William Dawley
          1895

Estate of William Dawley 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

AFFIDAVIT
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Supreme Court of Newfoundland on Circuit
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Harbor Grace
To Wit            I do swear that I believe that William Dawley late of Harbor Grace in the Northern District 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 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 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 Two hundred dollars.

So help me God

Patrick Dawley

Sworn before me, at Harbor
Grace this 2^nd day of May in
the year of Our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and
Ninety five.

Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner of Affidavits,
Supreme Court

189 (Exact year not given)

Estate of William Dawley
late of Harbor Grace
in the Northern District
Fisherman deceased

Admin granted to
Patrick Dawley of Hr Grace

Dated May 2, 1895

Sureties Michael Scanlan
           Robert Gardiner

Estate sworn under $200.00

To the Hon. Sir F.B.T. Carter K.C.M.G. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or one of the Hon. the Assistant Judges thereof.

The Petition of Patrick Dawley of Harbor Grace, fisherman

Humbly Sheweth

          That your Petitioner's Father, the late William Dawley, late of Harbor Grace aforesaid deceased died at that place on the eleventh day of February in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and ninety two? Intestate.
That he left surviving him besides your Petitioner, who is his eldest son, one other son and one Daughter.
That at the time of his

death the said William Dawley was possessed of property of the probable value of Two hundred dollars.
That no Probate or Administration to the said Estate has hitherto been granted by this Honorable Court.
Your Petitioner therefore prays that Administration to the said Estate may be granted to him
And as in duty bound will ever pray &c

Hr. Grace   11^th Dec'r / 94                              Patrick Dawley

In the Supreme Court

Newfoundland
Harbor Grace
To wit
I Patrick Dawley of Harbor Grace aforesaid fisherman make oath and say that the contents of the foregoing Petition are correct and true.

Sworn before me at Hr. Grace
aforesaid this 11^th day of Dec'r / 94                    Patrick Dawley

W. J. Lynch
Commissioner S.C.

1894

??? Adm'n of the Estate of
the late Patrick [sic] Dawley
of Hr Grace

Petition for adm'n

Notice

After three days application will be made to the Hon. Supreme Court on Circuit at Harbor Grace for Letters of Administration to the Estate of the late William Dawley late of Harbor Grace fisherman deceased to be granted to Richard Dawley eldest son of said deceased
Hr. Grace
24^th? April / 95
Thomas F? Walsh
Solicitor for Petitioner
J.P.C.

Ordered accordingly
May 1 . 1895
J P C
Clerk

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 2^nd day of May in the          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 five personally appeared Patrick Dawley of Harbor Grace in the Northern District fisherman, Michael Scanlan of Harbor Grace aforesaid fisherman Robert Gardiner also of Harbor Grace, fisherman 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 four hundred 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 Patrick Dawley as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of William Dawley late of Harbor Grace 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 him the said Patrick Dawley 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 2^nd day of November 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 or possession of him the said Patrick Dawley 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 2^nd day of May 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.

Patrick Dawley
Michael Scanlan
Robert Gardiner
Signed and sealed
in the presence of

Jos. P. Carty
Comm'r S C