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Miscellaneous Deeds, Grants, Petitions & Wills
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Elizabeth Winsor

 

Elizabeth Winsor
          1899

Estate of Elizabeth Winsor 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 Susan Bolt of St. Johns spinster, do swear that I believe that Elizabeth Winsor late of St. Johns, Widow, 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 of which she 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 hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn, at St. John's                                                 Susan Bolt
this 12th day of May
A.D. 1899

Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

 

 

1899

Estate of Elizabeth Winsor
late of St. Johns
in the Central District
Widow deceased

Letters of Administration granted to
Susan Bolt of St. Johns Spinster

Dated 16th May 1899

Sureties John J. White
Pat'k Buckley

Estate sworn under $500.00

 

 

In the matter of the Estate of Elizabeth Winsor late of Waterford Bridge Road near Saint Johns widow deceased

I the undersigned Sarah Jane Winsor at present of Waterford Bridge Road near Saint Johns in the Island of Newfoundland Spinster do hereby consent to Susan Bolt of Waterford Bridge Road aforesaid my aunt being appointed administratrix to the estate and effects which were of Elizabeth Winsor late of Waterford Bridge Road aforesaid, my mother.
          Dated at Saint Johns this 22nd day of April AD 1899

her
Sarah Jane X Winsor
mark

Witness
having been first read over
and explained

D. Walsh
Grocer Water Street West

 

 

NOTICE

Three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honourable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honourable the Judges thereof for letters of administration to the estate of Eliz-abeth Winsor late of Waterford Bridge Road to be granted to Susan Bolt of the same place, sister of deceased.
Dated at St. Johns April 22nd A.D. 1899.

(Illegible initials)                    E. P. Morris
CC &R                                    Solicitor for Petitioner.

 

 

CERTIFICATE

I hereby certify that the foregoing notice 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. Johns
May 12/99
Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits,
Supreme Court

 

 

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

The Petition of Susan Bolt at present of Waterford Bridge Road, near St. Johns,

Humbly Sheweth as follows :-

That Elizabeth Winsor, late of Waterford Bridge Road, aforesaid, widow, died at the above place on the 18th day of July A.D. 18?? Intestate.
          That said deceased left her surviving one child Sarah Jane now aged 23, who has lived all her life with the petitioner who is her aunt being her mother's sister.
          That said deceased left property within the jurisdiction of this Court of the probable value of five hundred dollars.
          That no probate to any will or administration to the said estate has as yet been granted to any person.
          That annexed hereto is the consent of the said Sarah Jane Winsor to Petitioner being appointed administratrix of said estate.
          Petitioner therefore prays that she may be appointed administratrix to the estate of the said Elizabeth Winsor and as in duty bound will ever pray.
Dated at St. John's this 27th day of April A.D. 1899.

her
Susan X Bolt
mark

NEWFOUNDLAND
St. John's SS

          I, Susan Bolt, the petitioner named in the foregoing petition make oath and say that the matters and things therein set forth are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

her
Susan X Bolt
mark

SWORN before me at St. John's afore-
said this 27th day of April A.D. 1899
(having first been read over and explained)
Simon Butler
Com SC

 

 

In the matter
of the Estate
of Elizabeth
Winsor.

Petition of Susan
Bolt
praying

Fiat

May 16th /99
Jos. J. Little
C.J.

 

 

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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(Written in the left margin:)
Approved
J.?
c.j.

(Also written in the left margin just below the above:)
The parties
testifies Before me
Geo J. Adams
Commissioner

Be it Remembered That on this 12th day of May in the 62nd 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 Susan Bolt of St John's, Spinster, John White of St. Johns, Storekeeper, and Patrick Buckley of St. Johns, 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 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 Susan Bolt as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Elizabeth Winsor late of St. Johns, Widow, 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 Susan Bolt 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 12th 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 her death, or which at any time afterwards shall come into the hands or possession of her the said Administratrix 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 12th day of May 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.

S. Bolt
John J. White
Signed and sealed                                        Patrick Buckley
in the presence of

Geo. J. Adams
Comm'r S.C.

 

 

Page Transcribed by Gordon Bennett

Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit (Wednesday August 01, 2018)

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