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COUNTY OF WELLAND
BE IT KNOWN that on· the --tenth-- day of '--July-- in the year
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of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-three- the last
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the .c okty of Welland and who at the t:lbne of ' hfs ' death ~ had a
fixed place of abode at --Fort Erie--, in the said Colinty of
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a · t·ru·~.. 'c opy. of which said last Will ' and Testament-- is hereunto
AND THAT administration of All and singular the prop-
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ANNIE T. . ATWOOD, :· Widow,
James Lloyd Atwood, Merchant, and Ira T.
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the said W:f.11 ' they severally--having been first sworn well and
·faithfully to admi.n ister t he same by paying · the just debts of
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By the Court,
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AND BEQUEATH unto my three sons, JAMES
LLOYD ATWOOD /'~ IRA T. 'ATWOOD: AND JOHN R. M. ATWOOD, share and share
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alike, ' my' store premises · 'and land connected '. therewith, being #46
Jarvis Street, : in · the Town ~f Fort Erie, together with my furniture
and Undertaking 1 business, ' the same to include 1.all chattels; 1stockin-trade~l("·and •'· contents
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subject, ·'however, to "the : paym~nt of all or any debts that I may owe
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in connection with said business, and subject further to the payment of Five Hundred Dollars to the Building Fund of the Central
Avenue United . Church, Fort ·Erie, the said Five Hundred dollars to
be paid within five years
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the date of my death.
ALL THE REST AND RESIDUE of my estate, both real and personal,
of every kind and description, I GIVE, DEVISE AND BEQUEATH
unt o my Executors upon trust, to pay the income· arising therefrom
unto my wife, ANNIE A. ATWOOD, for an during her natural life, and
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upon her death to realize the same and to divide the proceeds of said
residue equally among my six children, namely:
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EDWARD VICTOR ATWOOD, REVA A. Mac-
ATWOOD, share and share alike.
· I FURTHER EMPOWER My Executors to retain any investments
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or asset in the form in which it may be at my death.
AND I NOMINATE, CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT my said wife,
ANNIE A• .ATWOOD, and my two sons, JAMES LLOYD ATWOOD and IRA T.
ATWOOD, to be the Executors of this my Will.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
.r have hereunto set my hand the day
and yea r first above wri t ten .
SIGNED, PUBLISHED AND DECLAREDl
by the said JOHN HENRY ATWOOD
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Local history, Fort Erie and surrounding area.
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John Hershey: Last Will & Testament
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1940s
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