Anne Barbour
          1895

Estate of Anne Barbour 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
St. John's To Wit          I Alpheus Barbour of Newtown, Bonavista Bay in the Northern District, (at present of St. Johns), Merchant, do swear that I believe that Anne Barbour, late of Newtown, aforesaid, 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 of which she 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 Ten thousand five hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn before me, at St. John's,
this fifteenth day of October  A.D. 1895           Alpheus Barbour

Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

1895

Estate of Anne Barbour
late of Newtown, Bonavista Bay
in the Northern District
Widow deceased

Admin granted to Alpheus Barbour
of Newtown, Merchant

Dated 15^th October 1895

Sureties G.S. Melligan Jr
John B. Ayre, Wm. Barnes
Harry Gear

Estate sworn under $10,500.00

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

          The petition of Alpheus Barbour of Newtown, Bonavista Bay in the Northern District, Merchant

Humbly Sheweth

          That your petitioners mother Anne Barbour late of Newtown aforesaid widow died on or about the second day of October A.D. 1894 having leaving her surviving Alfreda Jane, Mary Ellen, Lavina Lydia, Beatrice Minnie, Maggie Trena?,Baxter?, and your petitioner Alpheus[sic]
          That the Estate of the said Anne Barbour at the time of her death did not to the best of petitioners knowledge and belief exceed ten thousand dollars.
          That no letters of Administration of the Estate of the said Anne Barbour have been granted
          Your petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration to the Estate of the said Anne Barbour may be granted to your petitioner.
          And as in duty bound I will ever pray &c &c
          Dated at St. Johns this 27^th day of May A.D. 1895

Michael Barbour

In the Supreme Court of
Newfoundland

In the matter of the Estate of
Ann Barbour late of Newtown,
Bonavista Bay in the Northern
District, widow -

Saint Johns
To wit          I Alpheus Barbour of Newtown Bonavista Bay in the Northern District the petitioner in the within petition make oath and say that the several matters and things therein contained are just and true.
Sworn before me at                                        Alpheus Barbour
St. Johns aforesaid this
28^th day of May AD 1895

Jos. P. Carty
Comm'r SC

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 Anne Barbour late of Newtown, Bonavista Bay widow to be granted to her son Alpheus Barbour.
          Dated at St. Johns this 1^st day of May AD 1895

Sydney S. Blanford
Solicitor for
Alpheus Barbour
(Illegible initials)

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side written has been duly posted in the office of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court of St. John's, from the day of the date thereof until this date, and that no caveat or other objection thereto has been filed or entered.
          St. John's this 28^th day of May A.D. 1895

Jos. P. Carty
ACSC

In the Supreme
Court of Newfoundland

In the matter of the
Estate of the late Ann [sic]
Barbour of Newtown
in the Northern Dist

Fiat- ample
security to be taken
J.J. Little
J.

Sureties

Geo. S. Nelligan?
Barnes
Harry Gear
John B. Ayre

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this fifteenth day of October in the 59^th 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 Alpheus Barbour of Newtown, Bonavista Bay, at present of St. Johns ??? ??? of St. Johns ??? William Barnes of St. Johns Merchant Henry G??? of St. Johns Merchant and John B. Ayre of St. Johns Baker 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 ???ty five thousand dollars to be had, made and levied on his 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 Alpheus Barbour as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of the late Ann [sic] Barbour late of Newtown, Bonavista Bay in the Northern District 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 him the said Alpheus Barbour as such Administrator or to the hands or possession of any other person, or persons, for him and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the fifteenth day of April 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 into the hands or possession of him the said Administrator or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him shall well and truly administer according to Law, and further shall make, or cause to be made, a just and true account of his said Administration, on or before the 15^th day of October which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and ninety six and afterwards from time to time as he 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.

Alpheus Barbour
Signed and sealed                                        G.S. Nelligan? Jr
in the presence of                                        Wm. Jno? Barnes
                                                                     H. Gear?
Geo. I. Adams                                            John BulleyAyre
Comm'r SC