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19__ Grand Rapids, MI – South High School, Grand Rapids, MI
Scanned at Bay City, MI, by Christine Fisher.
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15 July 1932
Recorded in Liber: 466, Page 38
Fred Roth, Register of Probate
Address – 119 Brown Street SW
State of Michigan. The Probate Court for the County of Kent.
In the matter of the estate of Helen Thomas, minor, to Nellie M. Taylor of the city of Grand Rapids, Greeting.
You having been appointed guardian of said ward, and having given a bond in the premises which has been duly approved and filed as required by law, I do by these presents commit unto you full power and authority to ask, sue for, recover, receive and take into your custody, all and singular, the real estate, goods and chattels, rights and credits which accrue to said ward; and you are to make a true and perfect inventory thereof, and return the same unto said court on or before the 15th day of August next ensuing; hereby requiring you to dispose of, manage, employ and improve the same according to law, and for the best interest of said ward; and within one year from the date hereof, and at least once in each year thereafter during the continuance of your guardianship, and at such other time as the judge of probate shall direct, to render on oath to said court a true account of the property of said ward in your hands, including the proceeds of all the real estate that may be sold by you, and of the management and disposition of such property; and at the expiration of your trust to settle your accounts with said judge of probate, or with said ward or her legal representatives; and to pay over and deliver all the estate and effects remaining in your hands, and due from you on such settlement, to the person or persons who shall be lawfully entitled thereto, and to perform all orders and decrees of said court by you to be performed in the premises.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at the city of Grand Rapids, in said county, this 15th day of July, A.D. 1932. [Signed] John Dalion, Judge of Probate
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08 September 1920
State of Michigan – The Probate Court for the County of Kent
In the Matter of the Estate of Viola Thomas, Minor.
First Annual Account.
To the Probate Court of said County:
The Grand Rapids Trust Company, a Michigan Corporation, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, respectfully represents unto this Honorable Court that it was on the 5th day of September, A.D. 1919, duly appointed Guardian of the estate of said Minor, and submits the following as its First Annual Account as such Guardian, covering the period from the date of its appointment to September 5th, 1920.
It charges itself as follows: Debits
Property as per Inventory on file:
Draft for $479.70
Check 690.87
1170.57
Total Property as per inventory on file 1,170.57
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01 April 1920 Public service of Northern Illinois paid six months interest to April 1, 1920, at 5% on $1000. bond …
It credits itself as follows: Credits
Disbursements:
17 Sept 1919 Paid Charles R. Thomas in full of services re care of Minor as allowed by order of Court, dated Sept 5, 1919… $250.00
11 Feb 1920 Paid Ralph A. Mosher, County Treasurer, tax of one-half of 1% on 1-$1000. Public Service of Northern Illinois bond… $5.00
19 Feb 1920 Paid Charles R. Thomas to apply on account of care, clothing, etc. of minor… $50.00
26 April 1920 Paid Charles R. Thomas to apply on account of care of minor… $50.00
Sept 1920 Paid Grand Rapids Trust Co., fees as Guardian for year ending Sept. 5, 1920… $10.00
21 Sept 1919 To purchase of 1-$1000.00 Public Service of Northern Illinois First and Refunding 5% bond, due Oct. 1, 1956, No. 22952, at 87… $870.00
It further represents that the foregoing account contains a correct statement of all the good, chattels, rights, credits and estate which have come into its knowledge or possession, and also of all expenditures and disbursements by it made for or on account of said estate.
It, therefore, prays that the foregoing account be allowed as its First Annual Account as Guardian of the estate of said Minor, and for the allowance of its fees as such Guardian for the period covered by the foregoing account in the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00), and that due notice on the hearing of this account and petition be given as required by law.
Grand Rapids Trust Company as Guardian of the Estate of Viola Thomas, Minor,
by Robert D. Graham, President
On this 8th day of September, A.D. 1920, before me, a Notary Public in and for said County, personally appeared Robert D. Graham, President of the Grand Rapids Trust Company as Guardian of the Estate of Viola Thomas, Minor, who being duly sworn says, that he has read the foregoing account and petition by him signed in behalf of said Trust Company and knows the contents thereof, and that the same is true to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief.
Signed: Lorene E. Lodge, Notary Public, Kent County, Michigan
Commission expires: March 27, 1922
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Author: Judge of Probate, State of Michigan – Probate Court for the County of Kent
Title: Letter to Charles R. Thomas regarding Estate of Alta A. [Brown] Thomas
Date: 19 June 1915
Curator: Christine Fisher
Note:
State of Michigan – Probate Court for the County of Kent
Discharge
In the matter of the estate of Alta Thomas, deceased, to Charles R. Thomas greeting.
Whereas, it appears by the records and proceedings of said court that you have in all things fully and justly performed and discharged all and singular the duties and obligations which by law and the orders of said court were required and enjoined upon you as administrator of said estate, and that you have duly and fully accounted for and administered all of said estate which has come into your possession, in the manner provided by law:
Now, therefore, you are hereby discharged, exonerated and acquitted from any and all liabilities concerning your said trust, and your doings and proceedings are forever quieted, your official bond cancelled, and your letters of administration heretofore granted are hereby revoked and annulled. Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, at the City of Grand Rapids in said county, this 19th day of June 1915.
…. – Judge of Probate