= James Robertson Esqr =
On this tenth day of September one thousand
eight hundred and ninety four Before me Robert
A. Dunton and Charles Cushing the undersigned Notaries
= Will = Public for the Province of Quebec, residing in the
City of Montreal,
Personally appeared James Robertson of
the said City of Montreal, Manufacturer and President
of the James Robertson Company (Limited)
Who being of sound disposing mind memory
and understanding hath requested us the said
Notaries to write down and receive in due form
of law his present Last Will and Testament
which he has declared as follows ------
First, I direct that all my Just debts and funeral
and testamentary expenses (including in said
debts the balance of a special subscription to
St Gabriel Presbyterian Church, Montreal, which now
amounts to about twelve hundred dollars) be paid
Second -- I give and bequeath to my beloved
wife Dame Amelia Morris ---
(1) All of the household furniture, plate and plated
ware, pictures, books movables, horses, carriages and
effects belonging to me -----------
(2) The proceeds of three insurance policies on
my life, one in the Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the United States for the sum of ten
thousand dollars and numbered ___ one in the
Aetna Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn,
numbered ____ for the sum of ten thousand
dollars and the other in the North British and
Mercantile Fire and Life Insurance Company for
the sum of five hundred pounds Sterling, with
all profits, premiums and bonuses that may
accrue thereon as her absolute property, In
the event of the said policies being paid to
me during my life time, I give to my said
wife in lieu thereof an annuity of fifteen
hundred dollars to be paid to her each and
every year during the remainder of her
lifetime by quarterly payments, ___ ___ ___ ___ __
(3) A further annuity of one thousand to
be paid to my said wife each and every
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