William Garland
          1888

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Northern District }
Harbour Grace     }I do swear that I believe William Garland late
To Wit                   }of Carbonear fisherman 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 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 hundred and forty dollars.

Sworn before me                                                  her
at Harbor Grace                                         Sarah X Garland
the fifth day of                                                     mark
November in the
year of Our Lord One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Eighty-
eight

??? Carty
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

1888

Estate of William Garland
late of Carbonear in the
Northern District Fisherman
deceased

Admin'n granted to Sarah
Garland (in form a pauper's)
Widow of deceased

Sureties

John Strapp
and
Henry Thomey

Estate sworn under $140.00

Nov 5^th 1888

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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BE IT REMEMBERED That on this 5^th day of November in the 52^nd 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-eight personally appeared Sarah Garland of Carbonear Widow John Strapp of Harbour Grace Merchant and Henry Thomey of same place, Planter 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 Two hundred and forty 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 Sarah Garland as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of William Garland late of Carbonear fisherman 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 Sarah Garland 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 5^th day of May 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 Sarah Garland 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 5^th day of May which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-nine 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                                                  her
in the presence of                                        Sarah X Garland
the same having                                                    mark
been first read over
and explained                                              John Strapp
??? H Carty                                               H. ?. Thomey
Comm of Affdts

To the Honorable the Supreme Court on Circuit

          The Petition of Sarah Garland of Carbonear widow

Humbly Sheweth

That William Garland late of Carbonear fisherman husband of your Petitioner died at Carbonear aforesaid on or about the seventh day of March Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and Eighty seven leaving property of the probable value of one hundred and twenty dollars

          That the said deceased left him surviving your Petitioner his widow and one child

          That the said deceased died intestate having a fixed place of abode at the time of his death at Carbonear aforesaid

          That no Probate or administration to the Estate of the said deceased has heretofore been granted to the best of Petitioner's knowledge and belief.
          Your Petitioner therefore prays that letters of administration to the said Estate may be granted to your Petitioner
          And your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray

Supreme Court
on Northern Circuit
Newfoundland
Harbour Grace

          Sarah Garland of Carbonear widow maketh oath and saith that the the contents of the foregoing Petition are correct and true and that she is the Petitioner therein named

Sworn before me at                                                  her
Harbour Grace this 3^rd                                  Sarah X Garland
day of May A.D. 1888                                            mark
(having been first read
over and fully explained)

Geo. I. Adams
Comm'r Affdts

Notice

Two days after date I shall apply to the Honorable the Supreme Court on Circuit for Letters of Administration to the Estate of the late William Garland late of Carbonear fisherman deceased to be granted to his widow Sarah Garland
Harbour Grace                                        ???? Word?
May 1^st A.D. 1888                                 Proctor for
                                                                Widow

1888

Estate of late William
Garland

Petition for Administration

Order granted

Filed 5^th May 1888

Adm'n granted to Sarah
Garland in form a pauper's
??? ??? on 5^th May 1888

Papers perfected? 5^th Nov ‘88