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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name
1891/295
Mere Hape James Woodbine Johnson Order Product
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Mere Hape James Woodbine Johnson
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1899/6021
Johnson James Woodbine 184455YOrder Product
1899/6021
Johnson James Woodbine 1844 55Y
Gisborne Photo News (1954-1975, 1993–1996)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Nelson Photo News (1960-1972)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Tributes Online (obituaries)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Whanganui Council Property RollsJohnson, James Woodbine        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Otago Nominal Index        🔍 ASH

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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
Shadows of TimeJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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NEW ZEALAND - EAST COAST DISTRICT ELECTORAL ROLL - 1879
Randal Gisborne 616 JOHNSON James Woodbine Wharekahia 617 JOHNSON Sampson Gisborne 618 JOHNSON William Fairfax Tauranga 622 JOHNSTON Charles Melbourne 621 JOHNSTON David Gisborne
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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
Transcriptions NZJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
Alexander Turnbull LibraryJohnson, James Woodbine        🔍 ASH

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Source: Alexander Turnbull Library by National Library / CC BY 3.0 NZ

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Inward letters - G T Fannin MS-Papers-0032-0263. Inward letters - G T Fannin. 1863-1868. McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers (MS-Group-1551). [Item]
Inward letters - Surnames, Johnson MS-Papers-0032-0357. Inward letters - Surnames, Johnson. 1873-1874, nd. McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers (MS-Group-1551). [Item]
Inward letters - G T Fannin MS-Papers-0032-0263. Inward letters - G T Fannin. 1863-1868. McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers (MS-Group-1551). [Item]
Inward letters - Surnames, Johnson MS-Papers-0032-0357. Inward letters - Surnames, Johnson. 1873-1874, nd. McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers (MS-Group-1551). [Item]
DigitalNZJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Inward letters - Surnames, Johnson Corespondents: James Woodbine Johnson, Maraetaha, Poverty Bay, 1873-1874 (3 letters); May Johnson, Mulgrave Street, Wellington, undated letter Quantity: 1 folder(s). Not specified TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
Inward letters - G T Fannin 42 letters written from Hawke's Bay, 1863-1868. Includes three newspaper clippings, one a letter to the editor from James Woodbine Johnson, Maraetaha Station, 1868. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory in folder. List excludes letters accessioned in 1969.. Not specified TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
School production: Craven School for Girls, Palmerston North Note from Rodney Faulkner: Craven School for girls in Palmerston North, a school production 1904. Heni Woodbine Johnson is in the front row, second from the left holding a fan made of playing cards. She was the youngest daughter of Mere and James Woodbine Johnson of Muriwai and was born in 1890. She went to Craven School from 1901 to 1904 and later married Randall Sherratt from Patutahi in March 1909. Many of their descendants are still living in the district. Tairāwhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o Tairāwhiti / Tairāwhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o Tairāwhiti
Album of portraits of the Johnson and Gale families, Poverty Bay Album of photographs of the Johnson, Gale and Image families of Poverty Bay, and other Poverty Bay settlers, 1860s-1880s, and named Maori portraits. Quantity: 1 album(s). Not specified TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
Inward letters - Surnames, Johnson Corespondents: James Woodbine Johnson, Maraetaha, Poverty Bay, 1873-1874 (3 letters); May Johnson, Mulgrave Street, Wellington, undated letter Quantity: 1 folder(s). Not specified TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
Inward letters - G T Fannin 42 letters written from Hawke's Bay, 1863-1868. Includes three newspaper clippings, one a letter to the editor from James Woodbine Johnson, Maraetaha Station, 1868. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory in folder. List excludes letters accessioned in 1969.. Not specified TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
School production: Craven School for Girls, Palmerston North Note from Rodney Faulkner: Craven School for girls in Palmerston North, a school production 1904. Heni Woodbine Johnson is in the front row, second from the left holding a fan made of playing cards. She was the youngest daughter of Mere and James Woodbine Johnson of Muriwai and was born in 1890. She went to Craven School from 1901 to 1904 and later married Randall Sherratt from Patutahi in March 1909. Many of their descendants are still living in the district. Tairāwhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o Tairāwhiti / Tairāwhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o Tairāwhiti
Album of portraits of the Johnson and Gale families, Poverty Bay Album of photographs of the Johnson, Gale and Image families of Poverty Bay, and other Poverty Bay settlers, 1860s-1880s, and named Maori portraits. Quantity: 1 album(s). Not specified TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
Legacy.com NZ ObituariesJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
Auckland Museum Online CenotaphJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New ZealandJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
Find A Grave (NZ cemeteries)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Name Born Died Cemetery Cemetery location Region
James Woodbine Johnson 1 Jan 1844 🔍 10 Oct 1899 🔍 📰 Makaraka Cemetery Makaraka, Gisborne District Gisborne
James Woodbine Johnson 1 Jan 1844 🔍 10 Oct 1899 🔍 📰 Makaraka Cemetery Makaraka, Gisborne District Gisborne
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Johnson, James Woodbine Militia, Volunteers & Armed Constabulary
Johnson, James Woodbine Militia, Volunteers & Armed Constabulary
Upper Hutt City Libraries Heritage CollectionsJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
NZ Electronic Text CentreJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
Archives NZJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Department of Internal Affairs, Head Office  >  Central filing system

