Estate of Alfredo Cornelio Siegert (27th March 1919): Receipt from Davidson & Todd Limited, Receipt from John Hoadley & Company, Receipt from Canning & Company Limited, Receipt from "The Stores", Receipt from "The Ice House" Re: R.J McKinney Company Limited, Copy of Bank Receipt, Letter from Johnathan Ryan - Solicitor, Conveyancer, Receipt from Port of Spain Stables, Receipts from R.A Fitzwilliam (Solicitor and Conveyacer), War Tax Receipt, Letter to Jonathan Ryan Esq, Agreement for sale for property located No. 35a Gordon Street, Deed of Release for property located No. 35a Gordon Street. Receipt from the Royal Bank of Canada, Letters from Angostura Bitters Limited, Spencer House, South Place London, Particulars of Property, Application for Probate document, General Affidavit of Applicant, Will and Testamentary document of Alfredo Cornelio Siegert, Newspaper Notice of Intention to apply for Probate, Henry Albert Alcazar, Letter from Trinidad Agencies Limited, Letter from Franzius Henschen & Company in Bremen, Germany, Letters from Treasury Chambers Trinidad. (31st March 1919 - 9th October 1926)
Scope and Contents
The fonds consist of bound volumes related to land transactions in Trinidad and Tobago. The fonds includes Caroni Deeds (1965 - 1996), Texaco Deeds (1964 - 1996), Texaco Titles (1958 - 1987), Notes of Title (1843 - 1964), Deeds (1956 - 1975), Titles (1958 - 1986), Supreme Court Proceedings – Probate (1896 - 1934) and Probate Proceedings (1944 - 1969).
Probate documents-
The documents included in the bound volumes are used to apply for the Probate and Letters of Administration Grants to deal with property/estates owned previously by various people upon their death. There are copies of wills, various certificates, and lists of the various assets and correspondence. Included as well are documents that assist in grasping a full account of items that comprise their estates.
Titles-
The documents include reports on the ownership and the history of the transfers for various parcels of land. Included are correspondence with enclosures from the financial institutions giving instructions for the preparation of the Deeds and other instruments of title together with requisitions on title (eg. Land and building Tax receipts and Certificates of Assessment).
Deeds-
Contains Mortgages charged on Vehicles and parcels of Lands. There are also Deeds of release, Deeds of Conveyance and Leases with annexed cadastral sheets, Memorandum of Transfer, Deeds of Mortgage, Lease Agreements and Debentures.
Notes of title-
Comprise abstracts of the transactions that have occurred on various parcels of land and the documents of title that evidence these transactions. Also includes Statutory Declarations giving background information on some of the transactions and cadastral sheets outlining the respective properties.There are also some Certificates including Death and Marriage Certificates for the owners of the properties.
Texaco Deeds-
The vast majority of the documents cover reduced rate loan facility given to Texaco employees during their employment at Texaco. There are on occasion some documents included, which cover Leases for the rental of a property owned by Texaco.
Dates
- Creation: 1901 - 1996
Full Extent
From the Fonds: 135.2 Linear Feet (41.2 metres (135.2 linear feet) of textual records (524 bound volumes))
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: English
Repository Details
Part of the The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies Repository
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
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