Alexander James Whiteford
Sex: MAKA: Alexander Whiteford 6438, James Whiteford
Individual Information
Birth Date: Cir 1790 - Fair Head, Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland 6438 Christening: Death: 18 Dec 1867 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 77) Burial: Cause of Death:Events
• Occupation: Watchmaker; Lay Circuit Steward and Trustee for Methodist church, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Emigration: 1850, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Dunluce, 3 Renouf Place, Cir 1859, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Dunluce
(3 Renouf Place, St. John's)
Known locally as Dunluce, this house was originally built as a summer home for an Irish watchmaker around the middle of the 19th century.
Dunluce, 3 Renouf Place, St. John's, NL
Dunluce, 3 Renouf Place, St. John's, NL
Dunluce has remained virtually unaltered since it was built in 1859.
© 1998 Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
Alexander Whiteford, the watchmaker, bought the parcel of land that Dunluce now stands from the estate of farmer John McGrath. It was one of several country houses built on the outskirts of St. John's at that time. When the house was finally completed around 1859, Whiteford named the house Dunluce after a castle of the same name in County Antrim, Ireland.
The Whitefords used Dunluce as a summer home, and during that time they took care care of a small boy named James McNeilly. The Whitefords, along with the McNeillys and another family, the Rogersons, were the people primarily associated with the house up until 1948. The most famous may have been Isabella Whiteford Rogerson, a poetess of some fame in the St. John's area. In fact, several of her poems focused on the gardens around the home, which were famous locally for their beauty.
After 1948, Rex Renouf, a prominent local lawyer, historian and politician, bought the property and used it as a full-time residence for himself and his family. Over 20 years later, it was purchased by Renouf's daughter, Andrea Gillies who lived there with her husband, William.
Located at 3 Renouf Place, the house sits on a 2.5 acre plot of land filled with many old and beautiful trees. While the house was once located well outside the city, it is now firmly within its boundaries.
Dunluce is a one-and-a-half-storey modified wooden Cape Cod style home with a centre hall plan. The house's most notable feature is its dormer treatment. It has five-sided Scottish dormers, a style more common in Nova Scotia than in Newfoundland. The back of the house also has a tall classical window.
Dunluce was recognised as a Registered Heritage Structure in May 1993. The Newfoundland Historic Trust in 1996 awarded the owners the Southcott Award for its restoration.
Updated August, 2016
Registered Heritage Structures Bibliography
Registered Heritage Structures Table of Contents
Also view Dunluce Registered Heritage Structure on the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador web site. The Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web Site has on its site only a portion of the registered heritage structures in Newfoundland and Labrador. To view a complete list or search for a particular structure visit the Heritage Foundation's Property Search page.
Spouses and Children
1. *Isabella Mathers 6438 Marriage: Children: 1. Olivia Whiteford 2. James A. Whiteford 3. Living 4. Living 5. Isabella Whiteford 6. Rosina WhitefordIsabella Whiteford
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 3 Jan 1835 - Fair Head, Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland 6438,7867 Christening: Death: 2 Feb 1905 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 70) 6438 Burial: After 2 Feb 1905 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 7867 Cause of Death: Heart Failure 7867Events
• Religion: Methodist.
• Emigration: 1850, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)
• Residence: Dunluce, 3 Renouf Place, Cir 1859, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Dunluce
(3 Renouf Place, St. John's)
Known locally as Dunluce, this house was originally built as a summer home for an Irish watchmaker around the middle of the 19th century.
Dunluce, 3 Renouf Place, St. John's, NL
Dunluce, 3 Renouf Place, St. John's, NL
Dunluce has remained virtually unaltered since it was built in 1859.
© 1998 Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
Alexander Whiteford, the watchmaker, bought the parcel of land that Dunluce now stands from the estate of farmer John McGrath. It was one of several country houses built on the outskirts of St. John's at that time. When the house was finally completed around 1859, Whiteford named the house Dunluce after a castle of the same name in County Antrim, Ireland.
