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, 306 YU AWD DEGREE RECORD No. �
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<br />I, Catharina Petersen, of the City of Grand Island, in the County of Hall and State of Nebrae
<br />ka, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do. hereby make public and declare this to be my
<br />last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills.
<br />First, I direct that my funeral charges, the expenses of administering my:Estate and all nW
<br />debts be paid out of my personal property. If that be insufficient I authorize my executor, here -
<br />after named, to sell so much of my Real Estate as may. be necessary for that purpose.
<br />Second, I give, devise and bequeath to my _beloved husband,. Mathias Petersen, all my household
<br />,furniture. all the rest of my personal property and all the Real Estate of which I shall died pos-
<br />sessed, after paying therefrom the above mentioned items, to have and enjoy the same for the term
<br />'of his natural Life.
<br />Third, after the death of my beloved husband, Mathias Petersen, all property, real and per-
<br />sonal, then. remaining, I give to my Three daughters, named, Catharina, Syride and Thelma, for whi
<br />they shall pay to my sons Peter. Christian and Max and to my daughter Maria each Five Dollars.
<br />I hereby appoint Christian Jessen of Grand Island, Nebraska, the sole executor of this my
<br />last Will and Testament.
<br />In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and publish and decree this to be my last Will
<br />and Testament, in presence of the witnesses named below, this 26th day of September, in the year
<br />One Thousand Nine Hundred Eleven.
<br />Catharina Petersen
<br />Signed, published and declared by the above named Testatrix, Catharina Petersen, as and for
<br />her last Will and Testament, in the presence of the undersigned, who in her presence and at her
<br />;request, and in the presence of each other, have signed our names as subscribing witnesses heretoll
<br />believing her at the time of such signing, to be of sound and disposing mind and memory.
<br />F- J-Pahl Grand Island Nebraska.
<br />Chris-Jessen Grand Island Nebraska.
<br />Juergen Rief Grand Island Nebr.
<br />CERTITICATP OF PROBATE OF WILL:
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA)
<br />)ss. At a session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in Grand
<br />HALL COUNTY, )
<br />Island, in said County, on the 5th day of July A.D.1917.
<br />Present J.H.Mullin, County Judge
<br />In The matter of the Estate of
<br />Catharina Petersen, deceased. I, J.H.Mullin, Judge of the County Court in and for said County
<br />do hereby certify that on the 17th day of May .1917, ,the instru-
<br />went purporting to be the last will and testament of Catharina Petersen, deceased, was filed for
<br />probate in this Court. That on the 5th day of July 1917, said instrument to which this certificate
<br />is attached was duly proved, probated and allowed as the last will and testament of the real per-
<br />sonal estate of Catharina Petersen, deceased, and the same was ordered to be recorded in the recox
<br />of the Court aforesaid.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court this
<br />5th day of July 1917.
<br />(B E A L) J. H. Yullin.....County:Judge.
<br />IN THE,COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
<br />In the matter of the Estate of )
<br />} FINAL DECREE.
<br />Catharina Petersen, Deceased. )
<br />Now, on this 30th day of November, 1918,_ this cause came on for hearing upon the final report
<br />of Christian Jessen, executor of the last will and testament of Catharina Petersen, deceased, and
<br />the Court having examined the records and files, finds that due notice has been given to all per-
<br />sons 'interested in said estate of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon said final report,
<br />and the Court being fully advised in the premises, finds that said report is correct in all thinge
<br />and that the same ought to be allowed and approved as and for the final report of said Executor.
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