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Miscellaneous Deeds, Grants, Petitions & Wills
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Thomas Woundy

 

Thomas Woundy
          
1899

Estate of Thomas Woundy 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 Annie Nicholl of St. Johns Married Woman do swear that I believe that Thomas Woundy late of St. Johns Shipwright 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 Six hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn at St. Johns
this 30th day of May                                        Annie Nicholl
A.D. 1899

Before me,

Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

 

 

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1899

Estate of Thomas Woundy
late of St. Johns
in the Central District
Shipwright deceased

Letters of Administration granted to
Annie Nicholl of St. Johns
Married Woman

Dated 3rd June 1899

Sureties James Nicholl
Saml Peet
Wm Horwoody

Estate sworn under $600.00

The Hon'r Jos. J. Little Chief Justice
Geo. H. Emerson Judge
D. Morison Judge

Geo. J. Adams
Actg. Chief Clerk and Registrar

 

 

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 30th 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 Annie Nicholl of St John's Married Woman James Nicholl of St. Johns Boiler Maker and Samuel Peet of St. Johns Blacksmith and William Horwood of St. Johns Salesman 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 Twelve 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 Annie Nicholl as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Thomas Woundy late of St. Johns Shipwright 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 Annie Nicholl 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 30th 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 30th 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.

Annie Nicholl
James Nicholl
Samuel Peet
William Horwood
Signed and sealed
in the presence of
(by the said Annie Nicholl,
Samuel Peet &William
Horwood in the 30th : May 1899

Geo J. Adams
Comm'r SC

 

 

To the Honorable the Supreme Court or one of the Honorable the Judges thereof.

The Petition of Annie Nicholl at present of Saint Johns Married Woman

Humbly Sheweth as follows

That Thomas Woundy late of Saint Johns in the Island of Newfoundland died at the above place on the 6th day of December AD 1898 intestate
That said deceased left him surviving a widow since deceased and four children, Frederick, Isabella, Barbara, and your petitioner, aged respectively, 26, 17, 15, and 28 years.
That at the time of his death the said deceased was possessed of property within the jurisdiction of this Court of the probable value of six hundred dollars.
That no probate to any will or letters of administration have as yet been granted to any person.
          Petitioner therefore prays that administration may be granted to her and as in duty bound she will ever pray.
          Dated at Saint Johns this 29th day of May AD 1899.

Annie Nicholl

 

 

Newfoundland
St. Johns SS
I Annie Nicholl the within named in the foregoing petition make oath and say that the matters therein set forth are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Sworn before me at                              Annie Nicholl
Saint Johns this 29th
day of May AD 1899

W. F. Farrell
Com'r SC

 

 

In the matter of
the Estate of
Thomas Woundy

Petition of
Annie Nicholl
for adm'n Estate

 

 

Certificate

I hereby certify that the foregoing notice was 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.
          Dated at St. Johns this 29th day of May 1899

Geo J. Adams
Actg. Comm'r SC'
per WFF

 

 

NOTICE

Three days from the date hereof application will be made in the Honorable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for letters of administration to the estate and effects which were of Thomas Woundy late of St. Johns deceased to be granted to Annie Nicholl of the same place married woman.
Dated at St. Johns May 25th 1899

WJ?                    F. P. Morris
ACSC                 Solicitor for Petitioner

 

 

We the undersigned children and next of kin of Thomas Woundy late of Saint Johns in the Island of Newfoundland Shipwright, who died at Saint Johns aforesaid in December last, hereby consent to Annie Nicholl being appointed ad- ministratrix to the Estate and Effects of the said Thomas Woundy
Dated at St. Johns this 25th day of May AD 1899

                                        Frederick Woundy
                                        Isabella Woundy
Witness                          May Woundy
William Horwood
Horwood Lumber Co.

 

 

In the matter of the
Estate of Thomas
Woundy- late of
Saint Johns Ship
Wright - deceased

Petition of Annie
Nichol
for admin
istration

Fiat usual security

D. Morison J
May 29/99

 

 

Page Transcribed by Gordon Bennett

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

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