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Record Series Detail


Series No. 59
Series Title  APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION (ORIGINALS)
Start Date  1 Jan 1832
End Date  -
Contents Start Date  1 Jan 1832
Contents End Date  31 Dec 1947
Series Description  Letters of Administration are granted by the Court in cases where a person has died intestate (without a will) or when the executors mentioned in a will are unable to administer the testator's estate.

This series constitutes original documents. Typically, the files contain:

1. Copy of Death Certificate.

2. Application for Grant of Letters of Administration.

3. Affidavit verifying deceased's assets & liabilities.

4. Administration Bond, binding the administrator to properly administer the estate and to pay fees and death duties.

The files may also contain other documents (such as marriage or birth certificates) lodged in order to satisfy the Court as to the despondent's claim to administer the estate.

It is possible that no Letters of Administration was issued. In cases where the assets were of little value or were held in joint names, no Letters of Administration is needed, therefore no Supreme Court record exists.

Note: The essential information contained in these original files is to be found in Record Series No. 57 (Copies of Grants of Letters of Administration). The records in Record Series No. 57 may be consulted and copies made with written permission of the Supreme Court.



Original Format  Files
View Image of typical record in this series  Sorry no digital copy is available for this record series
Arrangement  Chronological
Bridging Aids  -
Copies  Microfilm copies of these files, upto and including 1927 (Cons 3458) are available in the State Records Office of Western Australia. Microfilm copies of the Grants (WAS 57, Cons 3437) to 1949 are also available at the State Records Office.
Series Access Status  Restricted access - 75 years
 
Current agency responsible 
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Preceding Series 
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Succeeding Series 
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Related Series 
57 COPIES OF GRANTS OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION 1 Jan 1832 ~ 31 Dec 1947   Detail
 
Controlling Series 
55 INDEX TO PROBATE & ADMINISTRATION FILES 1 Jan 1832 ~ 31 Dec 1939   Detail
64 NOMINAL INDEX TO PROBATE & ADMINISTRATION RECORDS -  Detail
1766 INDEX TO PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION RECORDS 1 Jan 1900 ~   Detail
 
Controlled Series 
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Activities documented by this series 
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Agencies creating this series 
44 SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
101 CIVIL COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
 
Record Items in this series 
1832/1 Charles Simmonds -  Detail
1832/2 William Owers -  Detail
1832/3 William Stirling -  Detail
1832/5 John Ferres -  Detail
1832/6 William Hokin -  Detail
1835/08 Theophilis Tighe Ellis -  Detail
1835/09 James McDermott -  Detail
1835/10 Charles Boyd -  Detail
1835/11 Douglas Thompson -  Detail
1836/12 George Eyre -  Detail
1836/13 William Knott -  Detail
1837/16 Andrew Hugh Thomson -  Detail
1837/17 Joseph Kay -  Detail
1837/18 Richard Main -  Detail
1838/14 Isaac Nader -  Detail
 

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