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Anne C.W. Tessier Estate of Anne C.W. Tessier 1894
AFFIDAVIT. In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. NEWFOUNDLAND, } I do swear that I believe that Anne Catherine Weston Tessier late of Saint John's in the Central District of the Island of Newfoundland widow deceased died with -------- 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 her 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 she died possessed, within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not, according the best of my knowledge, judgment and belief amount to the value of Four Thousand Dollars. So help me GOD. Sworn before, at St John's } Anne C M Tessier
1894 Estate of Anne C.W. Tessier Adminc.t.a. granted to Anne Caroline Dated Sureties. Charles W.H. Tessier Estate sworn under $400000
To the Honourable the Supreme Court or one of the Honourable the Judges thereof The Petition of Anne Caroline Maria Tessier of S John's, Single woman, Humbly Sheweth: That Petitioners mother Anne Catherine Weston Tessier late of S John's Merchant deceased died at S John's in the month of January, last past having first made her last Will and Testament which is hereunto annexed marked 'A'. That annexed hereto is the affidavit of Charles W.H. Tessier of S John's Merchant Stepson of the said Testatrix (a person acquainted with the handwriting of the Testatrix) in proof that the said Will is wholly in the handwriting of the said Anne Catherine Weston Tessier. Page 2 Your Petitioner therefore prays that Administration with the Will annexed may be granted to her as the sole LegatEE under the sid Will or to such other person as Your Honourable Court or your Lordship may direct and appoint. Dated at S John's this Eighth day of February AD 1894. Anne C M Tessier
Supreme Court of In the matter of Will } S John's }
Sworn before me at S John's } Anne C M. Tessier Alexr J. W. McNeily
'A' This is the Exhibit marked "A" referred to in the
St Johns Newfoundland Witness Catherine Hynes (Note: 'A' found to left at top is written on a slant.
Supreme Court of St. Johns }
That after the decease of the said Testatrix the said annexed Will was found in her writing-desk in which the Testatrix Kept her other private letters and papers in her private residence at River Head S John's Sworn before me at St Johns } Alexr. J.W. McNeily }
Fiat (The following was found to the right of the above:)
This is the last Will and Testament of me Anne Catherine Weston Tessier wife of Peter Germon Tessier of Saint John's Newfoundland, and make with his assent and approval, as Certified by his Signature hereto __ Page 2 of either of them without lawful issue, then to the survivor or Lesor (?) her issue as the Case may be, and Should both die without leaving sur-viving issue - then I devise and bequeath all my said Shares - and all other property to which I am or may become entitled to the Sons of my late Sister Jane Caroline Tessier Share and Share alike, and to their lawful representatives, with benefit of survivors High(?) in case of the death of either without surviving issue - Page 3 my last Will andTestament have set my hand and Seal this Sixth day of July in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Eighty five - at Saint John's Newfoundland - Anne Catherine Weston Tessier Seal affixed here. Signed Sealed published and declared by the within named Anne Catherine Weston Tessier as and for her last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who in her presence, and in the presence of each other at her request have Subscribed our names as Witnesses hereto - an erasure on the 22nd line of the Second page having first been made - I assent to, and approve of the foregoing Will Peter Germon Tessier
Supreme Court of Newfoundland. Be it Remembered, That on this fourteenth day of November in the Fifty-eighth 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 Anne C.M. Tessier of Saint John's in the Central District Spinster, Charles W.H. Tessier and John B. Ayre of the same place Merchants 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 Eight 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 Anne C M. Tessier as Administratrix with the Will annexed --------------------------- of the Estate and Effects of Anne C W Tessier late of Saint John's 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 Anne C M Tessier 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 fourteenth day of May ----------- 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 to the hands or possession of her the said Anne C M Tessier 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 fourteenth day of November 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. SIGNED AND SEALED } Anne C M Tessier Alexr. J.W. McNeily Ch W. H. Tessier (Note: Seals affixed to the right of the signatures.)
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