Johnson Hindin Genealogy


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Helen A. DOWD

Female 1899 - 1950


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  • Born  1899  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Female 
    Died  19 Jul 1950 
    Person ID  I1351  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  12 May 2018 

    Father  John J. DOWD,   b. 28 Aug 1875, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1958, Whitehall, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Anna (Annie) STOLTE,   b. 26 Jul 1876, Southside (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1947, Carrick (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F262  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Helen's estate was the subject of a court case at 176 Pa.Super. 203 (1954). Helen signed a handwritten last will and testament that named four equal distributees but failed to specify that her estate was to be distributed to them. The lower court, on its own motion, ruled that Helen's will was ineffective and that she died intestate. The Superior Court reversed, holding that the will should not be read in a vacuum and it ordered the lower court to interpret the will in the context of what the decedent intended.