Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-29
APRIL REPORT
OF SURROGATE
Wills Proven and Letters
of Administration.
peciaI to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick, April 29:-Wesley
Fl. Pollard has fled q caveat against the
probate of the will of his father, John
Pollard, who died on April IL, last. He
claims that he does not get his share
| of the estate in the will. The princi-
| pal part of the estate is bequeathed to
another son, Myron H. Pollard, q local
merchant.
Louis A. Wolfson, a brother Knight
Of Pythias, and a personal friend of
the deceased, is the executor of the
will. The matter will come up in the
Orphans Court later for a hearing.
Another Son Dissatisfied.
Hiram W. Rule, of Philadelphia, has
filed a caveat against the probate of the
will Of his father, George w. Rule,
| who was q wealthy farmer of South
Brurewick township. Mr.. Rule owned
at the time of his death two farms,
valued at 5000 each. He left one to
his wife Kate 8. Rule, and gave her
the power to sell the other farm and
give the proceeds to his daughter, Mary
E. Rule, of Monmouth Junction. He be-
queathed LOO to his son Hiram.
1t is declared that the viii is crude
~ drawn and the question is raised
whether it is a legal document. Hiram
Rule is a half brother of Mary E. Rule,
the latter being the only daughter of
Mrs. Kate S. Rule and Hiram being a
son of George w. Rule by his first wife.
George W. Rule was a contractor in
Jersey City before buying his farms at
Monmouth Junction. He died on April
7, last.
viii of Mrs. Magdaline Matthes.
The will of Mrs. Magdaline M. Mat
thes, late of this city, bequeathes all
of her property to her husband, Henry
Matthes. 1t is dated March a, 1896
and is witnessed by John g.. jerks and
Rudolph Fliedner.
VIII Of Mary German.
The will of Mary German, late Of
this city, bequeathes her two lots and
house on the east side of Jersey ave
nue. to her daughter, Mary German,
now Mrs. Mary Cook. Her money in
the New Brunswick Savings Institution
is left to her three other daughters,
Catherine, Elizabeth and Helen Cor
man. All of the residue is left to
Mary German, now Mrs. Cook, who is
made executrix. The will is dated July
10, 1905 and is witnessed by Justice
Willard P. Voorh and John McCloskey.
Before Two S~urrogates.
Thirteen wills were proven and six
letters of administration granted dur
ing the past month at th5 S~urrogate's
office. The work was divided between
two S~urrogates. Peter F. Daily was
Surrogate during the first part Of the
month. 1t was on April 7 that Sur
rogate Pearse proved the first will as
Surrogate.
The complete record of business dur
ing the month was as follows:
Wills Proven.
The following wills were probated:
OF John Hilliard, of Perth Amboy,
who died March 2; by Peter B. Corr,
executor, on March 81.
Of Daniel R. Boice, P~iscataway
township, died Jan. Q; by Noah D.
Runyon, executor, on April l.
Of Magdaline M. Matthes, Of this
city, died Nov. 10; Henry Matthes, ex-
~ecutor, on April 3.
(Of James e.. Serviss, North Bruns-
wick township, died March IS; David
Serviss, executor, OF April 8.
Of Peter l.. Dey, South Amboy, died
March 20; Edgar O. R. Soield and jos
eph Z. Fulton, executor, on April Z.
Of Conrad Schank, Of East Bruins
wick, died March 10; Jacob Schank,
executor, on April 7.
Of Charles A. Durham, of this city,
died March 25; Hattie Ward Durham,
Sedan, executors, on April T..
Of Mary F. Peterson, Of South
River, died April /; by William H. Pc
%terson, executor, OF April Is.
OF Alexander R. Lewis, of Metuchen,
who died April 8; by Gertrude Spear
man Lewis, ~executrix, on April 81.
OF Hendrick H. Brown, Of Madison
township, who died April 4; by Sarah
A. Brown, Howard Fl. Brown and AS
bury Fountain, executors, on April 81.
OF Mary German, of New Brunswick, |
who died April ~; by Mary Cook, ex-
e%cutrix, on April "a.
Of Ellen Shields, of Perth Amboy,
who died April s; by Mary Ellen Fee,
e~xecutrix, on April 90.
OF Joseph Ochenkowshi, of Perth
Amboy, by Rev. Anthony Klijanowiey,
~executrix, on April %.
Letters Granted.
To Henry H. Caniff, of Madison
township, estate Of Oscar Caniff, on
April 4. Personal estate, 1928.
To David M. Meeker and Peter S.
Meeker, of Raritan township, estate of
Rachel L. Meeker, on April 8. Per
sonal estate, $1,000.
To Leo Goldberger, of Perth Amboy,
estate of Anna Kish, OF April 10. Per
sonal estate $4,000.
To Margaret E. Everitt, of South
Amboy, estate Of Abraham Everitt, on
April II. Personal estate $4,000.
To Agnes Zwolinski, Of Perth Am
boy, estate of John Zwolinski, on April
IL. Personal estate $4,000.
v Charles H. Bonney, of this city,
estate Of Henry D. B. Lefferts, on April
%. Personal estate $3.50.