| Submitted by: | Tom Jones |
| Date: | 1 September 2009 |
| Original: | LDS : 0106546 |
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN
BRIDE
1904 In the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man
12
Common Law Division
Testamentary Jurisdiction
In the Goods of William Christian late of Ballakey in the
parish of Bride deceased.
To his Honor Stuart Stevenson Moore One of His Majesty’s
Deemsters and a Judge of the said Division.
The Humble petition of Daniel
Christian of Ballakey in the
parish of Bride Farmer.
Sheweth:-
William Christian of Ballakey in the parish of Bride
departed this life on or about the 7th day of January 1904
having first made and published his last Will and Testasment
in writing whereof he appointed your Petitioner Executor.
Your Petitioner is desirous of obtainijng Probate of the
said Will and to be sworn Executor thereunder.
WHEREFORE Petitioner humbly…
prays a hearing hereof and that
your Honor may be pleased to
grant Probate of the said Will
to your Petitioner And Petition
[Note: A “REGISTERED” Stamp appears here and is dated 3 Feb 1904.]
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will ever pray &c. &c.
J W Hyde ?
For Petitioner.
Ordered that this petition do come on to be heard at a
Court to be held at Ramsey on Monday the 1st day of
February 1904 at 11 o’clock in the forenoon. Whereof all proper
Parties and persons are to have due and lawful notice.
Given at Ramsey this 30th day of January 1904
S Stevenson Moore
[Note: A franked stamp dated 30 Jan 1904 appears here.]
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Whereas in and by the Last Will and Testament
dated the 25th day of August 1900 of William
Christian late of Ballakey in the parish of Bride
in the Isle of Man Farmer who died on the 7th
day of January 1904 and which said Will was
proved at a Court holden at Ramsey on the 1st
day of February 1904 and Probate thereof
granted to his son Daniel Christian of Ballakey
aforesaid the Executor named in the said Will
the said William Christian (inter alia)
bequeathed to his son Arthur Christian then
of Durban South Africa the sum of One hundred
pounds as Legacy and the Testator declared in
in such Will that the said Legacy should be a
charge upon his (the testator’s) real estate
Stock, crop, and Farming implements which the
said Testator gave and devised to his said son
Daniel Christian by his said Will And the
said Testator William Christian by his said Will
further bequeathed the whole of the residue of his
personal estate after payment of his just debts
funeral and testamentary expenses to his sons
Thomas Alfred Christian and Arthur Christian
aforesaid and his daughter Margaret Ann
Christian equally between them share and share
alike by which last mentioned bequest the said
Arthur Christian became entitled to the one
third part or share of such residue of the Testator’s
personal estate namely to thirty six pounds
thirteen shillings. And Whereas the one third
part of the residue of the Testators Estate due
to the said Arthur Christian under the said Will
namely the sum of Thirty six pounds thirteen
shillings (together with the interest thereon) was
[Note: A franked stamp dated 22 Jul 1914 appears here.]
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paid to the said Arthur Christian by the said
Daniel Christian in the month of July 1905
the same having been paid by the said Daniel
Christian into the Banking Account of the
said Arthur Christian at Lloyds Bank Limited
Ramsey Isle of Man at the request of the said
Arthur Christian; And the said Daniel Christian
continued to pay interest to the said Arthur
Christian on the said Legacy of One hundred
pounds due to the said Arthur Christian under
the said will up to this date. And Whereas
the said Daniel Christian hath now paid to
the said Arthur Christian the full amount of
the said Legacy of One hundred pounds with
all interest due thereon up to this date, And the
said Daniel Christian hath called upon the
said Arthur Christian for a Receipt and Release
for the said two Legacies paid to the said Arthur
Christian as aforesaid, which the said Arthur
Christian hath agreed to give.
