married WILSON, Mary JaneCanada. Mary was born about 1855 in Canada; died on 24 Jan 1926 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette

A Jury was drawn this m o r n l n g In
s u p r e m e court at City Hall. Justice
A M. L y l l e presiding, before whom
trial will begin this a f t e r n o o n of an
a c t i o n brought by a son and two
d a u g h t e r s of Mrs. Mary Jane Dale.
deceased . to break her will. executed
J u l y 7, 1920 which she left her
e s t a t e , e s t i m a t e d at about $1,300, en- t i r e l y to another son . Irvin Clark
Dale of t h i s city. The l a t t e r and Charl
e s Newbold. of St. Catharines. Ont..
both named in the will as e x e c u t o r,
and trustees, filed the will for prob
a t e , where contest was started.
T h e c o n t e s t i n g .son and d a u g h t e rs are Rosella Wills, this city; Lillie
Stapleford, St. Catherines, and Allen
Dale, St. Catharines. they allege in
their complaint that their mother was
not competent to make a will at the
time is purports to have been execut-
ed by her and that it was procured by
undue influence.
The defendant formerly lived in
Thorold, Ont., last resided in Whitney
avenue, this city, at the time of her
death, having lived in Niagara Falls
for 14 years. Her death occurred Jan-
uary 24th, this year. Carroll & Deg-
nan appear as attorneys for the con-
testants while Glenn a. Stoeswell is
appearing as attorney for the propo-
nents of probate.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 6/23/1927

Letters testamentary on the estate
of Mary Jane Dale of Niagara Falls
who died January 13, have been issued
to a son, Irvin Clark Dale of St.
Catharines, Ont., who receives all the
property. The deceased left three other
sons and six daughters, allen Dale
of merriton, Guy Dale of Thorold,
James Dale of Grand Rapids, Lillie
Stapleford of St. Catharines, Jennie
Johnson of Juniata, Pa., Ethel Sey-
mour of Buffalo and Minnie Coughill,
Rose Wills and Eliza Bradley of Ni-
agara Falls. The estate was valued at
$1,200 personal property.