The Whitefords used Dunluce as a summer home, and during that time they took care care of a small boy named James McNeilly. The Whitefords, along with the McNeillys and another family, the Rogersons, were the people primarily associated with the house up until 1948. The most famous may have been Isabella Whiteford Rogerson, a poetess of some fame in the St. John's area. In fact, several of her poems focused on the gardens around the home, which were famous locally for their beauty.
After 1948, Rex Renouf, a prominent local lawyer, historian and politician, bought the property and used it as a full-time residence for himself and his family. Over 20 years later, it was purchased by Renouf's daughter, Andrea Gillies who lived there with her husband, William.
Located at 3 Renouf Place, the house sits on a 2.5 acre plot of land filled with many old and beautiful trees. While the house was once located well outside the city, it is now firmly within its boundaries.
Dunluce is a one-and-a-half-storey modified wooden Cape Cod style home with a centre hall plan. The house's most notable feature is its dormer treatment. It has five-sided Scottish dormers, a style more common in Nova Scotia than in Newfoundland. The back of the house also has a tall classical window.
Dunluce was recognised as a Registered Heritage Structure in May 1993. The Newfoundland Historic Trust in 1996 awarded the owners the Southcott Award for its restoration.
Updated August, 2016
Registered Heritage Structures Bibliography
Registered Heritage Structures Table of Contents
Also view Dunluce Registered Heritage Structure on the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador web site. The Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web Site has on its site only a portion of the registered heritage structures in Newfoundland and Labrador. To view a complete list or search for a particular structure visit the Heritage Foundation's Property Search page.• Occupation: Writer - POEMS (1860); THE VICTORIAN TRIUMPH, AND OTHER POEMS (1898), 1860-1900, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Seen on John W. Doull, Bookseller website, 301221:
ROGERSON, Isabella Whiteford. The Victorian Triumph And Other Poems. Toronto : William Briggs / Montreal : C.W. Coates / Halifax : S.F. Huestis, 1898.Pp [i]-xii,13-232,(2), frontis portrait (with tissue guard). 8vo, gilt illustrated blue cloth, lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. O'Dea 1200, Watters,p.170, Rhodenizer p.868. For Rogerson see ENL IV:620. "Isabella Whiteford – now the wife of the Honorable James J. Rogerson – is a native of County Antrim, Ireland. [...] In 1850, Mrs. Rogerson's father and mother, accompanied by their four daughters and two sons, came out to Newfoundland. For nearly fifty years our Island has been her cherished home." - from the Introductory Note by D.W. Prowse. This collection, her second book of poetry, includes : The Victorian Triumph; An Episode of the St. John's Fire, 1892; George Street Church Woman's Missionary Society; Royal National Deep-Sea Mission; John Cabot; John Cabot's Discovery; "Sailed, and Has Not Since Been HeardOf"; Newfoundland; Columbus; To His Honor Judge Prowse; Terra Nova; St. Jo hn River; A Plea for a Sailor's Home; On Making Cape Race; At Sea; and manymore. Cloth rubbed, wear to spine ends and edges, corners bumped, penned n ame and address, foxing to tissue guard, else a very good copy. 200.00
.
Parents
Father: Alexander James Whiteford Mother: Isabella Mathers 6438
Spouses and Children
1. *Hon. James Johnstone Rogerson MHA 292 Marriage: Cir 1879 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Notes
General:
[Tessier.FTW]
280114 from Simon Fraser University Library online:
Biography
Born in County Antrim, Isabella Whiteford (1835-1905) began as a child to write verse about the scenery of her native Ireland. She continued her poetic bent in the similarly evocative landscape of Newfoundland when she immigrated with her parents in 1850. Her first volume of poetry, published in Belfast in 1860, includes some of the verses of her youth. This was followed by a second collection published in Toronto in 1898. She married a leading politician of the colony, James Johnstone Rogerson (1820-1907), and joined in his temperance and philanthropic work, which focused primarily on educational and housing provisions for Newfoundland's poor, unemployed, and incarcerated residents. Isabella also presided over the Church Woman's Missionary Society and, for many years, led Methodist classes. Her occupation with caring for her parents and siblings during illnesses is reflected in the domestic and religious themes of much of her verse. Often signing her work under a pseudonym, including "Caed Mille Failtha" which means "a hundred thousand welcomes" Isabella died in 1905 and was buried in the Rogerson family vault at the General Protestant Cemetery in St. John's. Other notes Although she had no children of her own, Isabella referred to James Johnstone Rogerson's offspring as her sons and daughters, as is evidenced in her final will. The primary recipient of Isabella's estate, Jessie Rogerson, was also the wife of Isabella's nephew, lawyer and politician Alexander James Whiteford McNeily (1845-1911), making the Whiteford/Rogerson/McNeily family an influential one in nineteenth-century Newfoundland.
