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Offline sue21757

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Probate lookup please. Auckland"Completed"
« on: Saturday 06 September 08 05:59 BST (UK) »
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If anyone is going to Auckland Archives could they please lookup a probate file.

SMITH Elizabeth Caroline - Auckland - Widow     1957 - 1957

agency    series    accession    box / item    record    part    alternative no.
BBAE    1570       Box1386    2890/1957


SMITH Caroline Eliza - Auckland - Spinster     1956 - 1956

agency    series    accession    box / item    record    part    alternative no.
BBAE    1570       Box1319    2430/1956


Thanks
Regards Sue

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Re: Probate lookup please. Auckland
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 17 March 09 08:16 GMT (UK) »
Hi Sue

Caroline Eliza SMITH
Spinster of Auckland
Will dated 15 November 1949
died 19 Oct 1956 at Auckland

Executor: John Henry Gerhard Forster, Retired of Auckland.

Sisters:
Alice Smith
Annie Rowe

If Alice survives her by more than 48 hours (!!!??), then everything to her.
If not, then sister Annie to have the use, occupation and enjoyment thereof during her lifetime, then after her death the estate to be divided into 4 parts and given to:
Baptist Missionary Society
China Inland Mission
United Maori Mission
Bible Training Institute

Codicil dated 21 Aug 1956
Additional Executors & Trustees:
Helen Maria Forster, wife of John Henry Gerhard Forster, both of Auckland
Harold Norman Smith, nephew, Transport Inspector of Auckland

Estate estimated to be under £3100


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Re: Probate lookup please. Auckland
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 17 March 09 08:18 GMT (UK) »
here's the other one...

Elizabeth Caroline SMITH
Married Woman of Auckland
Will dated 10 May 1932
died 15 Aug 1957

Husband James Smith, Labourer, died 15 Feb 1941 at Auckland
Niece Sarah Cooper Welch, wife of Albert George Welch, Butcher of Tuakau

If husband survives her then he is the sole executor and everything to him
Otherwise everything to her niece
Affidavit as to Death by Olive Elma Young, Secretary of Tuakau

Estate estimated to be under £230

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Re: Probate lookup please. Auckland"Completed"
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 19 March 09 01:49 GMT (UK) »
Hi Bren

Thanks so much for doing this lookup for me.It was a nice surprise.

Cheers Sue