Now therefore Know All Men by these presents
that the said Arthur Christian of Durban, South
Africa, but at present of Ballakey aforesaid, doth
hereby own and acknowledge to have received
from his brother the said Daniel Christian of
Ballakey in the said parish of Bride, the Executor
of the Will of the said William Christian, the
sum of One hundred and thirty six pounds
together with all the interest due thereon up to this
date the same being the total amount due to
him the said Arthur Christian in respect of
the said Legacy of One hundred pounds and
of the said share of the residue of the personal Estate
of the said William Christian both of which
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said legacies were bequeathed to the said Arthur
Christian and by the said Will of his Father
the said William Christian as herein before recited
And the said Arthur Christian doth hereby
release and discharge his brother the said
Daniel Christian as such Executor of the Will
of the said William Christian, and the heirs
executors and administrators of the said Daniel
Christian and the real and personal Estate
of the said William Christian, deceased, from
all further Claims and demands for and in
respect of the said two legacies bequeathed to
the said Arthur Christian in and by the
said Will.
In Witness whereof the said Arthur Christian
hath hereunto subscribed his name this twenty
second day of July One thousand nine
hundred and fourteen.
Signed and delivered
in presence of
Thos. S. Cooil Arthur Christian.
Registered in the Registry of Deeds, Isle
of Man this 22nd day of July
1914 at 11.30 o’clock fore noon
No. 1904/12
Frank S. Johnson
Rgs
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
Common Law Division [Testamentary Jurisdiction]
Will of William Christian of
Ballakey Bride
Know all men by these presents that we 1. Daniel
Christian of Ballakey Bride Charles
Kneale of Bride Mason and Charles
Halsall Kee of East Street Ramsey
Jeweller
are jointly and severally and any two of us jointly bound unto our
Sovereign Lord the King in the sum of eight hundred
pounds
to the payment whereof well and truly to be made to our said
Lord the King, his heirs and successors, we bind and oblige ourselves
jointly and severally, and any two of us jointly, our Executors and
Administrators firmly by these presents.
As witness our subscription the first day of
February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
And four
THE CONDITION of our obligation in such, that if the above
named Daniel Christian
[hereinafter called “the Executor”] who seek to obtain a grant of
Probate of the last Will and Testament of William Christian
late of Ballakey Bride
but now deceased, who died at Ballakey aforesaid
on or about the 7th day of January 1904
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Do, when lawfully called on in that behalf, make or cause to be made
a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the personal estate and effects
of the said deceased, which have or shall come into His hands
possession, or knowledge, or into the hands of any other person for Him
and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, into the proper
Registry in that behalf whenever required by law so to do: And the same
personal estate and effects, of the said deceased which shall at any time come
into the hands or possession of the Executor, or into the hands of any
other person or persons for him or which without default might have
come into the hands or possession of the Executor , do well and truly
administer according to law, that is to say, do pay the debts and liabilities of
the said deceased so far as the said personal estate will extend and the law
bind the Executor, then this obligation to be void and of no effect, or
else to remain in full force and virtue.
At…Ramsey the first day } Daniel Christian
of February 1904 }
} Charles Kneale
}
The executing parties to the foregoing Bond }
acknowledged the same to be their Act and } C. H. Kee
Deed before me }
S. Stevenson Moore
[Note: A franked stamp dated 1 Feb 1904 appears here.]
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Whereas in and by the Last Will and Testament
dated the 25th day of August 1900 of William
Christian late of Ballakey in the parish of
Bride in the Isle of Man Farmer who died
on the 7th day of January 1904 and which
will was proved at a Court holden at Ramsey
on the 1st day of February 1904 and Probate
thereof granted to his son Daniel Christian
of Ballakey aforesaid the Executor named in
the said Will the said William Christian (inter alia)
bequeathed to his son Thomas Alfred Christian
then of California the sum of One hundred
pounds as Legacy and the Testator declared
in such Will that the said Legacy should be a
charge upon his (the testator’s) real estates stock,
crop, and farming implements which real
estate stock crop and farming implements the
said Testator gave and devised to his said son
Daniel Christian by his said Will and the
said Testator William Christian by his said will
further bequeathed the whole of the residue of
his personal estate after payment of his just
debts funeral and testamentary expenses to his
sons Thomas Alfred Christian aforesaid, Arthur
Christian and his daughter Margaret Ann
Christian equally between them share and
share alike by which last mentioned bequest
the said Thomas Alfred Christian became entitled
to the one third part or share of such residue of
the Testator’s personal estate namely to thirty six pounds thirteen shillings.
