Francis Walsh
          1899

Estate of Francis Walsh 1899
From LDS Microfilm #2057448

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
St. Johns To Wit:          I Mary Walsh of Bay Bulls but at present of St. Johns Widow do swear that I believe that Francis Walsh of St. Marys but lately of Bay Bulls 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 Three hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn, at St. John's,                                                Mary Walsh
this 25^th day of February
A.D. 1899

Before me

W. F. Farrell
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

1899

Estate of Francis Walsh
late of Bay Bulls
in the Southern District
Fisherman deceased

Letters of Administration granted to
Mary Walsh of Bay Bulls, Widow

Dated 27^th February 1899

Sureties F. L. Ireland?
F. Wadden

Estate sworn under $300.00

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 25^th day of February in the 62^nd 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 nine

Personally appeared Mary Walsh of Bay Bulls in the Southern District, Widow, Francis L. Ireland Clerk, and Francis Wadden??? ??? of St. Johns 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 Five 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 Mary Walsh Widow as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Francis Walsh late of Bay Bulls aforesaid 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 her the said Mary Walsh 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 25^th day of February 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 Mary Walsh 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 25^th day of February [sic] which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand nine hundred 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.
Mary Walsh
F. E. Ireland
Signed and sealed                                        F. Wadden
in the presence of
W. F. Farrell
Com'r S.C.

Notice

Three days after the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for letters of administration to the Estate of Francis Walsh late of Bay Bulls in the Southern District Fisherman, to be granted to Mary Walsh of Bay Bulls aforesaid Widow of deceased.
          St. Johns February 20 : 1899
D. Jos. Greene
Solicitor for applicant
WF
A.C.S.C.

I certify that the notice on the other side written was on the day of the date thereof posted in my office and has remained there until this date and that no caveat or other objection has been filed against it.
          Saint Johns February 24^th 1899
Geo. J. Adams
Actg C.C. &Reg'r
Per W. J. C. ?

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

The Petition of Mary Walsh of Bay Bulls
in the Southern District, widow,
Humbly Sheweth

That your Petitioner's husband Francis Walsh late of Bay Bulls in the Southern District, Fisherman, died at sea on the 20^th day of July A.D. 1898, intestate and leaving him surviving as sole next of kin his widow, your petitioner, and three brothers, Thomas Walsh, Edward Walsh and James Walsh, all of St. Marys in the Southern District, Fisherman.
That the said Francis Walsh left at his decease property within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court of the probable value of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
That no probate of any will or letters of administration to the Estate of the said Francis Walsh have been granted or applied for.
          Your Petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration to the Estate of the said Francis Walsh may be granted to her.
          And as in duty bound your Petitioner will ever pray &c
          Dated at St. Johns this 21^st day of February A.D. 1899

Mary Walsh

In the Supreme Court

Supreme Court
St. Johns SS
I Mary Walsh, the Petitioner named in the foregoing Petition, make oath and say that the matters and things in the said Petition contained are just, correct and true to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.
Sworn before me at                                        Mary Walsh
St. Johns aforesaid this
21^st day of February
A.D. 1899
W. F. Farrell
Comr S.C.

Supreme Court

In the matter of the
Estate of Frances
Walsh late of Bay
Bulls, Fisherman,
deceased.

Petition of
Mary Walsh for
Administration.

Fiat on usual
Security
Feby 25:1899

Geo. H. Emerson
J

Herbert Keough
Solicitor