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061118:
Left $1400 in the will of James Goodfellow 4801
James A. Whiteford
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Christening: Death: Bef 19 Aug 1905 2210 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Alexander James Whiteford Mother: Isabella Mathers 6438
Notes
General:
061118:
$1000 left in will of James Goodfellow
Living
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Alexander James Whiteford Mother: Isabella Mathers 6438
Spouses and Children
1. LivingOlivia Whiteford
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Fair Head, Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland 6439 Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:Events
• Emigration: Widowed mother and two sons, Isaac Robert and Alexander James Whiteford, 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)
Parents
Father: Alexander James Whiteford Mother: Isabella Mathers 6438
Spouses and Children
1. *Isaac McNeily Marriage: Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living 4. Hon. Alexander James Whiteford McNeily M.H.A. 5. Isaac Robert McNeilyRosina Whiteford
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Cir 1836 - Ballycastle, Antrim, Northern Ireland 8525 Christening: Death: 29 Jun 1908 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 72) 8525 Burial: After 29 Jan 1908 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 8525 Cause of Death: Bronchitis 8525Events
• Residence: Dunluce Cottage, Cove Rd., 1898, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Will: Will of Rosina [Whiteford] Goodfellow, Newfoundland will books volume 8 pages 457 to 463 probate year 1908, 19 Aug 1905, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Will of Rosina Goodfellow
from Newfoundland will books volume 8 pages 457 to 463 probate year 1908
In re
Rosina Goodfellow deceased.
This is the last will and Testament of me Rosina Goodfellow of St. John's, widow, hereby expressly revoking all wills and Codicils by me heretofore made and declaring that these presents express my latest and binding intentions I give devise and bequeath to my Executors hereinafter named all the Estate real and personal of which I shall die possessed Upon Trust to administer and distribute the same in accordance with my desires and bequests hereinafter set forth, that is to say
Firstly I give devise and bequeath to my dear niece Alice McNeily all my freehold interest in the property held by me on the south side of the Harbor of St. John's consisting of waterside premises, Stores, wharves, Cottages, and lands appurtenant thereto And also all my interest whatsoever the same may be in the rent or royalties payable to me by the Glenwood Lumber Company and its assigns whosoever the same may be, but I expressly declare that this bequest does not carry with it any rent or royalties in arrears, accumulated, due, or accruing at the time of my decease but such arrears accumulations or debts due, and likewise the first complete payment accruing after my decease shall go to my general estate as provision for the bequests and legacies by this my will devised
Secondly I give devise and bequeath to my dear niece Jessie McNeily all my right title and interest in and to the leasehold Land Dwelling House and premises situate on Church Hill in St. John's aforesaid and assigned to me by Alexander J. W. McNeily Subject nevertheless to the mortgage thereon for the sum of Three Thousand Dollars payable to the Estate of James A. Whiteford deceased and also all my household furniture now at "Dunluce" Subject to certain small bequests of which I shall inform her and of which I know that for my sake she will have regard.
