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Early NZ HistoryFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Elizabeth Abbot 🌳 Franklin Henry Bell Opotiki 1898 47 83 180
🌳 Elizabeth Abbot 🌳 Franklin Henry Bell Opotiki 1898 47 83 180
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call 2nd NZEF Roll of Honour (Northlanders)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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Whanganui Council Property RollsBell, Franklin Henry        🔍 ASH
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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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Shadows of TimeFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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WWII Military Draft ListsFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Transcriptions NZFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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Archives NZFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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From: F. F. Hockley, M. P., Wellington Date: 16 September 1920 Subject: For appointment of H. W. [Horace William] Milner of Matapara, and F. H. [Franklin Henry] Bell and A. J. [Allan John] Mitchell, of Waimana, as [Justices of the Peace] 1920 Wellington Open
From: F. F. Hockley, M. P., Wellington Date: 16 September 1920 Subject: For appointment of H. W. [Horace William] Milner of Matapara, and F. H. [Franklin Henry] Bell and A. J. [Allan John] Mitchell, of Waimana, as [Justices of the Peace] 1920 Wellington Open

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Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
BELL Franklin Henry - Waimana - Farmer BELL Franklin Henry - Waimana - Farmer📃 View Scan 1940 Auckland Open
BELL Franklin Henry - Waimana - Farmer BELL Franklin Henry - Waimana - Farmer📃 View Scan 1940 Auckland Open
Intention to Marry ProjectFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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1898b – Page 083

District of Opotiki Quarter ending 30 September 1898 Registrar James Turner Hylie
No Date of Notice Names and Surnames of Parties BDM Match Condition Calling or Profession Age Dwelling Place Length of Residence Marriage Place Folio Consent Date of Certificate Officiating Minister
180 20 September 1898 Franklin Henry Bell
Elizabeth Abbot Spender
Franklin Henry Bell
Elizabeth Abbot
💍 1898/3607
Bachelor
Spinster 		Carpenter
 30
22 		Opotiki
Opotiki 		19 years
22 years 		St. Stephen's Church at Opotiki 98/2787 20 September 1898 Francis While Martin, Church of England
No 180
Date of Notice 20 September 1898
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties Franklin Henry Bell Elizabeth Abbot Spender
BDM Match (83%) Franklin Henry Bell Elizabeth Abbot
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Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Carpenter
Age 30 22
Dwelling Place Opotiki Opotiki
Length of Residence 19 years 22 years
Marriage Place St. Stephen's Church at Opotiki
Folio 98/2787
Consent
Date of Certificate 20 September 1898
Officiating Minister Francis While Martin, Church of England
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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name ITM
1898/3607Elizabeth Abbot Franklin Henry Bell Order Product Intention to Marry
1898/3607 Elizabeth Abbot Franklin Henry Bell Intention to Marry
Alexander Turnbull LibraryBell, Franklin Henry        🔍 ASH
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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1940/28860Bell Franklin Henry 186674YOrder Product
1940/28860 Bell Franklin Henry 1866 74Y
NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Name Date Record Type
BELL, Franklin Henry 🔍 1940 NZ Probates
BELL, Franklin Henry 🔍 26 Sep 1940 NZ Probates
The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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Tinui HistoryFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Anglican HistoryFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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New Zealand Gazette IndexFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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...unty Council, ex officio, FRANKLIN HENRY BELL, ROBERT RUDDICK, WILLIAM... 🏛️ Appointment of Waimana Domain Board 22 July 1909 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
..., of Te Weka, Co. Sounds. Franklin Henry Bell, Esq., of Waimana, Co. W... ⚖️ Justice of the Peace Appointments 3 March 1921 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
... Awakeri, co. Whakatane. Bell, Franklin Henry, Waimana, co. Whakatane.... 📰 List of Individuals with Locations 1925 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...Edwin Joseph, Whakatane. Bell, Franklin Henry, Wainuna, Co. Whakatane.... 📰 Nominal Index of Individuals 1938 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...unty Council, ex officio, FRANKLIN HENRY BELL, ROBERT RUDDICK, WILLIAM... 🏛️ Appointment of Waimana Domain Board 22 July 1909 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
..., of Te Weka, Co. Sounds. Franklin Henry Bell, Esq., of Waimana, Co. W... ⚖️ Justice of the Peace Appointments 3 March 1921 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
... Awakeri, co. Whakatane. Bell, Franklin Henry, Waimana, co. Whakatane.... 📰 List of Individuals with Locations 1925 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...Edwin Joseph, Whakatane. Bell, Franklin Henry, Wainuna, Co. Whakatane.... 📰 Nominal Index of Individuals 1938 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveFranklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)Franklin Henry Bell        🔍 ASH
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Name Died Cemetery Region
Franklin Henry Bell 6 Jul 1940 🔍 📰 Waimana Cemetery Bay of Plenty
Franklin Henry Bell 6 Jul 1940 🔍 📰 Waimana Cemetery Bay of Plenty
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