Name Year(s) Held At Access
From: James Woodbine Johnson, Chairman Cook County Council, Gisborne To: Colonial Secretary, Wellington Date: 2 November 1878 Subject: That Race Course Reserve Patutahi be vested in Trustees for Poverty Bay Turf Club 1878 Wellington Open
From: James Woodbine Johnson, Chairman Cook County Council, Gisborne To: Colonial Secretary, Wellington Date: 23 March 1877 Subject: That order declaring certain roads within County to be County Roads may be gazetted 1877 Wellington Open
From: James Woodbine Johnson, Chairman, Gisborne To: Colonial Secretary, Wellington Date: 26 January 1877 Subject: Resolution adopting whole of Counties Act 1877 Wellington Open
From: James Woodbine Johnson, Chairman Cook County Council, Gisborne To: Colonial Secretary, Wellington Date: 11 April 1877 Subject: For a pound at Karaua to be gazetted, also scale of fees and keeper 1877 Wellington Open

Army Department  >  Maori War Series files

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Johnson, James, Woodbine Wellington Open
Johnson, James, Woodbine Wellington Open

Auckland Provincial Government  >  Superintendent General Government inward correspondence

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Inwards letters. 8 September 1873 - James Woodbine Johnson, Gisborne - Referring to subdivision of Poverty Bay Highway District 1873 Auckland Open
Inwards letters. 1 February 1873 - Joseph Kennedy - Application for employment as Harbour master at Gisborne. - Enclosure: James B Poynter, James Woodbine Johnson, Charles Westrup and others - Certifying the capability of Captain Joseph Kennedy to the appointment as harbour master. [part of larger item - see 903/74] 1873 Auckland Open
Inwards letters. 28 June 1873 - James Woodbine Johnson, Gisborne - Forwards petition from settlers for alteration of boundaries of Poverty Bay Highway District [part of a larger item - see 2714/73] 1873 Auckland Open
27 September 1875 - Provincial Council - Election - Papers concerning resignation of James Woodbine Johnson and election of Stapylton Cotton Caulton, as MPC [Member of Provincial Council] 1875 Auckland Open
Inwards letters. 24 December 1874 - James Woodbine Johnson - Relating to bringing the Sheep Act into force in Gisborne and also for copies of acts for public buildings 1874 Auckland Open
Inwards letters. 13 May 1874 - James Woodbine Johnson - Forwards letter from Chairman Poverty Bay Kerosine Company to the Honourable the Premier asking for assistance towards working springs in lieu of bonus offered. - Enclosure: 22 April 1874 - Chairman Poverty Bay Kerosine Company, Andrew Graham - Copy of letter asking for assistance. [part of larger item - see 1958/74] 1874 Auckland Open
Inwards letters. 12 June 1874 - James Woodbine Johnson - Acknowledges copy of Mr J Vogel's reply to application of Poverty Bay Kerosene Company and asks Superintendent to endeavor to get a sum as a grant in aid placed on colonial estimates 1874 Auckland Open
Inwards letters. 31 October 1874 - James Woodbine Johnson - For the East Coast Sheep Act to be brought into operation [part of larger item - see 4452/74] 1874 Auckland Open
Inwards letters. 27 January ... B Poynter and Charles Westrup - ... A Kempthorne and others - Memorial ... 1873 ‑ 1874 Auckland Open
Tinui HistoryJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Anglican HistoryJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
Tasman HeritageJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
West Coast NZ HistoryJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Canterbury Museum Collections - PeopleJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Lower Hutt MyRecollectJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Source: A Dictionary of NZ Biography, by Scholefield (1940), from NZ History / CC BY-NC 3.0 NZ

NameBiographyReference
James Woodbine Johnson

JOHNSON, JAMES WOODBINE (1844-99) was born at Lavenham, Suffolk, and educated at King Edward's School, Bury St Edmunds, and at Rugby. He then proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1865. After visiting Queensland, he came to New Zealand (1867) and, with his brother (G. R. Johnson, q.v.) took up the Maraetaha station, of 9,300 acres, at Young Nick's Head, Poverty Bay. He was a justice of the peace, a member of the road board, and chairman of the Cook county council (1877-78, 1881). He represented Turanganui in the Auckland Provincial Council (1873-75). He was a captain in the militia, and a member of the Gisborne High School trust, and president of the Poverty Bay Turf club. Johnson died on 11 Oct 1899. (See SIR MAUI POMARE)

Cycl. N.Z., ii (p); Col. Gent.

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James Woodbine Johnson

JOHNSON, JAMES WOODBINE (1844-99) was born at Lavenham, Suffolk, and educated at King Edward's School, Bury St Edmunds, and at Rugby. He then proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1865. After visiting Queensland, he came to New Zealand (1867) and, with his brother (G. R. Johnson, q.v.) took up the Maraetaha station, of 9,300 acres, at Young Nick's Head, Poverty Bay. He was a justice of the peace, a member of the road board, and chairman of the Cook county council (1877-78, 1881). He represented Turanganui in the Auckland Provincial Council (1873-75). He was a captain in the militia, and a member of the Gisborne High School trust, and president of the Poverty Bay Turf club. Johnson died on 11 Oct 1899. (See SIR MAUI POMARE)

Cycl. N.Z., ii (p); Col. Gent.

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NZ War GravesJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
Wellington City Council ArchivesJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH
BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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JOHNSON, James Woodbine 🔍
1899 NZ Probates
JOHNSON, James Woodbine 🔍
20 Oct 1899 NZ Probates
JOHNSON, James Woodbine 🔍
1900 NZ Probates
JOHNSON, James Woodbine 🔍
07 Mar 1900 NZ Probates
Puke Ariki Collections - PeopleJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Hocken Digital CollectionsJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Wikidata People (New Zealanders)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Early NZ HistoryJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Mere Hape 🌳 James Woodbine Johnson Gisborne 1891 36 1053 649
🌳 Mere Hape 🌳 James Woodbine Johnson Gisborne 1891 36 1053 649
Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceJames Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931James Woodbine Johnson        🔍 ASH

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