I received this from the NFLD-ROOTS-L mailing list and am passing it along FYI only. Glenda Costello of Conception Harbour > KFHGW@aol.com > > List, > > Today I received from the Supreme Court of Newfoundland my gggrandfathers > will. He was John Costello (1832-1911). According to his will he had 4 sons > (John [known as Grub), Timothy (known as Gull), David (my ggrandfather) and > Edward (nobody ever heard of him)) and 4 daughters (Margaret Wade, Bridget > Penny, Mary Anne Whelan and Johanna Driscoll (hope that helps someone). > > In his will he left everything to his 4 sons and nothing to his daughters, is > that normal? > > In his will he lists the 4 sons and what they get. My mother and her sisters > never heard of an Edward in the family ever so this was a big surprise to my > Mom. But the first three sons he lists their name and what they get. On the > forth son he states "forth I give devise and Bequeath to my forth son Edward > Costello, blah blah, to him his heirs and assigns forever. Could that mean > he had died? He does not do this with the others. Also on John's tombstone > it states from his sons John, David and Timothy. No Edward is listed. > > Karen Gramigna-Warren > Researching Costello, Mahoney, McGrath and Dalton.