NZ Marriages (Bride)
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NZ Marriages (Groom)
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NZ Deaths
🔍 ASHGisborne Photo News (1954-1975, 1993–1996)
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Nelson Photo News (1960-1972)
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Tributes Online (obituaries)
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Whanganui Council Property Rolls
Yems, James 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://wdc.whanganui.govt.nz/propertyrolls/data.aspx?id=search
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Te Papa Collections - People
James Yems 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://data.tepapa.govt.nz/collection/search?q=type:Person+AND+title:(James+AND+Yems)
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Otago Nominal Index
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NZ Presbyterian Marriages
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Shadows of Time
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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history site
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Source: Our Stuff by Denise and Peter on Rootsweb / "All information, lists and stories on this site may be freely linked to"
Daughter 4 months Yems James 27 Carpenter and Bricklayer Letitia 28 Harriet and John WILMSHURST: With his 15-year-old sister Harriet, John Thomas Wilmshurst sailed to New Zealand
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/genealogy/LordWilliamBentinck.htm
Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)
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NZ Genealogy Research Made Easy
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Source: New Zealand Genealogy Research Made Easy, by Barbara Andrew / "pages may be freely linked"
Mary Jane AH YEM James 1877 MILLS Amelia HAWKING Thaddeus Paul 1877 THOMAS Jane GAY Frederick 1877 BOYD John LITTLEJOHN Caroline Emily 1877 WATSON Isabella WIGMORE Henry William
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~babznz/genealogy/tassie6.html
Transcriptions NZ
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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DigitalNZ
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"J. Yems, Wm. Honeyfield, G. Lethbridge, N. Reid, John Looney, J. Brooking and S. Newell" | Ambrotype group portrait of James Yems, William Henry Honeyfield, George Lethbridge (all standing), N. Reid [likely Reed], John Joseph Looney, John Brooking and Samuel Newell (all seated). Gold paint has been used to draw in fob chains on three of the seven men. The names of the men have been handwritten directly onto the emulsion surface. The ... | Unknown Photographer | Puke Ariki / Puke Ariki |

Legacy.com NZ Obituaries
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Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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Find A Grave (NZ cemeteries)
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Name | Cemetery | Cemetery location | Region |
James Yems | Te Henui Cemetery | New Plymouth, New Plymouth District | Taranaki |
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)
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Upper Hutt City Libraries Heritage Collections
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NZ Electronic Text Centre
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Archives NZ
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Immigration New Zealand > Immigration Case Files
Department of Internal Affairs, Head Office > Military Compensation Claim files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Military - James Yems | 1862 ‑ 1864 | Wellington | Open |
Department of Internal Affairs, Head Office > Compensation Claim files
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[Taranaki Relief Commission] Supplementary [to the Claim of] James Yems | 1864 ‑ 1865 | Wellington | Open |
New Plymouth High Court > New Plymouth probate files
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
HOSKIN, James Yems | 1940 | Wellington | Open | |
YEMS James | 1865 ‑ 1870 | Wellington | Open |
Tinui History
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Masterton Anglican History
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Tasman Heritage
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West Coast NZ History
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)
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Canterbury Museum Collections - People
James Yems 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/persons?view=list&query=pe_sym_name_lf%3A%22Yems%2C+James%22
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Lower Hutt MyRecollect
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)
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Indexed by Luke Howison, 2023
Source: A Dictionary of NZ Biography, by Scholefield (1940), from NZ History / CC BY-NC 3.0 NZ
Name | Biography | Reference |
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James Yems | YEMS, JAMES (1812-68) came to Wellington in the Lord William Bentinck (1841) and to Taranaki (1842). He was in business as an auctioneer in New Plymouth until 1845 when, owing to the depression, he left for South Australia. He returned to the province later, and represented New Plymouth in the Provincial Council 1861-63. Yems died on 10 Sep 1868. Taranaki P.C. minutes; Wells. | Volume 2, page 271 |
YEMS, JAMES (1812-68) came to Wellington in the Lord William Bentinck (1841) and to Taranaki (1842). He was in business as an auctioneer in New Plymouth until 1845 when, owing to the depression, he left for South Australia. He returned to the province later, and represented New Plymouth in the Provincial Council 1861-63. Yems died on 10 Sep 1868.
Taranaki P.C. minutes; Wells.
Volume 2, page 271NZ War Graves
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Wellington City Council Archives
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Masterton Library Wairarapa Archive
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)
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Name | Born | Died | Cemetery | Region |
James Yems | 1813 🔍 | 10 Sep 1868 🔍 📰 | Te Henui Cemetery | Taranaki |
Puke Ariki Collections - People
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Source: Puke Ariki / New Plymouth District Council
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Hocken Digital Collections
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)
James Yems 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://discovereverafter.com/
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Name | Born (approx.) | Died | Age | Type | Buried/Cremated | Plot | Cemetery | Region |
James Yems | 56 | Burial | 12 Sep 1868 📰 | Unknown/PLOT/3507 | Te Henui Cemetery | Taranaki Region |
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James Yems 🔍 ASHEarly European contact with New Zealand, pre-1846
Source: Early NZ History / courtesy of Tony Christiansen
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James Yems | 1814 | Letitia ? |
James Yems Hoskin |