And Whereas the total amount of both the said
Legacies bequeathed by the said William Christian
to his son the said Thomas Alfred Christian including
all interest due thereon amounted to the sum of
[A franked stamp dated 22 Jul 1914 appears here.]
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One hundred and thirty eight pounds nineteen
shillings and eightpence sometime during the
month of August in the year One thousand nine
hundred and five and which said sum was paid
to the said Thomas Alfred Christian by the said
Daniel Christian in the month of July and
August 1905 the same having been paid by
the said Daniel Christian into the Banking
Account of the said Thomas Alfred Christian
at Parrs Bank Limited, Ramsey, Isle of Man
at the request of the said Thomas Alfred Christian
And the said Daniel Christian hath called upon
his brother the said Thomas Alfred Christian
for a Receipt and Release therefore which the
said Thomas Alfred Christian hath agreed to
give.
Now therefore Know All Men by these
Presents that the said Thomas Alfred Christian
of Scotia, Humboldt County, California in the
United States of America Doth hereby own and
acknowledge to have received from his brother
the said Daniel Christian of Ballakey in the
said parish of Bride, the executor of the will of
the said William Christian, the full sum of
One hundred and thirty eight pounds nineteen
shillings and eightpence the same being the
total amount due to him the said Thomas
Alfred Christian in respect of the said legacy
of One hundred pounds and of the said share
of the residue of the personal Estate of the said
William Christian both of which said legacies
were bequeathed to the said Thomas Alfred
Christian in and by the said will of his father
the said William Christian as herein before recited
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And the said Thomas Alfred Christian doth hereby
Release and Discharge his brother the said Daniel
Christian as such executor of the will of the said
William Christian, and his heirs executors and
administrators and the Real and personal Estate
of the said William Christian from all further
claims and demands for and in respect of the
said two legacies bequeathed to the said Thomas
Alfred Christian in and by the said will.
In Witness whereof the said Thomas Alfred
Christian hath hereunto subscribed his name
this 31st day of August One thousand
nine hundred and ten.
Signed and delivered
in presence of
SWThompson Thomas Alfred Christian.
Scotia
Cal
William Cooper
Scotia
Cal
Sworn to and subscribed to before
me a Notary Public in the County
of Humboldt State of California
this 31st day of August Nineteen
Hundred and Ten.
J. J. Cronin
Notary Public
My commission expires on April 30th 1913
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Registered in the Registry of Deeds, Isle
of Man this 16th day of January
1911 at 2.15 o’clock after noon
No. 1904/12
Frank S. Johnson
Rgs
At the Registry office for Deeds
8th August 1911
Thomas Alfred Christian the executing party
to the foregoing Deed (who has been identified to
me by Thomas Hugh David Cooil of Peel Advocate)
acknowledged the same to be his proper act and deed
Frank J Johnson
Reg of Deeds
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This is the Last Will and Testament
of me William Christian of Ballakey
in the parish of Bride farmer
I leave and bequeath to my
Son Thomas Alfred Christian now
in California the sum of One
hundred pounds as legacy-
I leave and bequeath to my son
Arthur Christian now in Manchester
The sum of One hundred pounds
as legacy –
I leave and bequeath to my
daughter Margaret Ann Christian
the sum of Three hundred pounds
and the whole of my Household
Furniture and effects with the
exception of my Eight day clock
kitchen table back kitchen table
and dresser my family Bible
and Commentary all of which I
leave and bequeath to my son
Daniel – I give and devise
to my eldest son Daniel Christian
the whole of my Real Estate
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****** of every description and [* indicates word(s) scrubbed out]
wheresoever -------? together with
my stock crop and farming
implements of every description
such real estate stock crop and
effects however to be charged as
with the payments by my said
son Daniel of the said legacy
of One hundred pounds to my
said son Thomas Alfred the
said legacy of One hundred pounds
to my said son Arthur and
the said legacy of three hundred
pounds to my said daughter
Margaret Ann - I leave and
bequeath the whole of the residue
of my personal estate after payment
of my just debts funeral and
testamentary expenses to m y said
sons Thomas Alfred Christian
Arthur Christian and my said
daughter Margaret Ann Christian
equally between them share
and share alike – I ------?
