Notes:

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.

Mary married DALECanada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette

Mrs. Eliza I. Bradley, 71, of
1102 Main St., a resident of this
city for 50 years, die*d yesterday
(March 23. 1956) at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Abie.
808 Division Ave.
Mrs. Bradley, a native of Thorold,
Ont., had been ill a short
time.
She had been employed for 15
years at the Elderficld and Hartshorn
Hardware Store until it went
out of business last year.
Mrs. Bradley was a member of
Pierce Avenue Presbyterian Church,
Woodmen of the World. Amaranth.
Riverdale Rebekah Lodge No. 195
and Frontier Chapter No. 658,
Order of the Eastern Star.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. BraJley
is survived by her husband,
Ernest H. Bradley; two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Jane Coughill and Mrs. Rose
Wills, and a brother, Allan Dale,
all of this city. Also surviving arc
three other sisters. Mrs.--Charles
Johnston, Altoona, Pa.: Mrs. Ethel
Seymour* Buffalo, and Mrs. Edward
Stapleford, St. Catharines,
Ont., and two grandchildren.
The Rev. .Ferman A. Kearney.
D.D.,. pastor of Pierce Avenue
Presbyterian Church, will conduct
funeral services at 1:30 p.m. Toesday
at the Gridley Funeral Home.
Members of the Rebekah Lodge
will hold memorial services at the
funeral home at 7 p.m. Monday
and members of the Frontier Chapter
will gather there for similar
services at 7:30' p.m.
Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.

Eliza married BRADLEY, Ernest H about 1909. Ernest was born about 1882 in St Catherines, Lincoln Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Aug 1972 in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: STAPLEFORD, Edward. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: WILLS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: JOHNSTON, Charles. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: SEYMOUR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: COUGHILL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gertrude married ABIE, Leslie W on 19 Oct 1940 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Leslie (son of ABIE, Henry G and Elizabeth) was born on 26 Nov 1913 in New York; died on 26 Apr 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]