Mary Keefe
          1895

Estate of Mary Keefe 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 23^rd day of November 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 five [sic] personally appeared Philip Dawe of Kelligrews in the Southern District fisherman, John Costello of Conception Harbor and John Hynes of Kelligrews 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 one 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 Philip Dawe as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Mary Keefe late of Lance Cove Conception Bay 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 Philip Dawe 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 23^rd 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 into the hands or possession of him the said Philip Dawe 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 23^rd day of November 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.

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Signed and sealed                                                  Philip X Dawe
Having been first read                                                    mark
over and explained
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                                                                               John X Costello
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Jos. P. Carty                                                        John Hains
Commissioner of Affidavits of the
Supreme Court of Newfoundland

Certificate

I hereby certify that the written notice was duly posted in this office from the day of the date thereof until this date and that no caveat of other objection has been entered thereto.
          Dated at Saint Johns this 20^th day of November A.D. 1895
Jos. P. Carty
ACFC

Notice

Three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honourable  the Supreme Court or one of the Honourable the Judges thereof for letters of administration to the Estate and effects which were of Mary Keefe late of Lance Cove Conception Bay in the Island of Newfoundland Widow of Thomas Keefe to be granted to Philip Dawe of Kelligrews Conception Bay grandson of the said deceased.
          S. Johns Mar 12^th AD 1895

F. M. Morris
Solicitor

I Ellen Dawe widow of Abraham Dawe and Eldest daughter of Mary Keefe widow of Thomas Keefe, late of Lance Cove Conception Bay in the island of Newfoundland do hereby consent to administration of the Estate and Effects which were of the said Mary Keefe being granted to Philip Dawe of Lower Gulley aforesaid my Eldest son.
          Dated at Lower Gulley this fifteenth day of November AD 1895

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Signed before me                                                  Ellen X Dawe
having been read                                                            mark
over this 15 day of November 1895

Francis F. Furneaux
Commssioner of Supreme Court of Newfoundland

To the Honourable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honourable the Judges thereof.

The Petition of Philip Dawe of Kelligrews Conception Bay in the Island of Newfoundland farmer humbly sheweth as follows.

That Mary Keefe late of Kelligrews aforesaid widow of Thomas Keefe died at the above place in the year 1872 intestate.
That said deceased left her surviving four daughters, Ellen widow of Abraham Dawe, Johanna wife of John Comerford, Bridget wife of Michael Lee and Mary wife of Patrick Roach.
That at the time of her death deceased was possessed of property within the jurisdiction of this court of the probable value of fifty dollars.
That no administration has been granted to any person.
That hereto annexed is an assignment from Mary and Bridget children of said deceased to Ellen widow of Abraham Dawe.
That Petitioners father paid the funeral and other expenses of the said Mary Keefe.
That annexed hereto is the consent in writing of the said Ellen Dawe that petitioner be appointed administrator of the Estate and effects of the said Mary Keefe.

Petitioner therefore prays that your Honourable Court may be pleased to appoint him administrator of the Estate and effects which were of the said Mary Keefe and as in duty bound he will ever pray.
Dated at St. John's this 12^th day of November A.D. 1895.

Philip Dawe

Newfoundland
St. John's S.S.
I Philip Dawe the party named in the foregoing petition make oath and say that the following matters set forth in the annexed petition are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Sworn before me at                                                  Philip Dawe
Saint John's this 13^th
day of November
A.D. 1895 having been
first read over and explained

Alex'r J W McNeily
Comm'r S. C

Petition of
Philip Dawe
for Letters of
Administration
to Estate of Mary
Keefe

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND }
St. John's To Wit        }

I do swear that I believe that Mary Keefe late of Lance Cove Conception Bay in the Island of Newfoundland 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 fifty dollars.

So help me God

Sworn before me, at St. John's,
this 23^rd day of November                                                his
A.D. 1895 Having been first                                   Philip X Dawe
read over and explained                                                    mark
Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

1895

Estate of Mary Keefe
late of Lance Cove Conception Bay
in the Central District
Widow deceased

Admin granted to
Philip Dawe of Kelligrews

Dated 28^th Nov 1895

Sureties John Costello
John Hines

Estate sworn under $50.00