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con-------? and appoint my said
son Daniel Christian sole executor
of this my will – I revoke all
other wills by me at any time
heretofore made- As witness
my name this twenty fifth
day of August one thousand
nine hundred-
Legacies by the Testator as }
his last will in our presence }
who in his presence at his } William Christian
request and in presence }
of each other hath hereunto }
each -------------------------? }
-------------------------------? }
-------------------------? }
Thos. M. J. Quilleash }
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In his Majesty’s High Court of Justice
of the Isle of Man.
Common Law Division, Testamentary Jurisdiction
At a Court holden at
Ramsey on the 1st
day of February 1904
The Annexed paper writing
Dated the 25th day of August
1900 having been proved to be
the last Will and Testament
of William Christian late of
Ballakey in the parish of Bride
Farmer deceased who died on
the 7th day of January 1904
at Ballakey aforesaid. Daniel
Christian of Ballakey aforesaid
Farmer a son of the Testator
the Executor therein named is
sworn well and truly to fulfil
and execute the same and to
administer the Personal Estate of
the said deceased according to
Law
S. Stevenson Moore
A Judge of the said Court.
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Know All Men by these presents [Note: A Franked Stamp appears here]
that John Quilleash of the Arbour
Lezayre Road Ramsey
doth hereby own and acknowledge to
have received from Daniel Christian of
Ballakey in the parish of Bride executor
of or as representing the executor of the
will of his father William Christian
late of Ballakey in the parish of Bride
aforesaid the sum of Three hundred
pounds *300 [* indicates Pounds sign]
whereof *3 three pounds in interest due
up to this date and the sum of Three
hundred pounds thereof is the principal
amount of a legacy bequeathed to
Margaret Ann Quilleash (nee Margaret
Ann Christian late wife of the said John
Quilleash but now deceased who died
on or about the 21st day of January 1906
Intestate) by her father the said William
Christian in and by his said last will
and Testament bearing date the 25th day
of August 1900 and which said will
was proved at a Court held at Ramsey
on the 1st day of Feb 1904
wherefore the said John Quilleash
doth hereby release and discharge the
said Daniel Christian and his heirs
executors and administrators and the Estate
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of the said William Christian from all
further claims and demands for and in
respect of the said legacy.
In Witness whereof the said John
Quilleash hath hereunto subscribed
his name this seventh day of April
One thousand nine hundred and nine
Signed and delivered } John Joughin Quilleash
In presence of } A Robinson
Registered in the Registry of Deeds, Isle
of Man this 7th day of April
1909 at 3.30 o’clock afternoon
No. 1904 . 12
Frank J Johnson
Registrar
(Franked Stamp) Scotia Humboldt Co.
California
I the undersigned hereby ac-
knowledge the amount of £ 138.19.8
being paid to my account in July &
August 1905 in Parrs Bank Ramsey Isle
of Man by my Brother Daniel the said
amount being bequeathed to me in my
fathers will.
Signed Thos. A Christian
Last updated 24 April 2014