This is the Last Will and Testament of my JOHN SOWDEN of Booth Bank in Halifax in the County of York Farmer and Horse Dealer. I give and bequeath the Legacy or sum of £100 to my natural son SOWDEN BULMER such legacy to be payable out of my personal estate And as to my real estate and the rest residue and remainder of my personal estate I give devise and bequeath the same unto my Trustees hereinafter named upon Trust that my Trustees shall sell call in and convert into money the same or such part thereof as shall not consist of money and shall with an out of the moneys produced .... pay my funeral and testamentary expences and debts and the legacy hereinbefore bequeathed And shall stand possessed of the said residuary trust moneys and the investments .. hereinafter called the residuary trust funds , In trust to divide the same into seven equal parts or shares And to pay one of such parts to each of my children namely EMMA, SARAH, ELLEN, CLARA and MARTHA ANN and my natural children namely FLORRIE BULMER, LINDA BULMER and the said SOWDEN BULMER provided always that is any child or natural child of mine shall die in my lifetime leaving a child or children who shall survive .... shall take the share or the parent ....

And I appoint my friends ANNIE BULMER of Booth Bank in Halifax aforesaid Spinster and SUTCLIFFE BREAR of Ladyship Ovenden near Halifax aforesaid Farmer, to be the Trustees and Executors of this my will and Guardians of my infant children during their minority In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fifth January 1889. JOHN SOWDEN.

Witnesses Lew Irving Dey, Robert S Naylor, clerks with Mr W H Boocock, Solicitor , Halifax.

On the 8th May 1894 Probate of this Will was granted to ANIE BULMER spinster and SUTCLIFFE BREAR the Executors

Be it known that John Sowden of Booth Bank in Halifax in the County of York Farmer and Horse Dealer who died on the 15th April 1894 at Booth Bank aforesaid .... probate was granted to Annie Bulmer of 14 Legrams Terrace, Listerhills, Bradford Spinster and Sutcliffe Brear of White Birk Farm, Ladyship near Halifax, farmer....

Gross value of Personal estate £264 12s 2d

Note:

At the time of his decease Annie Bulmer may just have been pregnant.

In the 1901 census she called herself Annie Sowden, widow,

and had with her some of the children mentioned plus another son John Sowden age 6 yrs.