Document Request: 1933 Will of John Morgan Owen
Document Description: 1933 Will of John Morgan Owen
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Document Transcription:Death on or after 1st January, 1898.
Will
BE IT KNOWN that John Morgan Owen of 7 St. Nicolas Road Upper Tooting Surrey died on the ninth day of February 1933 at Saint Thomas’s Home Lambeth Surrey
AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date here under written the last Will and testament of the said deceased was approved and registered in the principal probate registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice, and that administration of all the estate which by law devolves to invest in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court
Gertrude Ethel Owen of seven Saint Nicolas Road aforesaid widow the relict and Alfred John Morgan Owen of 35 West Side Wandsworth Common Surrey bank official son of deceased and Frederick Sibert Henniker 17 Saint Nicolas Road aforesaid Surveyor the executors stated in the said Will.
[.elwoon] £5081-5-7
Dated the 16th day of March 1933
Gross value of a estate £ 5005-2-4
Net value of personal estate £ 4478–10–11
I, John Morgan Owen of 7, Saint Nicolas Road Upper Tooting in the county of Surrey hereby revoke all former wills and codicils made by me and declare this my last Will.
[1] I appoint my wife Gertrude Ethel Owen and my son Alfred John Morgan Owen of 35, West side, Wandsworth Common in the said county of Surrey, and Frederick Sibert Henniker of No. 17 Saint Nicolas Road, Upper Tooting, London, S.W. Surveyor (hereinafter called “my trustees”) executors and trustees of this my will.
[2] I give and bequeath to my wife Gertrude Ethel Owen all the furniture goods and or personal effects belonging to me at No. 7 Saint Nicolas Road, aforesaid absolutely.
[3] I give and bequeath to my said son Alfred John Morgan earn my leasehold house and premises situated at and being No. 35, West Side, Wandsworth Common aforesaid.
[4] I devise give and bequeath all the residue of my real and personal estate of whatever nature and wheresoever situate to my trustees upon trust to sell call in and convert into money - subject to clause 5 hereof - all such parts thereof as shall not consist of investments authorised by law for the investment of trust funds and after discharging my debts funeral and testamentary expenses to pay the whole of the income thereof during her life or widower widow and after her death or remarriage which ever shall first happen upon trust as to both capital and income for all my children living at my death in equal shares as tenants in common provided nevertheless that in case any child of mine has died I shall die in my lifetime leaving issue at by death who being male to attain the age of 21 or being female attain that age or previously married such issue shall stand in the place of such child and take “per stirpes” and equally between them if more than one the share of my residuary fund which said deceased child would have taken if he or she had survive me and attain a vested interest.
[5] I declare that my trustees may during the continuance of the trusts hereby created postpone the sale calling in and conversion of my estate for such period as they may in their absolute discretion deem fit and if in their discretion they deem it desirable or advisable in the interest of the residuary legatees they may retain and converted my investments or any part thereof as existing at the time of my decease and or vary the same without being liable to account notwithstanding that such investments may be of a wasting speculative or reversionary nature
In witness there there of whereof I have hereon to set my hand this 21st day of July 1930
Signed by the above named John Morgan Owen as his last will in the joint presence of himself and us who at his request and in such joint presents have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses:- John Morgan Owen
Witness [Thos] Davies [Inces]
Solicitor, 168 Fleet Street, London EC.
Witness Harold Edmund [Bournes[, clerk to TP Jones and company solicitors, 168 Fleet Street London EC
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