Michael Gillam
          1895

Estate of Michael Gillam 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND }
Channel      To Wit     } I Elizabeth Gillam of Channel Widow do swear that I believe that Michael Gillam of Channel aforesaid Schooner owner deceased died without a Will: and that I will well and truly administer all and every the Goods of the said deceased and pay Debts so far as Goods will extend and the law shall bind me 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 Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars.

So help me God

Sworn before me at Channel
this Twelfth day of November
A.D. 1895 having been first
read over and explained.

Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

1895

Estate of Michael Gillam

late of Channel

in the Southern District

Mariner deceased

Admin granted to
Elizabeth Gillam of
Channel in the Southern
District Widow

Dated
21^st Dec'r 1895

Sureties Wm. Carter
Philip T. Clement
Thomas Dicks
Solomon Gillam

Estate sworn under
          $5500.00

To the Honourable the Supreme Court of Newfoundland or one of the Honourable Judges thereof

The Petition of Elizabeth Gillam of Channel in the District of Burgeo and La Poile Widow

Humbly Sheweth

          That your Petitioner's husband Michael Gillam late of Channel aforesaid Schooner Owner and mariner left Channel aforesaid on the night of Thursday the Twenty second of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight-hundred and Ninety four in the Schooner Maud Gillam owned and commanded by your Petitioner's husband bound for the port of North Sydney in Cape Breton Nova Scotia.
          That the said Schooner Maud Gillam has never arrived at her destination, neither has any account of her fate nor of the fate of the persons on board ever been ascertained.
          That the said Schooner Maud Gillam with all on board has ??? ago been given up as lost.
          That the said Michael Gillam died without having made a will leaving him surviving your petitioner and four children viz; John William aged Twenty-seven years, Anabella? Maud aged twenty years, Sarah Jane aged Sixteen years and Michael Alfred aged Eleven years, and at the time of his decease the Estate of the said Michael Gillam within

the jurisdiction of your Honourable Court did not exceed the sum of Five thousand Dollars in Value.
          That no letters of Administration of said Estate have been granted
          Your Petitioner humbly prays that Letters of Administration of said Estate be granted to her and as in duty bound will ever pray
          The Twenty-sixth day of October A.D. 1895

Supreme Court

Newfoundland }
Channel SS       }
          Elizabeth Gillam of Channel aforesaid Widow the Petitioner named in the Petition above written maketh oath and saith that the Matters and things therein set forth are just and true to the best of deponents knowledge and belief.

Sworn before me at Channel
aforesaid this 26^th day of
October A.D. 1895 having
been first read over and
explained.
R.T. Squarey
Commissioner Affidavits
Supreme Court

In the Supreme Court

In the matter of
the Estate of
Mich'l Gillam
late of Channel
deceased.

Petition of
Elizabeth Gillam
for Letters of
Adm'n.

Fiat
Nov 23/95
J.S. Winter
J.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this Sixteenth day of December 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 five personally appeared Elizabeth Gillam of Channel Widow Emanuel Pike Solomon Gillam William Carter and Philip T. Clement 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 Eleven 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 Elizabeth Gillam as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Michael Gillam late of Channel aforesaid, 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 Michael Gillam late of Channel aforesaid Mariner deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession, or knowledge of her the said Elizabeth Gillam 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, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the Sixteenth day of June 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 her the said Elizabeth Gillam 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 Sixteenth day of December which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and ninety six 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 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.

SIGNED and SEALED                                         her
in the presence of                                   Elizabeth X Gillam
First read over and                                                mark
explained                                                Emanuel Pike
R. T. Squarey                                        Solomon Gillam
Commissioner                                       William Carter
Supreme Court                                      Philip T. Clement

NOTICE

After three days from date hereof application will be made to the Supreme Court or one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration to the Estate of Michael Gillam late of Channel Schooner owner deceased to be granted to the Widow of deceased.
          St. John's November 13^th, 1895.

M.H. Carty
Solicitor for Applicant

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been duly posted in my office from the day of the date thereof until this date and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
          St. John's November 20^th 1895

Jos. P. Carty
Comm'r Afdts
ACFC?