Mary J. Fagan
          1895

Estate of Mary J. Fagan 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 Thomas Fagan of St. John's Laborer do swear that I believe that Mary Joseph Fagan late of St. John's in the Central District married woman 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 One thousand two hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn before me, at St. John's
this sixth day of                                                  Thomas Fagan
February A.D. 1895

Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

1895

Estate of Mary J. Fagan
late of St. Johns
in the Central District
Married woman deceased

Admin granted to
Thomas Fagan
of St. John's in the
Central District Laborer

Dated
6^th February 1895

Sureties Thomas Cantwell
Thomas O'Keefe

Estate sworn under $1200.00

Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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Be it Remembered That on this sixteenth day of February in the 58^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-five personally appeared Thomas Fagan of St John's, Laborer, Thomas Cantwell of St. John's Seaman and Thomas O'Keefe of St. John's, Cooper 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 Two thousand two 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 Thomas Fagan as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Mary Joseph Fagan late of St. John's Married woman 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 Thomas Fagan 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 Sixth day of August 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 Thomas Fagan 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 Sixth day of February 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.
Thomas Fagan

                                                                                his
Signed and sealed                                     Thomas X Cantwell
in the presence of                                                  mark
(having been first read                              Thomas O'Keefe
over and explained)

Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits of the
Supreme Court of Newfoundland

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted up in the Court House since the 2^nd Inst -

Jos. P. Carty
ACfC?
Feby 6, 1895

Notice

After three days from date hereof application will be made to the Honorable Sir F.B.T. Carter K.C.M.G. Chief Justice - or to one of the other Honorable Judges of the Supreme Court for Administration to the Estate of Mary Joseph Fagan - late of St. John's Married Woman deceased - to be granted to Thomas Fagan of St. John's Laborer - Husband of said deceased

St. John's
February 2^nd 1895

A.J.? Hayward
Solicitor

To the Honorable Sir F. B. T. Carter K.C.M.G.Chief Justice - or to one of The Honorable the Judges of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

The Petition of Thomas Fagan St. John's - Laborer

Humbly Sheweth

First - That your Petitioner's wife Mary Joseph Fagan, died at St. John's, Newfoundland on the ninth day of August Last leaving her surviving your Petitioner and six children viz. Mary Joseph - Nelly Theresa - James - Richard - and John -
Second - That the said deceased had in her own right a joint interest with one Margaret Kinsella in a property situate on the north side of Water Street in the said Town of St. John's leased to me Thomas Keating for a time of ninety nine years at an annual rent of One Hundred and seventy five Dollars and sixty eight cents (Ground rent) - the one half of which the said Mary Joseph Fagan, deceased was entitled to - viz. Eighty seven Dollars and eighty four cents per annum -

which said Interest is of the probable value of One Thousand Dollars -
Third - That the said Mary Joseph Fagan - deceased - died without a Will -
4^th That no Probate or Letters of Administration have as yet been taken out to said Estate -
5^th Your Petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration to the Estate of said Mary Joseph Fagan - deceased - may be granted to him upon his giving the usual security - and as in duty bound he will ever pray -

St. John's
February 4^th 1895

The same having
been first read                                        Thomas Fagan
over and explained

Supreme Court
Newfoundland

St. John's }
to wit       } I Thomas Fagan of St. John's aforesaid (the Petitioner within named) make oath and say that the contents of the within written Petition are correct and true.

Sworn before me
at St. John's this
Fourth day of
February A.D.                                        Thomas Fagan
one thousand
and ninety five

Jos. P. Carty
Comm'r

Supreme Court

In the matter of the
Estate of Mary Joseph
Fagan - deceased

Petition of           
Fagan for letters
of Administration
to his deceased
wife's estate

Fiat
Feb 6/95 (Day of month somewhat unclear)
J. S. W??ly ?
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