Thirdly I give and bequeath to my nephew James Alexander William Whiteford McNeily all my household furniture and books now in my Queen Street residence or wheresoever the same may be at the time of my decease reserving thereout some specific gifts which I may make to my said niece Alice McNeily
Fourthly So soon as in the discretion of my Executors it shall appear to them expedient or advantageous it is my will and desire that they shall realize such portion of my estate as shall require to be realized in order to the effectual carrying out of the true intent and meaning of this my will
Fifthly out of the moneys of my Estate the proceeds of such realization I give and bequeath to my nephew Alexander Robert Goodfellow McNeily the sum of one Thousand Dollars and to my nephew James Johnston Rogerson McNeily the sum of one Thousand Dollars
Sixthly I give and bequeath to the several beneficiaries herein nominated the following sums, that is to say:
To my niece Olive McNeily Wood the sum of one Thousand Dollars:
To my cousin Annie A. McAlister, the sum of one Thousand Dollars:
To my dear little namesake Rosina Helen Rogerson the sum of Two Hundred Dollars:
To my dear Emma B. Rogerson the sum of Two Hundred Dollars:
To Mrs. Rebecca Smythe of No. 33 Harcourt Street Dublin, or (in the event of her predeceasing me) to her daughter Edith T. Smythe, the sum of One Hundred Pounds sterling:
To my dear and faithful servant Mary Ryan the sum of Five Hundred Dollars;
To Mrs. R Watson niece of my dear husband deceased the sum of Two Hundred Dollars:
To Mrs. Mary R. Wright another niece of my said husband the sum of Two hundred Dollars:
To William P. Rogerson the sum of one Hundred Dollars:
To Cyril Tessier the sum of one Hundred Dollars:
To the Presbyterian Church in St. John's the sum of Five Hundred Dollars:
To my nieces Jessie and Alice the sum of Twenty Dollars which I desire them to expend in the purchase of a little souvenir gift for the Reverend Andrew Robertson to whom I owe much at all times for his sympathy and loving kindness and to whom I was specially indebted in the time of my deepest sorrow
Seventhly I give and bequeath to my said nephew James Alexander William Whiteford McNeily Fifteen shares in the stock of the "Newfoundland Consolidated Foundry Company"
Eighthly I give and bequeath to my nephew James Whiteford McNeily my shares in the stock of the Neptune Whaling Company.
Ninthly To Robert Gerrett I give and bequeath my gold watch.
Tenthly I especially request and desire my Executors to permit and suffer Bridget, Ellen and Annie Bambrick and the survivor of them to occupy jointly and free of rent the land and premises which they now hold under me; and I further request and desire my Executors to pay them as soon as possible after my decease the sum of Sixty Dollars for which the receipt of any one of them shall be a sufficient discharge.
Eleventhly I give and bequeath to Maggie Neil Kehoe the sum of Sixty Dollars: and I request and desire my Executors out of the funds of my Estate to invest such a sum as will provide her an annuity of Twenty Four Dollars during the term of her natural life
Twelfthly all she undistributed rest residue and remainder of my Estate (should there be any) I give devise and bequeath to the said Jessie McNeily and Alice McNeily share and share alike
Thirteenthly. I hereby appoint Alexander J. W. McNeily of St. John's aforesaid, one of His Majesty's Council, Alexander McDougall of the same place Merchant and James Alexander William Whiteford McNeily also of St. John's aforesaid, barrister at Law to be the Executors of this my last will and Testament
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand this nineteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand nine Hundred and Five having identified by my initials the four several foregoing pages to which this fifth page is appended. (sgd) Rosina Goodfellow Signed published and declared by the said Rosina Goodfellow as and for her last will and Testament in the presence of us who in the presence of the said Testatrix and of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. (the word "Four" on the 4th line of this page having been altered into "Five") Alex. J.W. McNeily Benoish Norman
This is a Codicil to the Last will and Testament of me Rosina Goodfellow of St. John's widow which was made by me on the 19th day of August A.D. 1905 whereas my beloved niece Jessie McNeily died on the 12th day of February now present and in consequence of the several legacies to her devised by me have become lapsed, and I am desirous of making disposition of the same I therefore by this Codicil do make this testamentary disposition of the same
1. I give devise and bequeath to my nephew Alexander J W. McNeily and to my grandnephew James A.W.W. McNeily all my right title and and interest in and to the Leasehold Land Dwelling House and premises situate at Church Hill in St. John's aforesaid and assigned to me by the said Alexander JW McNeily (subject to the mortgage thereon for the sum of $3000.00 to the Estate of the late James A. Whiteford) also all my interest in the Leasehold premises No 2. Queen Street to the said Alexander JW McNeily and James A.W.W. McNeily To Hold the same to the said Alexander J.W. McNeily and James A.W.W. McNeily in equal shares and jointly during the natural life of the said Alexander J.W. McNeily, and it is my will and desire that after the decease of the said Alexander JW McNeily the whole of my interest in the said several leaseholds and the remainder of the several terms shall pass to my grandnephews the said James A.W.W. McNeily Alexander R.G. McNeily and James J.R. McNeily share and share alike.
