Patrick Holden
          1900

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Estate of Patrick Holden 1900
From LDS Microfilm #2057448

AFFIDAVIT.
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
Holyrood   To Wit:          I Mary Holden of Holyrood in the Northern District, Widow, do swear that I believe that Patrick J. Holden, late of Holyrood, aforesaid, Miner, 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 Two thousand dollars.

So help me God

Sworn at Holyrood, aforesaid                                                            Mary Holden
this 30^th day of January
A.D. 1900

Before me,

John Veitch? J. P.
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

1900

Estate of Patrick Holden
late ofHolyrood
in the Northern District
Miner deceased

Letters of Administration granted to
Mary Holden of Holyrood

Dated January 31 . 1900

Sureties J. Murphy C.C.
Reuben Dwyer ?
Philip Le???
John Veitch

Estate sworn under $ 2000.00

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

D. M. Browning
Chief Clerk and Registrar

TO THE HONOURABLE THE SUPREME COURT, OR ONE OF THE HONOURABLE THE JUDGES THEREOF

The Petition of Mary Holden, of Holyrood in the District of Harbor Main in the Island of Newfoundland, Widow, by her Solicitor, Charles O'Neill Conroy,

Humbly Sheweth

1. Patrick F. Holden, late of Holyrood aforesaid, Miner, died at Montreal in the Dominion of Canada, intestate, on the 8^th day of December 1899
2. The said deceased left him surviving his widow, your Petitioner, and five children, of whom two, namely Mary Margaret Holden and Josephine Holden are over twenty-one years of age, and the remaining three, namely James Holden, Agnes Holden and William Holden, are minors.
3. The said deceased, at the time of his death, was possessed of property not exceeding in value Two thousand dollars.
4. No administration to the estate of the said Patrick F. Holden has been granted forth of this Honourable Court to anyone.
5. No letters of Guardianship to the estate of the said Minors, James Holden, Agnes Holden, or William Holden have been granted forth of this Honourable Court to anyone.

          Your petitioner therefore prays that your Honourable Court or Your Lordship may be pleased to grant to her

1. Letters of Administration to the Estate of the said Patrick F. Holden, and
2. Letters of Guardianship to the several estates of the said Minors James Holden, Agnes Holden, and Wiliam Holden.

          And, as in duty bound, your Petitioner will ever pray etc.

          Dated at St. Johns in the Island aforesaid this 22^nd day of January A.D. 1900.

Chas. O'Neill Conroy
Solicitor for Petitioner

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND

In the matter of the Estate of
Patrick F. Holden, deceased, and
in the matter of the forgoing
Petition of Mary Holden.

NEWFOUNDLAND
ST. JOHNS
SS          I, Mary Holden, of Holyrood in the District of Harbour Main in Newfoundland aforesaid Widow, make oath and say as follows :-

1. I am the Petitioner in the foregoing Petition named.
2. The several matters and things therein contained are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Sworn at St. Johns aforesaid                                                  Mary Holden
this 22^nd day of January 1900

Before me

Simon Butler
A Commissioner S.C.

Supreme Court

In re Patrick F. Holden
deceased

Petition
of
Mary Holden

Fiat for adm'n
Jos J. Little
C.J.

CHAS. O'NEILL CONROY
Petrs. Solicitor
Law Chambers, St. John's, N.F.

I certify that the notice on the other side hereof was duly posted in my office from the day of the date thereof to the present day and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.

          Dated the 27^th day of January 1900

Geo. J. Adams
A.C.S.C.

          Three days after 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 of Patrick F. Holden, late of Holyrood in the District of Harbor Main in the Island of Newfoundland, Miner, deceased, to be granted to his widow Mary Holden of the said place.
Chas. O'Neill Couroy
Solicitor for Applicant
GJA?
A.C.S.C.

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this twenty sixth day of January in the 63^rd 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 Nine Hundred personally appeared Mary Holden of Holyrood in the District of Harbor Main, Widow, J. Murphy of Holyrood, Richard Dwyer of the said place, Schoolmaster, Philip Lewig? of the said place, Hotel Keeper, and John Veitch of the said place, Telegraphist? of St John's 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 Four 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 Mary Holden as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Patrick F. Holden late of Holyrood aforesaid, 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 Holden 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 Twenty-sixth day of January 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 Holden 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 Twenty Sixth day of January which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand nine hundred and one, 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                                                                      Mary Holden
in the presence of                                                                       J. Murphy
each other and in                                                                        Richard Dwyer
my presence:                                                                                         his
                                                                                                   Philip X Lewis
                                                                                                             mark
John Veitch                                                                               John Veitch
Comm'r Affdts, S.C.