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A Collection of Newfoundland Wills
(R)
Frank Robinson

 

Will of Frank Robinson, from Newfoundland will books volume 15 page 92 & 93 probate year 1930

IN RE.                     DECEASED

FRANK ROBINSON.

THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me FRANK ROBINSON of the Royal Oake Hotel Sevenoaks in the County of Kent Hotel Proprietor I appoint my wife Alice Robinson and my nephew Herbert Thomas Lethebe (hereinafter called "my trustees") to be the EXECUTORS and trustees of this my will And I appoint my said wife Alice Robinson after her death my trustees to be the Guardian and guardians of my infant children I give devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not hereby otherwise disposed of unto my trustees upon trust that my trustees shall sell call in and convert into money the same or such part thereof as shall not consist of money and shall with and out of the moneys produced by such sale calling in and conversion and with and out of my ready money pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and shall invest the residue of the said moneys with power for my trustees from time to time at their discretion to vary the investments and shall stand possessed of the said residuary trust moneys and the investments for the time being representing the same (hereinafter called "the residuary trust funds") In trust for my said wife Alice Robinson absolutely But in the event of my said wife predeceasing me then I direct that my trustees shall stand possessed of the residuary trust funds In trust for all my children in equal shares and if there shall be only one such child the whole to be in trust for that one child Provided always that if any child of mine shall die in my lifetime leaving a child or children who shall survive me and being an son or sons shall attain the age of twenty one years or being a daughter or daughters shall attain that age or marry under that age then and in every such case the last mentioned child or children shall take (and if more than one equally between them) the share which his her or their parent would have taken of and in the residuary trust funds if such parent had survived me and attained the age of twenty one years And I declare that my trustees may postpone the sale and conversion of any part of my real estate for so long as they shall think fit and that they shall not sell or convert into money reversionary property before if falls into possession unless in their option it shall be necessary to do so to present loss and that the rents profits and income to accrue from and after my decease of and from such part of my estate as shall for the time being remain unsold and unconverted shall after, payment thereout of all incidental expenses and outgoings be paid and applied to the person or persons and in the manner to when and in which the income of the proceeds of such sale and conversion would for the time being be payable or applicable under this my will if such sale and conversion had been actually made And I also declare that as regards to any real property remaining unsold my trustees shall be at liberty to let or demise the same either from year to year or for any term of years at such rent and subject to such covenants and conditions as they shall think fit to accept surrenders of leases and tenancies to cut timber to expend money in repairs and improvements and generally to manage the property according to their absolute discretion And I also declare that the executors and trustees for the time being of this my will may instead of acting personally employ and pay a solicitor or other person to transact any business or do any act required to be done in connection with the administration of my estate or the trusts hereby declared including the receipt and payment of money and that any executor or trustee being a solicitor or other person engaged in any profession or business may be so employed and shall be entitled to charge and be paid all professional or other charges for any business or act done by him or his firm in connection with the trusts including any act which an executor or trustee not being a solicitor or either person engaged as aforesaid could have done personally. IN WITNESS whereof I have herunto set my hand this twenty ninth day of December one thousand nine hundred and ten - FRANK ROBINSON - Signed by the above named Frank Robinson the testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other all being present at the same time have herunto subscribed our names as witnesses CATHERINE MORRIS Basdrgateke - A. Clive Execker Sevenoaks Solicitor

CORRECT.

William F. Lloyd (Signature)
Registrar of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

Written in the top right-hand margin of page 92:
Fiat
W.J. Higgins
Judge
Feby 14/30
Resealed on
the 15th day
of February
A.D. 1930
Value of Estate
$2308.63

 

 

Page Contributed by Sheila Tiberio, Judy Benson & Transcribed by Lenora Cooper

Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit (Wednesday May 17, 2017)

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