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In the name of God, Amen, I, Miss Augusta Cecil Collett, now
residing at 576 Mendocino Avenue, in the City of Santa Rosa, County of Sonoma,
State of California, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and not
acting under duress, menace, fraud, or under the undue influence of any person
whomsoever, but of my own free will, do make, publish and declare this my last
will and testament in manner following, that it to say:
FIRST: I hereby revoke and annual any and all former wills
and codicils to will by me made;
SECOND: Unto my half-sister, LEONORA JULIA COLLETT, who
resides at Bury St Edmunds in England, I hereby give and bequeath all of the
following described securities now owned by me which are in the possession of
Barclays Bank Limited of 51 Abbeygate Street, Bury St
Edmunds, to-wt:
320 Pounds 1st Mort. Irred 4% Deb Benskins Watford Brewery Limited;
11 Pounds 2 Shillings 1 Pence inscribed bank Cape of Good
Hope consolidated 2½% stock
28 Pounds 1 Shilling 8 Pence stock receipt 4½% War Stock
1925/1945
105 Pounds 5 Shillings 3 Pence Stock Cert. 5% War Stock
1929/1947 PO register
135 Pounds 17 Shillings 3 Pence Stock Receipt Cape of Good
Hope consolidated 3½% 1949
139 Pounds 1 Shilling 1 Pence Stock
Receipt Western Australia Govt. 3½% 1920/36 Insc. 126 Pounds perp. 4% cons.
debenture Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
4 Pounds Annuity Class B East India Railway Co. 80 pounds pref ordinary stock Anglo American Telegraph Co. 66 pounds
5% pref stock Southern Railway Co.
54 Pounds deferred ordinary stock Southern Railway Co.
46 Pounds deferred ordinary stock Southern Railway Co.
THIRD: Unto my half-brother
JOHN ANTHONY COLLETT, residing at Vashon, Washington, I hereby give and
bequeath all that portion of my clothing, jewellery, and household effects he
may desire to take, and the rest residue and remainder of such clothing,
jewellery, and household effects I hereby give and bequeath unto my dear friend
Mrs Dawson Dixon of Santa Rosa, and request that she distribute the same in
accordance with written directions which she will find in my desk.
FOURTH: Unto my said half-brother
JOHN ANTHONY COLLETT, I hereby give and bequeath the sum of Six Thousand
Dollars ($6,000.00) lawful money of the United States of America.
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FIFTH: All of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate I
hereby give, devise and bequeath as follows:
(a) To my dear friend Jessie Richardson of Santa Rosa, One Hundred Dollars
(b) To Hattie Dobell, who served me so faithfully, One Hundred Dollars
(c) To the Vestry of Church of the Incarnation of Santa Rosa, the sum of Two Thousand Dollars to be held by said Vestry perpetually in trust for the following uses and purposes, to-wit:
1. To invest and reinvest the same in such manner as said Vestry may deem safe and proper, and
2. To expend the income therefrom for the benefit of Church of the Incarnation of Santa Rosa in such manner as said Vestry deems advisable and for the best interests of said Church,
(d) To my said half-sister, LEONORA JULIA COLLETT and my said half-brother JOHN ANTHONY COLLETT, all the rest, residue and remainder of my said estate, in equal shares
SIXTH: I hereby declare and direct that the legacies mentioned in paragraphs Second, Third and Fourth, of this my last will and testament, be paid and satisfied in full before anything be paid on the legacies mentioned in the Fifth paragraph of this my last will and testament, and that the two legacies to Jessie Richardson and Hattie Dobell be paid in full before anything be paid upon the legacy to the Vestry of the Church of the Incarnation of Santa Rosa.
SEVENTH: I hereby nominate and appoint R M Barrett and Fred W McConnell of Sonoma County or the survivor of them, Executors of my last will and testament, to act as such without giving bonds of any kind, and I hereby authorise my said Executors to dispose of any property of my estate, real or personal, at public or private sale, with or without notice.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this the 15th day of March in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Four (1934).
Miss Augusta Cecil Collett
The foregoing instrument, consisting of three pages, including this page signed by the testatrix, was, at the date thereof by Miss Augusta Cecil Collett, the maker thereof, signed, sealed, published as and declared by her to be her last will and testament, in our presence and in the presence of each of us, and we, at her request, in her presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
Eloise Lathrop Seaton, residing at Santa Rosa
Elwyn D Seaton, residing at Santa Rosa