Nathaniel R. Goss
          1888

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Supreme Court
Harbor Grace
TO WIT
I do swear that I believe that Nathaniel Robert Goss late of Harbor Grace Spaniards Bay fisherman deceased died without a Will; and that 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 Three hundred dollars.

Sworn before me, at Harbour Grace,                                her
the fifth day of                                                  Mary Ann X Goss
November    in the                                                            mark
Year of Our Lord One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Eighty-eight

          Geo. I. Adams
Comm'r of Affidavits

Estate of Nathaniel
Robert Goss late of
Spaniards Bay in the
Northern District fisherman
deceased.

Administration granted
to Mary Anne Goss
of Spaniards Bay Widow
of deceased.

Sureties

Jesse Goss
and
Josiah Goss

Estate sworn under $300

Dated 5^th November 1888

Northern District of                              In the Supreme Court
Newfoundland                                       on Circuit
Harbor Grace to wit

In re Estate of Nathaniel
Robert Goss late of
Spaniards Bay fisherman
deceased.

Mary Ann Goss of Spaniards Bay aforesaid Widow the petitioner named in the annexed petition maketh oath and saith that the matters set forth therein are just and true according to the ??? of this deponents knowledge recollection and belief.

Sworn at Harbor Grace                                                  her
aforesaid this Second                                    Mary Ann X Goss
day of November A D 1888                                          mark
Having been first read
over and explained

          H.W. Trapnell
          Com'r of Sup Court

          To the Honorable the Supreme Court on Circuit

The petition of Mary Ann Goss of Spaniards Bay Widow

Humbly Sheweth

that Nathaniel Robert Goss the late husband of your petitioner died at Spaniards Bay aforesaid on the fourth day of November Anno Domini on the ??? eight hundred and eighty six leaving him surviving his widow your petitioner and seven children - five sons and two daughters all under age and unmarried And also leaving property estate at Spaniards Bay and consisting of house and land estate at Spaniards Bay aforesaid of the probable value of three hundred dollars.
Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that administration to the estate of the said Nathaniel Robert Gosse may be granted unto her and as in duty bound she will ever pray &c

having been first                                                   her
read and explained                              Mary Ann X Gosse
                                                                              mark

Supreme Court
on Circuit

Re: Estate of
Nathaniel Robert
Gosse late of
Spaniards Bay
fisherman deceased

Pet. of Mary Ann Gosse
for Adm'n

SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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BE IT REMEMBERED That on this fifth day of November in the fifty second 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 Mary Anne Goss of Spaniards Bay Widow Jesse Goss of same place fisherman and Josiah Goss of same place fisherman 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 Four 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 Mary Ann Goss as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Nathaniel Robert Goss late of Spaniards Bay 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 Anne Goss 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, into the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the fifth 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 Mary Anne Goss 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 fifth 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                                        Mary Anne X Goss
                                                                                        Mark
M. H. Carty                                                Jesse Gosse
Comm'r of Affdts                                        Josiah Gosse

Notice

After two days application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court on Circuit at Harbor Grace for Administration to estate of late Nathaniel Robert Gosse late of Spaniards Bay fisherman deceased on behalf of his Widow Mary Ann Gosse.

Henry A Clift
Proctor for said Widow

(Illegible signature or note
in lower left margin)

          Nov 2^nd 1888

Sarah Gosse
Jesse Gosse
Jonah? Gosse