John Henry Lawson, 1911

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Lonan
1911
No 117
I John Henry Lawson of Tent Road Old Laxey in 
the parish of Lonan, miner, being of sound mind, 
memory & understanding do make this my last 
will & testament in the manner following, 
hereby revoking all wills & codicils heretofore 
by me made.
I leave & bequeath all my Personal Estate to 
my wife Jemetta Helena Lawson for her own absolutely: 
I leave & devise the whole of my real estate to 
my said wife Jemetta Helena Lawson during her 
life should she remain unmarried & at her 
re-marriage or death, to my two children John 
Robert Lawson & George Lawson in equal shares, 
and during the minority of of the said John 
Robert Lawson & George Lawson I hereby nominate 
& appoint my said wife Jemetta Helena Lawson & 
my brother Robert Edwin Lawson to be their 
guardians & should one of my named children die 
before the age of twenty-one years or without 
issue I desire that his share of the estate 
aforesaid shall pass to his surviving brother 
absolutely & I nominate & appoint my said wife 
Jemetta Helena Lawson sole executor of this my 
last will & testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed 
my name this twenty-fifth day of January in 
the year one thousand nine hundred & eleven. 
Signed by the testator in our presence  
and in the presence of each other hereunto 
subscribe our names
                   John Henry Lawson
1st witness 
	William McKibbin
2nd witness
 	John McKibbin