Left
Estate of a Million
Daniel Freeman names a
granddaughter principal heir
Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct 1918
The will of Daniel Freeman,
long-time resident of
Los Angeles county, who died 28 Sep 1918 at Inglewood,
at the age of 81 years, was filed for probate yesterday.
It is expected the estate will reach a valuation between $800,000
and $1,000,000.
The will, which was written
out in longhand by
Mr. Freeman on 17 June of this year, covers 14 pages.
The principal beneficiary is Alice Crux Freeman, a grand-daughter,
of San Francisco, to whom is bequeathed,
in trust, bonds of the Los Angeles Extension Company, par value:
$250,000.
After stating in detail the
bequests to relatives, and $50,000 to the University of Southern
California,
Mr. Freeman sets forth that the residue of the estate shall go to
his daughter, Grace Elizabeth Isabella Howland of Inglewood. This
residue, in the opinion of attorney
W. J. Hunsaker, who filed the will for probate yesterday, will
exceed $100,000 in value.
Grace, the daughter, is the
wife of Charles H. Howland, who is appointed by the will as executor
and trustee to carry out the provisions of the trusts, under which
all
of the principal bequests are left.
Of his son, Archibald
Christie Freeman, who is now
in Paris, France, where he has lived for 10 years,
Mr. Freeman says in the 14th article of the will:
"On or about 6 Jul
1897, I conveyed to my son Archibald Christie Freeman, a large and
very valuable tract of land in Los Angeles county, California, as
his full share and portion of my estate and of the estate of his
deceased mother, Catherine Grace Higginson Freeman, which
land was then and there accepted by my said son as his full share
and portion of my estate and of the estate of his deceased mother.
"Since that date, I
have given my said son large
sums of money, and have in other ways provided for him.
I purposely make no further provision for my said son, nor for his
present wife, Edith Rosemond Freeman,
nor for any child or children of theirs, whether born before or
after the making of this will."
The principal beneficiaries
under the will, besides the grand-daughter and Mrs. Howland, the
daughter, are:
[I]nez Grace Freeman,
grand-daughter, of the Convent
of the Visitation, Baltimore, Md., $25,000;
Alice Freeman of San
Francisco, daughter-in-law, $75,000;
Mary E. Freeman, cousin, of
Rockford, Ill., $42,000;
Nora Freeman,
daughter-in-law, of Baltimore, Md., $30,000; and
Marianna Doak of Brantford,
Ontario, Canada, $30,000.
All of these bequests are
left in trust.
Charles Edwin Freeman, a brother, is given $5,000,
and Phoebe Amelia Freeman, a sister, is given $30,000
in trust.
To guard against any
attempts to break the will,
Mr. Freeman, in the seventh article, says:
"I hereby specifically disinherit each, any and all
persons whomsoever claiming to be or who may be lawfully determined
to be my heirs at law, except as otherwise mentioned in this
will."
Mr. Freeman continues that
if any person who might be heirs, were the will not in existence,
shall seek to assert their claim to any part of the estate, he
bequeaths to such person or persons, $1, and no more.
Mr. Freeman was by
profession a lawyer. He came to Southern California from Ontario in
1872, and first owned the immense Centinela Rancho, of 25,000 acres,
on which are now located the towns of Hermosa Beach, El Segundo and
Redondo Beach.
