Thank you all very much indeed for your detective work... and for the mirror image tati [I assume that's how you did that] which seems to be a typing over the original Will about an affadavit sworn in Oct 1951. I had not been able to unravel that & had no idea an affadavit was involved. Now of course, as in all FH, stuff, it leaves me with another mystery.
Henry Hargreaves, whose will it is, died 30 April 1951 in Victoria BC. Now the intriguing question is what is the affadavit sworn by his daughter about and can I get hold ot the affadavit?
The story behind this is that on 10 June 1939 Henry H left his wife in Moose Jaw , supposedly to go to England on business, but in fact he nicked off to hide in Toronto with his MJ already married ladyfriend who from then on passed herself off as his wife. In 1948 they moved to near VictoriaBC.
His legal wife died in 1946 in MJ. Presumably when Henry died the 1938
will was produced but what was the Affadavit about?
I think the year of the will signing must be 1938.. My guess is that he was preparing to leave MJ by then and putting this will in place so he wouldn't be pursued in his hiding out. . From what I have read on a site about wills in BC that dollylee[?] gave me, a Will became invalid upon the marriage of the signer, so presumably Henry and the ladyfriend didn't marry but just passed as a couple.
Am I making sense? Any questions, suggestions, corrections to my suppositions?
I understand there was little actual money in the estate covered by the Will... The money of which there was lots must have been given to the lady friend ahead of his death- she was 20 yrs younger & lived until 1975.
So now the question is how to get hold of a copy of this affadavit--- any ideas on this very welcome.
Thanks for your help- I really appreciate it.
charlotte