2. As touching the Household Furniture Books Pictures, Plate China and Ornaments which are at "Dunluce" I give devise and bequeath the same to the said James A.W.W. McNeily, subject (as was the Household Furniture in my said will) to certain small bequests of which I shall inform him and of which I know that for my sake he will have regard
3. As touching the bequest of the rest residue and remainder (if any) designated "Twelfthly" in my said will it is my will and desire that if there be any surplus unappropriated and distributable after the complete realization of my Estate the same shall pass to my nephew Alexander J.W. McNeily and to his three sons my grandnephews share and share alike
4. Except in so far as my said will is altered by the provisions and bequests of this Codicil I hereby ratify and confirm the said will in every respect and particular. Rosina Goodfellow Signed published and declared by the above named Rosina Goodfellow as and for a codicil to her Last will and Testament at St. John's aforesaid this 22nd day of February A.D. 1907 in the presence of us who in the presence of the said Rosina Goodfellow and of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto Sarah B. Ayre Leonard C. Mews
Certified correct,
D. M. Browning
Registrar
(Listed in the margin next to this will the following)
Fiat
July 22/08
Emerson J
Probate
Aug. 19. 08
granted to
Alex J W McNeily
Alex McDougal
Jas AWW McNeily
Estate sworn at
$21,400.00
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Parents
Father: Alexander James Whiteford Mother: Isabella Mathers 6438
Spouses and Children
1. *James Goodfellow 4859 Marriage: 18 Mar 1858 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 4859
Notes
General:
061118 from NGB website:
Will of Rosina Goodfellow
from Newfoundland will books volume 8 pages 457 to 463 probate year 1908
In re
Rosina Goodfellow deceased.
This is the last will and Testament of me Rosina Goodfellow of St. John's, widow, hereby expressly revoking all wills and Codicils by me heretofore made and declaring that these presents express my latest and binding intentions I give devise and bequeath to my Executors hereinafter named all the Estate real and personal of which I shall die possessed Upon Trust to administer and distribute the same in accordance with my desires and bequests hereinafter set forth, that is to say
Firstly I give devise and bequeath to my dear niece Alice McNeily all my freehold interest in the property held by me on the south side of the Harbor of St. John's consisting of waterside premises, Stores, wharves, Cottages, and lands appurtenant thereto And also all my interest whatsoever the same may be in the rent or royalties payable to me by the Glenwood Lumber Company and its assigns whosoever the same may be, but I expressly declare that this bequest does not carry with it any rent or royalties in arrears, accumulated, due, or accruing at the time of my decease but such arrears accumulations or debts due, and likewise the first complete payment accruing after my decease shall go to my general estate as provision for the bequests and legacies by this my will devised
Secondly I give devise and bequeath to my dear niece Jessie McNeily all my right title and interest in and to the leasehold Land Dwelling House and premises situate on Church Hill in St. John's aforesaid and assigned to me by Alexander J. W. McNeily Subject nevertheless to the mortgage thereon for the sum of Three Thousand Dollars payable to the Estate of James A. Whiteford deceased and also all my household furniture now at "Dunluce" Subject to certain small bequests of which I shall inform her and of which I know that for my sake she will have regard.
