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Cause: Re McDougle, Bird v Ker. Affidavits relating to descent, identity etc of claimants...
Catalogue reference: J 90/917
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This record is about the Cause: Re McDougle, Bird v Ker. Affidavits relating to descent, identity etc of claimants... dating from 1844-1854 in the series Supreme Court of Judicature and former Superior Courts: Central Office and predecessors:.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- J 90/917
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844-1854
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cause: Re McDougle, Bird v Ker. Affidavits relating to descent, identity etc of claimants to estate of deceased lunatic John McDougle underwriter, including pedigrees of families of Ker of Kelso, ROXBURGHSHIRE, (some members in Charleston, USA), Young of Doddington, NORTHUMBERLAND, and Macdougal of Caverton Mill, ROXBURGHSHIRE Delivered out of the office of Masters in Lunacy and deposited 30 October 1888 by solicitors of plaintiff Isabel Bird, widow. In 2 parts. (Described and orderable at item level)
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Order in Chancery: 1854 30 November.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 113
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Mental illness
- Americas
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3579180/
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J 90
Supreme Court of Judicature and former Superior Courts: Central Office and predecessors:...
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