John Fitzgerald
          1886

Estate of John Fitzgerald 1886
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SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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ST. JOHN'S
To Wit          } I do swear that I believe that John Fitzgerald, late of Saint John's in the Central District of the Island of Newfoundland, 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 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, 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 One Thousand ---------------- dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the
27^th day of September, in the year
of our Lord One Thousand Eight          Mrs. Mary A. Fitzgerald
Hundred and Eighty-six.

          Otto Emerson
Commissioner of Affidavits

1886
Estate of John Fitzgerald
late of Saint John's
in the Central District,
Cooper, deceased.

Dated Sept 27^th 1886

Administration granted to Mary
Ann Fitzgerald of Saint John's
aforesaid, Widow.

Sureties
Timothy, Mitchell and
John J. Crowdell

Estate sworn under $1000.00

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

The Petition of Mary Ann Fitzgerald of St. John's, Widow,

Humbly Sheweth

That John Fitzgerald of St. John's aforesaid, Cooper, died there in the Month of August last past, intestate and possessed of property situate within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court of the probable value of about One Thousand Dollars.
That he left him surviving as his next of kin your petitioner who is his Widow and three children all of whom are still under the age of twenty one years and resident with your petitioner.
That no probate or administration of the Estate of the said deceased has been hitherto granted. Petitioner therefore prays that administration of the estate and affairs of her said deceased husband may be granted unto her, and as in duty bound she will ever pray &c &c &c.
Dated at St. John's this 21^st day of September Anno Domini 1886.

Robert J. Kent
Proctor for said Petitioner.

In the Supreme Court
Probate Side

In the matter of the Estate of
John Fitzgerald, late of St. John's,
Cooper, deceased.

          Mary Ann Fitzgerald of St. John's, Widow, maketh oath and saith that she is the petitioner in the foregoing petition in this matter named and that the several matters and things in the said petition set forth are just, correct and true.

Sworn before me at St. John's this             Mary Ann Fitzgerald
26^th day of September Anno Domini 1886.
O. Emerson
Commissioner

1886

Sup. Ct.

In the matter of the Estate of
John Fitzgerald
late of St. John's, Cooper,
deceased.

Petition for Administration

Fiat
R. J. Pinsent
A. J.

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Be it Remembered, That on this 27^th day of September in the Forty 50^th 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 Eighty-six personally appeared Mary Ann Fitzgerald of Saint John's, Widow, Timothy Mitchell of same place, Grocer, and James Crowdell of same place, Clerk, and did acknowledge themselves to be held and firmly bound to our said Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, in the penal Sum of Two Thousand Dollars, to be had, made and levied on their 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 Ann Fitzgerald as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of John Fitzgerald late of St. John's, Cooper, 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 Ann Fitzgerald 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 27^th day of March 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 Ann Fitzgerald 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 27^th day of September which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-Seven 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 in                    Mary Ann Fitzgerald (Seal)
presence of                                   Timothy J. Mitchell (Seal)
Otto Emerson                             James J. Crowdell (Seal)
Commissioner