Thirdly I give and bequeath to my nephew James Alexander William Whiteford McNeily all my household furniture and books now in my Queen Street residence or wheresoever the same may be at the time of my decease reserving thereout some specific gifts which I may make to my said niece Alice McNeily
Fourthly So soon as in the discretion of my Executors it shall appear to them expedient or advantageous it is my will and desire that they shall realize such portion of my estate as shall require to be realized in order to the effectual carrying out of the true intent and meaning of this my will
Fifthly out of the moneys of my Estate the proceeds of such realization I give and bequeath to my nephew Alexander Robert Goodfellow McNeily the sum of one Thousand Dollars and to my nephew James Johnston Rogerson McNeily the sum of one Thousand Dollars
Sixthly I give and bequeath to the several beneficiaries herein nominated the following sums, that is to say:
To my niece Olive McNeily Wood the sum of one Thousand Dollars:
To my cousin Annie A. McAlister, the sum of one Thousand Dollars:
To my dear little namesake Rosina Helen Rogerson the sum of Two Hundred Dollars:
To my dear Emma B. Rogerson the sum of Two Hundred Dollars:
To Mrs. Rebecca Smythe of No. 33 Harcourt Street Dublin, or (in the event of her predeceasing me) to her daughter Edith T. Smythe, the sum of One Hundred Pounds sterling:
To my dear and faithful servant Mary Ryan the sum of Five Hundred Dollars;
To Mrs. R Watson niece of my dear husband deceased the sum of Two Hundred Dollars:
To Mrs. Mary R. Wright another niece of my said husband the sum of Two hundred Dollars:
To William P. Rogerson the sum of one Hundred Dollars:
To Cyril Tessier the sum of one Hundred Dollars:
To the Presbyterian Church in St. John's the sum of Five Hundred Dollars:
To my nieces Jessie and Alice the sum of Twenty Dollars which I desire them to expend in the purchase of a little souvenir gift for the Reverend Andrew Robertson to whom I owe much at all times for his sympathy and loving kindness and to whom I was specially indebted in the time of my deepest sorrow
Seventhly I give and bequeath to my said nephew James Alexander William Whiteford McNeily Fifteen shares in the stock of the "Newfoundland Consolidated Foundry Company"
Eighthly I give and bequeath to my nephew James Whiteford McNeily my shares in the stock of the Neptune Whaling Company.
Ninthly To Robert Gerrett I give and bequeath my gold watch.
Tenthly I especially request and desire my Executors to permit and suffer Bridget, Ellen and Annie Bambrick and the survivor of them to occupy jointly and free of rent the land and premises which they now hold under me; and I further request and desire my Executors to pay them as soon as possible after my decease the sum of Sixty Dollars for which the receipt of any one of them shall be a sufficient discharge.
Eleventhly I give and bequeath to Maggie Neil Kehoe the sum of Sixty Dollars: and I request and desire my Executors out of the funds of my Estate to invest such a sum as will provide her an annuity of Twenty Four Dollars during the term of her natural life
Twelfthly all she undistributed rest residue and remainder of my Estate (should there be any) I give devise and bequeath to the said Jessie McNeily and Alice McNeily share and share alike
Thirteenthly. I hereby appoint Alexander J. W. McNeily of St. John's aforesaid, one of His Majesty's Council, Alexander McDougall of the same place Merchant and James Alexander William Whiteford McNeily also of St. John's aforesaid, barrister at Law to be the Executors of this my last will and Testament
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand this nineteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand nine Hundred and Five having identified by my initials the four several foregoing pages to which this fifth page is appended. (sgd) Rosina Goodfellow Signed published and declared by the said Rosina Goodfellow as and for her last will and Testament in the presence of us who in the presence of the said Testatrix and of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. (the word "Four" on the 4th line of this page having been altered into "Five") Alex. J.W. McNeily Benoish Norman
This is a Codicil to the Last will and Testament of me Rosina Goodfellow of St. John's widow which was made by me on the 19th day of August A.D. 1905 whereas my beloved niece Jessie McNeily died on the 12th day of February now present and in consequence of the several legacies to her devised by me have become lapsed, and I am desirous of making disposition of the same I therefore by this Codicil do make this testamentary disposition of the same
1. I give devise and bequeath to my nephew Alexander J W. McNeily and to my grandnephew James A.W.W. McNeily all my right title and and interest in and to the Leasehold Land Dwelling House and premises situate at Church Hill in St. John's aforesaid and assigned to me by the said Alexander JW McNeily (subject to the mortgage thereon for the sum of $3000.00 to the Estate of the late James A. Whiteford) also all my interest in the Leasehold premises No 2. Queen Street to the said Alexander JW McNeily and James A.W.W. McNeily To Hold the same to the said Alexander J.W. McNeily and James A.W.W. McNeily in equal shares and jointly during the natural life of the said Alexander J.W. McNeily, and it is my will and desire that after the decease of the said Alexander JW McNeily the whole of my interest in the said several leaseholds and the remainder of the several terms shall pass to my grandnephews the said James A.W.W. McNeily Alexander R.G. McNeily and James J.R. McNeily share and share alike.
