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<br />THE AUGUSTINE CO. 18600.14•$6
<br />words and figures following:
<br />IN THE NAME OF GOD,AMEN: I,C.H.Gottlieb Heidkamp,being of sound mind and memory,but knowing the
<br />uncertainty of human life,do now make and publish this my last will and testament,that is to say;
<br />I give,devise and bequeath to my children all of my property,real,personal and mixed of what nature
<br />and kind soever and wheresoever the same be at the time of my death,to be divided share and share
<br />alike.
<br />C.H.Gottlieb Heidkamp (Seal)
<br />Signed,sealed,published,and declared by the said C.H.Gottlieb Heidkamp the testator,as and for
<br />his last will and testament;and we,at his request and in his presence,and in the presence of each
<br />other,have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto,this 5th day of November,A.D.1926.
<br />John A.Ferguson
<br />William B.Hilbert
<br />was duly proved,approved and allowed as the Last Will and Testament of C.H.Gottlieb Heidkamp,
<br />deceased,a decree of probate was made thereon and the following certificate thereto affixed:
<br />CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE
<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 28th day of February,A.D.,1940,
<br />Present Paul N.Kirk,County Judge
<br />In the Matter of the Estate
<br />of
<br />C.H.Gottlieb Heidkamp,deceased
<br />I,Paul N.Kirk,Judge of the County Court in and for said County,do hereby certify that on the 5th
<br />day of February,1940,the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of C.H.Gottlieb
<br />Heidkamp,deceased,was filed for probate in this Court.That on the 28th day of February,i940,said
<br />instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved,probated and allowed as the last
<br />will and testament of the real and personal estate of said C.H.Gottlieb Heidkamp,deceased,and the
<br />same was ordered to be recorded in the records of the Court aforesaid.
<br />In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court this 28th
<br />day of February,1940. (SEAL)
<br />Paul N.Kirk,County Judge
<br />and said George Heidkamp was,upon his giving bond in the sum of $5,000.00,as ordered by this Court
<br />appointed Administrator with Will Annexed thereof; the Court further finds that the deceased at
<br />the time of his death was a widower and that he left the following heirs -at -law:
<br />Alma Heidkamp Laseen,a daughter
<br />Ella Heidkamp Bancroft, a daughter
<br />Martha Heidkamp Weeks,a daughter
<br />George Heidkamp,a son
<br />all over the age of 21 years.
<br />FIFTH
<br />That on the 28th day of February,1940,an order of'this Court was made allowing creditors three
<br />months in which to file their claims against said estate and the Administrator with Will Annexed
<br />one year in which to settle said estate from the 27th day of Marchp19402and further ordering that
<br />a notice of the same be published in the Grand Island Independent,a legal newspaper published and
<br />circulating in Hall County,Nebraska,for three successive weeks prior to the 27th day of March,
<br />1940,and it appears by proof on file that notice of said order was published as ordered by this
<br />Court.
<br />SIXTH
<br />The Court further finds that on the 4th day of March,1940,the said George Heidkamp,Administrator
<br />With Will Annexed herein filed in this Court his Inventory of the property of said estate and that
<br />according to said inventory,the deceased died seized and possessed of the following described
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