Winifred Martin (1819 - 1897)

Died 4 Apr 1897 at age 77 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Biography

Winifred Martin born in 1819.

MISS MARTIN'S WILL

Magnificent Bequests to Catholic Churches and Institutions— The Beneficiaries in California. WASHINGTON. D. C, April 8.[1897]— The will of Miss Winifred Martin, the half-sister of the late ex-Governor John G. Downey of Los Angeles, which was probated at Baltimore yesterday, bequeaths more than $150,000 to various Catholic churches and institutions in Baltimore and Washington. She inherited most of her property from her half-brother, and until his estate, of which she inherited one-fourth, has been distributed, it cannot be stated exactly how much she left. Among the bequests is the sum of $16, 666.66 to the Catholic University at Washington, which sum, together with an equal amount from each of the two sisters of Miss Martin, is intended to found a professorship at the university in memory of ex-Governor Downey. Among other bequests are: $500 to Bishop Mora of Monterey and Los Angeles; $200 to Rev. A. Maraschi of St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco; $5000 each to her four nephews— J. Downey Harvey, Peter Downey Martin, Walter Downey Martin and Andrew D. Martin — and the same amount to two grand-nieces, Anita Harvey and Genevieve Harvey, all living in San Francisco; $400 to Miss Frances A. Kelly of Los Angeles, of which $100 is for herself, $100 for her sister Mary, $100 for her sister Mrs. Harriet K. Crowley and $100 for her niece Eva Crowley; $800 to each of the six children of Bernard Gately, a deceased uncle of the testatrix, who lived in California; $800 to Nora Griffin of San Francisco $300 to Kate Gately of San Francisco; $300 to Miss Minnie Gately Way of San Francisco, a godchild: $300 to Miss Minnie Gately of Alameda; $300 each to Miss Minnie Martin, Miss Kate Martin and Miss Sarah M. McDevitt of San Jose; $600 to Margaret Green of San Jose, cousin of the testatrix; $400 to Mrs. Maria McCardel of San Jose; $300 to Miss Sarah B. Wrin of San Francisco, and $200 to Mrs. Margaret Egan of San Francisco.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ San Francisco Call, Volume 81, Number 130, 9 April 1897

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