Patrick Grace
          1888

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Centre District
ST. JOHN'S }I do swear that I believe that Patrick Grace late
To Wit          } of St. Johns aforesaid Shoe maker 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 seven hundred dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's, the 13^th day of
March in the year of Our Lord One Thousand          Mary Grace
Eight Hundred and Eighty-eight.

          Geo. I. Adams
Commissioner of Affidavits

1888

Estate of Patrick Grace

late of St. Johns

In the Central District

Shoe maker deceased

Dated 13^th March 1888

Admin          granted to

Mary Grace
St. Johns Widow

Sureties
Henry Duggan
James Callanan

Estate sworn under
              $700.00

To the Honorable the Supreme Court or one of the Honourable the Judges thereof.

           The Petition of Mary Grace of Saint Johns, widow

Humbly Sheweth

          That Patrick Grace late of S Johns aforesaid Shoe maker husband of your petitioner died there in or about the month of December One thousand Eight hundred and Eighty five intestate leaving him surviving your petitioner and one son Nicholas Grace and one daughter Margaret, both of whom are of age.
          That said Patrick Grace at the time of his decease was possessed of property in St. Johns of the probable value of Six Hundred dollars
          That no administration to the Estate of said Patrick Grace has been applied for nor granted to any other person.
          Petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration to the Estate of said Patrick Grace be granted to her.
          And as in duty bound will ever pray &c

Mary Grace

Supreme Court

Newfoundland  }
St. Johns to wit }
Mary Grace of Saint Johns aforesaid the Petitioner named in the foregoing petition maketh oath and saith that the matters and things therein contained and set forth are correct and true.

Sworn before me at                                        Mary Grace
St. Johns aforesaid this
5^th day of March A.D
1888

          Geo. I. Adams
          Comm'r Affdts

In the matter of
the Estate of
Pat'k Grace late
of S Johns Shoe Maker
deceased

Filed Mar 6/88
Petition for Adminis-
tration

Fiat
? S. Pinsent

Shea

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 13^th day of March in the 51^st 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 Grace of Saint John's in the Central District of Newfoundland, widow, Henry Duggan of same place, Gentleman, and James Callanan? of same place ???? 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 one thousand 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 Grace as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Patrick Grace late of St. John's Shoemaker 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 Grace 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 13^th day of September 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 Grace 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 13^th day of March 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                                        Mary Grace
in the presence of                                        Henry Duggan
                                                                     James Callanan
Geo. I. Adams
Comm Affdts