2. As touching the Household Furniture Books Pictures, Plate China and Ornaments which are at "Dunluce" I give devise and bequeath the same to the said James A.W.W. McNeily, subject (as was the Household Furniture in my said will) to certain small bequests of which I shall inform him and of which I know that for my sake he will have regard
3. As touching the bequest of the rest residue and remainder (if any) designated "Twelfthly" in my said will it is my will and desire that if there be any surplus unappropriated and distributable after the complete realization of my Estate the same shall pass to my nephew Alexander J.W. McNeily and to his three sons my grandnephews share and share alike
4. Except in so far as my said will is altered by the provisions and bequests of this Codicil I hereby ratify and confirm the said will in every respect and particular. Rosina Goodfellow Signed published and declared by the above named Rosina Goodfellow as and for a codicil to her Last will and Testament at St. John's aforesaid this 22nd day of February A.D. 1907 in the presence of us who in the presence of the said Rosina Goodfellow and of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto Sarah B. Ayre Leonard C. Mews
Certified correct,
D. M. Browning
Registrar
(Listed in the margin next to this will the following)
Fiat
July 22/08
Emerson J
Probate
Aug. 19. 08
granted to
Alex J W McNeily
Alex McDougal
Jas AWW McNeily
Estate sworn at
$21,400.00
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Living
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Alexander James Whiteford Mother: Isabella Mathers 6438Living
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. Living Marriage NotesSusannah Whiteway
191018:
From original register on FindMyPast
"December 31st Married Mr. Hugh Whiteway of ye parish of Bickington & Mrs. Joan Winsor with banns."
From this I take it that they are both formerly married and lost their spouses as normally the bride and groom are not referred to as "Mr." or "Mrs.".
Sex: FAKA: Susanna 4110
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1730 - Denbury, Devon, England 121 Christening: Death: 26 Nov 1785 - Denbury, Devon, England ( at age 55) 8526 Burial: 28 Nov 1785 - Denbury, Devon, England 8527 Cause of Death:Events
• Literacy: She signed marriage register with an X, 21 May 1758, Denbury, Devon, England.
• Alt. Death: Bef 28 Nov 1785, Denbury, Devon, England.
Spouses and Children
1. *Anthony Winser 86,87 Marriage: 21 May 1758 - Denbury, Devon, England 12LivingMarriage Events
• Witnesses: Peter Field and Henry Winser, 21 May 1758, Denbury, Devon, England. Marriage Notes
161018:Children: 1. Susanna Winser
Devon Marriages Transcription
Record setDevon Marriages
First name(s)Anthony
Last nameWinser
Marriage year1758
Spouse's first name(s)Susannah
Spouse's last nameWhiteaway
DenominationAnglican
CountyDevon
PlaceDenbury
ArchiveSouth West Heritage Trust
Marriage date21 May 1758
ParishDenbury
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryParish Marriages
Collections fromEngland, United Kingdom
Devon Family History Society
Transcriptions © Devon Family History Society
Sex: F
Spouses and Children
1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living
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