A succession of wills

The full text search feature at Familysearch/en/labs has revealed a whole family of wills. The will and probate details of this Horgan family range from 1883 until 1956. Specifically, I now have access to details left behind by these people. Husband and wife John Horgan 1883 and Honora Horgan 1927, 

their children Thomas died 1941, John died 1942, Andrew Joseph died 1952 and Catherine Mary died 1956.

One page of John Horgan’s probate package 1883

In addition to those, the wills of John Horgan’s brothers Thomas of Mintaro and Daniel of Gulnare are also available. All these wills and the accompanying probate documents detail how well these three brothers had managed since their arrival in South Australia in1852 with their widowed mother Johanna.

Tracts of land are detailed along with instructions for sons and brothers in the administration and responsibility of estates. Forms that were completed at the time also detail assets and relationships. In the case of the unmarried descendants of John and Honora, donations to charities, nieces and nephews are listed.

All of these valuable documents have been added to my family archive at WeAre.xyz 

Next task for me, the Smyth family wills and probate documents.

This post first appeared on earlieryears.blogspot.com by CRGalvin