Probate or Administration has been granted to any Will or the estate of the said deceased

          Your Petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration to the Estate of the said Alexander Graham be

be granted to her

          And as is duty bound Your Petioner will ever pray & &c &c

          Dated at St Johns aforesaid this 28^th day of February AD 1894

Jane C Graham

Newfoundland }
St. Johns           } I Jane Graham of St. Johns aforesaid the within named Petitioner make oath and say that the several matters and things in the within petition contained are just and true in every particular - to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Sworn before me at          }
St. Johns aforesaid            }
This 28^th day of February}                    Jane C Graham
AD 1894                           }
Geo J Adams
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Comm of C

Supreme Court

In the matter of }
the Estate of      }
Alexr Graham }
Master Mariner }
deceased         }

Petition for
Administration

Fiat
March 2/94
J.S. Winter
J.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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Be it Remembered, That on this Fifth day of March in the Fifty seventh 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 Ninety four personally appeared Jane Graham of St. Johns in the Central District, Widow, Moses Monroe of St. Johns Merchant and John McNeil of St. Johns Chemist and John Green of St John's - Master Mariner and did acknowledge themselves to be held and firmly bound to our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal sum of Fifty 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 Jane Graham --- as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Alexander Graham late of St. Johns aforesaid, Master Mariner 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 Jane Graham 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, into the Supreme Court of Newfoundland at or before the Fifth --- day of September 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 to the hands or possession of her the said Jane Graham --- 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 Fifth day of March which will be in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-five 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 Adminis-tration account, the same being examined and allowed by the said Supreme Court of Newfoundland, shall and do pay and dispose of in a due course of Administration, or in such 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. Jane C Graham

SIGNED AND SEALED }                    Moses Monroe
in the presence of             }                    --------------------

Geo. J. Adams                                      Jno McNeil
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Comm of C                                            John Green

AFFIDAVIT.
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND } I, Jane Graham, of St. John's
St. Johns         To Wit } in the Central District Widow do swear that I believe that Alexander Graham late of St. Johns, aforesaid, Master Mariner 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 after 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, of which he died possessed, within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not, according to the best of my knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of Twenty five thousand ----------------------------------Dollars.

So help me GOD.

Sworn before me, at St Johns }                    Jane C Graham
this 5^th day of                          }
March A.D. 1894                    }

          Geo. J. Adams
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Commissioner of Affidavits,
Supreme Court.

1894

Estate of Alex^r Graham
late of St. John's
in the Central District
Master Mariner deceased
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Admin. granted to
Jane Graham
of St. John's
in the Central District.
Widow
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Dated
6^th March 1894
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Sureties M. Monroe
John McNeil & John Greene
Estate sworn under $25,000