Joseph Taverner
          1900

Estate of Joseph Tavenor 1900
From LDS Microfilm #2057616

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND
St. John's   To Wit          We, Andrew Taverner of St. Johns, Surveyor of lumber and Joseph H. Taverner of Little Bay do swear that we believe that Joseph Taverner, late of Trinity in the Northern District, deceased, died without a Will; and that we 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 we 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 we shall be thereunto lawfully required; and that the whole of the Goods, Rights, Chattels, Assets, Credits and Effects of the said deceased which he died possessed of, 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 us God.

Sworn at St. Johns, aforesaid                                        Andrew Taverner
this 22^nd day of December
A.D. 1899.
Before me
(By the said Andrew Taverner)
W. C. Carroll
Commissioner of Affidavits, Supreme Court

Sworn at Little Bay aforesaid
this 5^th day of January AD 1900
by the said Joseph H. Taverner                                    J. H. Taverner
Before me
J??? Blandford?
Comm'r S.C.

266

1899¹⁹⁰⁰

Estate of Joseph Taverner
late ofTrinity
in the Northern District
deceased

Letters of Administration granted to
Andrew Taverner of St. Johns in the
Central District, Surveyor of lumber and
Joseph H. Taverner of Little Bay in the
Northern District, Accountant

Dated January 19, 1900

Sureties
Charles Field
William Cross

Estate sworn under $ 500.00

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

D. M. Browning
Chief Clerk and Registrar

Supreme Court of Newfounland
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(Written in the left margin:)
Approved
See back? - Petition

Be it Remembered That on this 22^nd day of December 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 Andrew Taverner of St. Johns Surveyor of lumber, Joseph H. Taverner of Little Bay, Accountant, Charles Field, Master Mariner, also of St. Johns, and William H. Cross, Master Mariner, also of St. Johns, aforesaid, 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 Eight 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 Andrew Taverner and Joseph H. Taverner as Administrators of the Estate and Effects of Joseph Taverner late of Trinity in the Northern District, 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 them, the said Andrew Taverner and Joseph H. Taverner as such Administrators or to the hands or possession of any other person, or persons, for them and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the 22^nd day of June 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 them the said Andrew Taverner and Joseph H. Taverner or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him shall well and truly administer according to Law, and further shall make, or cause to be made, a just and true account of his said Administration, on or before the 22^nd day of December which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand nine hundred, and afterwards from time to time as they 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.

                                      Andrew Taverner
                              Charles Field
                                   William H. Cross

Signed and sealed in the                              J. H. Taverner
in the presence of by the said
Andrew Taverner, Charles Field
and William H. Cross at St. Johns
W. C. Carroll, Comm'r, S.C.

Signed and sealed by the said
Joseph H. Taverner at Little Bay
on the 5^th day of Jany AD 1900
Before me
Jos??? (Illegible)

Certificate
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I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in my office from the day of the date hereof to this date and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
This 19^th day of December 1899
D. M. Browning
C C & R

Notice
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Three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable Supreme Court or to one of the Honorable Judges thereof for Letters of Adminis-tration of the estate of Joseph Taverner late of Trinity Accountant, deceased, to be granted to Joseph H. Taverner of Little Bay,^{and Andrew Tavener, St. John's} sons of the said deceased.
          Dated at St. Johns this 4^th day of September A.D. 1899
S.B.                    Morine & Gibbs
A.C.S.C.             Solicitors for Applicant

I, the undersigned daughter of Joseph Taverner, late of Trinity, deceased, do hereby consent to Letters of Administration of the Estate of my late father being granted to our brothers, Joseph H. Taverner of Little Bay and Andrew Taverner, at present of St. Johns, Surveyor of Lumber.
          Dated St. Johns, Dec. 4, 1899
Witness :-                              Sarah Cross Miller
(Illegible initials)

I, the undersigned daughter of Joseph Taverner, late of Trinity, deceased, do hereby consent to Letters of Administration of the Estate of my late father being granted to our brothers, Joseph H. Taverner of Little Bay and Andrew Taverner, at present of St. Johns, Surveyor of Lumber.
WITNESS :-                              Catherine Morris
Robert Morris

NEWFOUNDLAND

Trinity

To Wit:-          Robert Morris Trinity aforesaid cooper make oath and say that I was present and did see Catherine Morris duly sign the above written consent.

Sworn at Trinity
(part of page torn & missing) day of
??tember A.D. 1899                              Robert Morris

Before me
?? Lilly
Comm'r Supreme Court

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

The Petition of Joseph H. Taverner of Little Bay, Accountant, and Andrew Taverner of St. John's, Surveyor of Lumber.

Respectfully Sheweth as follows :-

1. Joseph Taverner, Father of Petitioners, died at Trinity about twenty years ago intestate, leaving him surviving a widow, Mary Taverner, since deceased, and six children, namely Catherine, wife of Robert Morris, residing in Trinity, Sarah, wife of Benjamin Miller, residing in St. Johns, and Louise, wife of Francis Curtis, residing at Pilley's Island, A. P. Taverner, since deceased but left him his widow, Sarah and three children, namely, Harold, age 17, Lilly, 19, and William, 15, and your Petitioners.
2. At the time of his death the deceased was possessed of property of the probable value of $400.
3. No probate of Will or Letters of administration of the estate of said deceased have been previously applied for.

          Your Petitioners therefore pray that letters of administration of the estate of said deceased may be granted to them.
          Dated at St. Johns this 28^th day of November A.D. 1899

J. H. Taverner
Andrew Taverner

NEWFOUNDLAND

St. Johns
To wit:
I Andrew Taverner of St. Johns, one of the petitioners named in the foregoing petition, make oath and say that the several matters and things therein contained and set forth are correct and true.

Andrew Taverner

Sworn at St. Johns
this 18^th day of Dec-
ember A.D. 1900
Before me
D. F. Kent
Comm'r S.C.

Supreme Ct

In the matter of the
Estate of Joseph
Taverner late Trinity
Deceased.

Petition

Fiat as prayed for
Jos. J. Little
C.J.
Bonds as usual

(The following was written in the top left corner above.)

"Captain Field
Captain Cross
Approved as bonds
J. J. L.
C.J."