Alexander McKenzie
          1900

Estate of Alexander McKenzie 1900
From LDS Microfilm #2057616

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.

Geo. J Adams
Clerk

Notice.

          Three days after the date hereof application will be made to the Honourable the Supreme Court or to one of the Honourables the Judges thereof for probate to the will of Alexander McKenzie late of St. John's Merchant deceased to be granted to Annavale McKenzie of the same place the executor named in the said will.

E.C. Morris
St. John's Nov 22^nd 1900
Solicitor for exector

(Note: there is writing over top of the typed page - difficult to read)

Dec. 13 1900

Hon E. C. Morris S. C.

Dear Sir:

          Please note that I withdraw my caveat from your notice for Probate re Estate of late a. McKenzie.

Yours ??
L. J. Foote

TO THE HONOURABLE THE SUPREME COURT OR TO ONE OF THE HONOURABLE THE JUDGES HEREOF.

          The petition of Anna Vale McKenzie of St. John's widow humbly sheweth as follows:

          That your petitioner's late husband the late Alexander McKenzie late of St. John's Merchant deceased died at that place on or about the 18^th day of October last past.

          That previous to his death the said deceased made and executed his last will and testament which is hereunto annexed proven upon the affidavit of James Jardine one of the subscribing witnesses thereto.

          That at the time of his death the said deceased was possessed of property within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court of the probable value of one thousand dollars.

          That neither probate to any last will nor letters of administration to the estate of the said deceased has yet been granted to any person.

          Your petitioner would therefore pray your Honourable Court to grant her probate to the will of her late husband the said deceased and as in duty bound she will ever pray &c. &c.
Dated at St. John's this 18^th day December A.D. 1900

Anna Vail McKenzie

NEWFOUNDLAND
St. John's SS.

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

SWORN to before me at St. John's
aforesaid this 19^th day of December A.D. 1900
Anna Vail McKenzie

Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits

This is the last will and testiment of me Alexander McKenzie at present of  St. John's Merchant. First I hereby appoint my dear wife Anna V^Vale McKenzie^Vail sole executor of this my last will and testament and I hereby revoke all former or other wills that may have been made by me. Second I devise and bequeath to my executor hereby appointed all and singular my estate land business possessions monies vessels goods and effects which I may die possessed of. Third it is my will and desire that my said executor after my death shall sell and dispose of all my said properties vessels goods and effects as above mentioned and apply the money realized from the sale of first to the payment of my just debts and the balance or remainder if any shall go and become the property of my said wife for her support and the support of my children.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto my hand set and subscribed at St. John's this 10^th day of September A.D. 1900

Signed by the said testator as and for
his last will and testament in our Presence          Alex McKenzie
who in his presence at his request and in
the presence of each other have hereunto
our names subscribed as witnesses.

James Jardine
Frank Morris

(written down the side of the page)

This is the will of Alexander McKenzie marked "A" referred to in the annexed affidavit of James Jardine dated this 15^th day of December A.D. 1900 before me Geo. J. Adams Commissiioner of Affidavits.

"A"
A.V Mc Ke

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

NEWFOUNDLAND
To Wit:

I, James Jardine of Saint John's in the island of Newfoundland Customs Examiner (initial on side Ga)
make oath and say that on the 10^th day of September A.D. One Thousand Nine Hundred I was present and did see Alexander McKenzie late of Saint John's Merchant the Testator named in the paper writing herunto annexed, marked "A" duly sign, publish and declare the said annexed paper writing, as and for his last Will and Testament in my presence, and in the Presence of Frank J. Morris the other subscribing witness thereto. That I and said Frank J Morris then and there signed our names to such Will as such witnesses, in the presence of the said Testator and of each other. And that at the time of the said execution of the said Will the said Testator was of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Sworn at Saint Johns          }
this 15^th day of December }                    James Jardine
A.D. 18 900                        }

(initials on side Ga)

Before me,
Geo. J. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

In the Supreme Court
Newfoundland
in re
Alexander McKenzie
deceased

Petition of Anna Vale
McKenzie Executrix
of the will of late
Alexander McKenzie
deceased praying
for Letters of Probate
to said last Will

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Dec 19/00

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland.

In the Estate of Alexander McKenzie late of St. John's
DECEASED

Inventory and Valuation of the Property of the said Deceased.

I, Robert K Bishop
make oath and say that I am Assignee of Alexander McKenzie and that the above is, to the best of my knowledge information and belief, a just and true Inventory and Valuation of the Property of the said deceased at the time of his death, as far as I can at present ascertain.

Sworn at S. John's aforesaid in the
Electoral District of S John's
this 21^st day of December
A.D. 1900, before me.
R K Bishop

G. J. Adams Clerk.

The Inventory and Valuation may be verified under the Petition.

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

In the Estate of Alexander McKenzie
deceased.

I Anna Vail McKenzie
of St. John's, in the Electoral District of St. John's Widow, make oath and say :
That I believe the paper writing hereto anexed and marked by me to contain the true and original last Will and Testament of Alexander McKenzie late of St. John's in the Electoral District of St. John's deceased. That I am the Executrix therein named, and that I will well and faithfully administer the estate and effects of the testator by paying his just debts and the legacies contained in his Will so far as the same shall thereto extend and the law bind me, and by distributing the residue (if any) of the estate according to law; and that I will exhibit under oath a true, full and perfect inventory of all and singular the estate and effects, rights and credits, of the testator, and render a just and true account thereof whenever required by law so to do; that the testator died at St. John's, aforesaid on the Eighteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred, and that the gross value of the estate and effects, rights and credits of the said testator is One thousand dollars, and no more, according to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Sworn at St. John's in the
Electoral District of St. John's                    Anna Vail McKenzie
this 19^th day of December
A.D. 1900, before me,
Geo. J. Adams
Clerk

In the Supreme Court

In re
Alexander McKenzie
deceased.

OATH OF EXECUTOR.

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Probate granted on the 21^st day of
December 1900 to
Anna Vail McKenzie

Value of Estate $1,200.00