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Will of Ann Odell, spinster, 1911 (proved 1919)
Oxford Probate Registry
This is the last Will and Testament of me Ann Odell of Park Road Winslow in the County of Buckingham Spinster. I appoint my friend Thomas Bonner of Buckingham Accountant and Henry Hall of Winslow aforesaid Railway Employee Executors of this my Will and I bequeath to the said Thomas Bonner the legacy or sum of One hundred pounds free of legacy duty as an acknowledgement of his past services to me and also for his trouble in executing the trusts of this my Will and to the said Henry Hall I bequeath the legacy or sum of Twenty five pounds free of legacy duty as an acknowledgement of his trouble in executing the trusts of this my Will. I bequeath to my Niece Mabel Elizabeth Moores all my Articles of Jewellery and Ornament for her own use absolutely And I bequeath all my wearing apparel and other personal effects to my said Niece Mabel Elizabeth Moores and her Mother Susannah Odell in equal shares I bequeath to my Nephew Samuel Odell the Son of my Brother Samuel Odell the legacy or sum of Twenty pounds. And to my Brother William Odell the sum of One hundred pounds I bequeath the Legacy or sum of Ten pounds each to the five children of my late Brother George Odell deceased all of such Legacies respectively to be paid free of Legacy Duty I bequeath all the Furniture and Household effects of every kind which shall be in and about the Dwellinghouse in my occupation at my decease to my said Niece Mabel Elizabeth Moores for her own use absolutely I devise my two Freehold Houses with the gardens and appurtenances thereto belonging situate in Park Road Winslow aforesaid one of which is now in my occupation and the other is in the occupation of William Wise, to my said Niece Mabel Elizabeth Moores in fee simple. I devise all other my real Estate if any and I bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever of which I shall be possessed or entitled at the time of my decease including money and securities for money unto the said Thomas Bonner and Henry Hall Upon Trust to sell the same and convert into money such part thereof as shall not consist of money And to stand possessed thereof And in the first place to pay thereout my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the expenses of executing the trusts of this my Will And in the next place to pay to my niece Fanny Langley Widow of Charles Langley and my Nephew John Keys of Winslow aforesaid the Legacy or sum of One hundred pounds each which I hereby bequeath to them accordingly And in the next place as to the sum of Three hundred pounds further part of the proceeds of the residue of my said Estate I direct my said Trustees to invest the same in their names in or upon the Stock funds or securities authorised by Law as Trustee investments And to pay the annual Income or dividends arising therefrom to my Sister in Law the said Susannah Odell during her life as and when the same shall become due and payable and not by way of anticipation And at the decease of the said Susannah Odell I bequeath the Capital as well as the future Income of the said Three hundred pounds or the Stock funds or securities representing the same to my said Neice Mabel Elizabeth Moores absolutely And as to the remainder of the said proceeds of my said residuary Estate I direct my said Trustees to divide the same between the said Mabel Elizabeth Moores Susannah Odell Fanny Langley and John Keys share and share alike and I bequeath the same accordingly I revoke all other Wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this only to be my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and eleven
Ann Odell [signature]
Signed by the said Ann Odell the Testatrix as and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at her request in her presence and the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses.
William George Wise [signature] Park Road, Winslow
Florence Mary Wise [signature] Park Road, Winslow
On the Fourteenth day of March 1919. Probate of this Will was granted at Oxford to Thomas Bonner and Henry Hall, the Executors.
It is hereby certified that the foregoing is a correct copy
Dated this Twentieth day of March 1919.
BE IT KNOWN that Ann Odell of Park Road Winslow in the County of Buckingham Spinster who at the time of her death had a fixed place of abode at Park Road aforesaid, within the District of the Counties of Oxford, Berks and Buckingham, died on the 3rd day of February 1919 at Park Road aforesaid.
AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written the last will and Testament of the said deceased was proved and registered in the District Probate Registry of His Majesty’s High Court of Justice at Oxford, and that administration of all the estate which by law devolves to and vests in the personal representative of the said deceased was granted by the aforesaid Court to Thomas Bonner of 23 West Street Buckingham in the County of Buckingham Accountant and Henry Hall of Station Road Winslow in the same County Permanent Way Inspector, the Executors named in the said Will.
Dated the 14th day of March 1919.
Gross value of Estate £2236 - 17 – 4
Net value of Estate £1718 - 15 – 2
Extracted by The Executors
Notes
Ann Odell was 72 when she died in 1919. She lived in Winslow all her life. In 1911 she was living in Park Road (the house is now no.10) and gave her occupation as retired housekeeper; her widowed sister-in-law Susannah Odell was living with her. In 1891 she was housekeeper to Henry Withers at 27 Market Square. Previously she lived with her parents John and Mary Odell.
Susannah (nee Turvey) was the widow of Jabez Odell. Their daughter Mabel Elizabeth (b.1883) married Arthur Moores.
An older sister Sarah Odell married John Keys; they were the parents of Fanny Langley and John Keys. The only other members of the family who were living in Winslow in 1911 were Frederick and Arthur, two sons of the deceased brother George. Their brother William Odell died in 1910.