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A Collection of Newfoundland Wills
(B)
Catherine Brien
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Will of Catherine Brien from Newfoundland will books volume 5 pages 63-64 probate year 1886
Last will and Testament
of Catherine Brien late of
St. John's widow
This is the last will and testament of me Catherine Brien of St. John's in the Island of Newfoundland widow made this tenth day of April AD. 1886
First I bequeath to my son Pierce Brien all the interest which at present I may have in the house occupied by me also all the stock in trade in connection with the shop and business carried on by me in the said house and also all the furniture in said house of every description whatever.
Second it is my desire that out of the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds at present in the Newfoundland Savings Bank that one hundred pounds be left there undisturbed for the space of ten years at the end of which time if my executor shall so think fit he may pay it or a portion of it to my said son Pierce the interest meanwhile on the said sum of one hundred pounds to be drawn and spent annually on having masses said for the repose of my soul and that of my husband and three daughters.
Third it is my wish that the balance of one hundred and fifty pounds which shall be remaining in the bank after the setting aside of the said sum shall be paid over by my executor to my said son Pierce Brien for his use and benefit but out of it he shall pay all my just debts and funeral and other expenses consequent on my death and out of the said sum of one hundred and fifty pounds he shall purchase a new burying plot for me in the Belvedere Cemetery and place around my grave an iron railing.
Fourthly I bequeath to the Revd John Ryan P.P. St. Patricks my executor hereinafter mentioned the sum of five pounds.
Fifthly. I bequeath to my five grandchildren children of my daughter Ellen wife of Edward Burke who now reside in St. John New Brunswick all my wearing apparel
I hereby appoint the Revd. John Ryan of St. Patricks Parish Saint John's aforesaid to be my sole executor. Catherine Brien - Signed by the said Testatrix by affixing her mark having been first read over and explained to her as her last will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. E. P. Morris. John Lennon
I certify that the foregoing is a correct copy
Prescott Emerson
Regr.
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