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NZ Births        🔍 ASH

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NZ Marriages (Bride)        🔍 ASH

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NZ Marriages (Groom)        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name
1893/4153
Margaret Jane McKerrow John Douglas Ritchie Order Product
1893/4153
Margaret Jane McKerrow John Douglas Ritchie
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NZ Deaths        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1933/10236
Ritchie John Douglas 185479YOrder Product
1997/33788
Ritchie John Douglas 6 February 1912  🔍NZ
85 yearsOrder Product
1933/10236
Ritchie John Douglas 1854 79Y
1997/33788
Ritchie John Douglas 6 February 1912  🔍NZ
85 years
Gisborne Photo News (1954-1975, 1993–1996)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://photonews.org.nz/gisborne/search/results?type=section&text=%22John+Douglas+Ritchie%22

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Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Nelson Photo News (1960-1972)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Tributes Online (obituaries)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Whanganui Council Property RollsRitchie, John Douglas        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Otago Nominal Index        🔍 ASH

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Surname Forename Address Event Place Date
RITCHIEJohn DouglasMount Royal Electoral District of Moeraki1883-84
RITCHIEJohn DouglasMount Royal Electoral District of Waitaki1890
RITCHIE John Douglas Mount Royal Electoral District of Moeraki 1883-84
RITCHIE John Douglas Mount Royal Electoral District of Waitaki 1890
NZ Presbyterian MarriagesJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
Shadows of TimeJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
Transcriptions NZJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Alexander Turnbull LibraryRitchie, John Douglas        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/imu/request.php

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DigitalNZJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
Legacy.com NZ ObituariesJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
Auckland Museum Online CenotaphJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New ZealandJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
Find A Grave (NZ cemeteries)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Name Born Died Cemetery Cemetery location Region
John Douglas Ritchie 9 Oct 1853 🔍 31 Jul 1933 🔍 📰 Karori Cemetery and Crematorium Wellington, Wellington City Wellington
John Douglas Ritchie 9 Oct 1853 🔍 31 Jul 1933 🔍 📰 Karori Cemetery and Crematorium Wellington, Wellington City Wellington
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
Upper Hutt City Libraries Heritage CollectionsJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
NZ Electronic Text CentreJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
Archives NZJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Wellington High Court  >  Wellington probate files (first sequence)

Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
RITCHIE John Douglas RITCHIE John Douglas📃 View Scan 1933 Wellington Open
RITCHIE John Douglas RITCHIE John Douglas📃 View Scan 1933 Wellington Open
Tinui HistoryJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Anglican HistoryJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Tasman HeritageJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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West Coast NZ HistoryJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Canterbury Museum Collections - PeopleJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Lower Hutt MyRecollectJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://dict-bio.howison.co.nz/ash_search/?s=John+Douglas+Ritchie

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

NameBiographyReference
John Douglas Ritchie

RITCHIE, JOHN DOUGLAS (1853-1933), son of Alexander Ritchie, a farmer, was born at Cupar Angus, Scotland, and educated at the Cargill parish school and at the Perth Academy. Arriving in New Zealand in 1877 by the Halcione, he took up farming at Mount Royal, Otago, and in 1891 joined the public service as chief inspector of stock. In the following year he became Secretary for Agriculture. In 1909 he took charge of the Lands for Settlements department, and as land purchase officer acquired over 800,000 acres for the state. Retiring in 1927, he died in Wellington on 30 Jul 1933, survived by his wife, Margaret, daughter of James McKerrow (q.v.).

Cycl. NZ, i (p); Who's Who NZ, 1908, 1924, 1932; Evening Post, 31 Jul 1933.

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John Douglas Ritchie

RITCHIE, JOHN DOUGLAS (1853-1933), son of Alexander Ritchie, a farmer, was born at Cupar Angus, Scotland, and educated at the Cargill parish school and at the Perth Academy. Arriving in New Zealand in 1877 by the Halcione, he took up farming at Mount Royal, Otago, and in 1891 joined the public service as chief inspector of stock. In the following year he became Secretary for Agriculture. In 1909 he took charge of the Lands for Settlements department, and as land purchase officer acquired over 800,000 acres for the state. Retiring in 1927, he died in Wellington on 30 Jul 1933, survived by his wife, Margaret, daughter of James McKerrow (q.v.).

Cycl. NZ, i (p); Who's Who NZ, 1908, 1924, 1932; Evening Post, 31 Jul 1933.

Volume 2, page 125
NZ War GravesJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
Wellington City Council ArchivesJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH
BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Name Born Died Cemetery Region
John Douglas Ritchie 22 Mar 1997 🔍 Taruheru Cemetery Gisborne
John Douglas Ritchie 9 Oct 1853 🔍 31 Jul 1933 🔍 📰 Karori Cemetery Wellington
John Douglas Ritchie 22 Mar 1997 🔍 Taruheru Cemetery Gisborne
John Douglas Ritchie 9 Oct 1853 🔍 31 Jul 1933 🔍 📰 Karori Cemetery Wellington
NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Source: Kiwi Collection copyright The New Zealand Society of Genealogists

Name Date Record Type
RITCHIE, John Douglas 🔍
29 Aug 1933 NZ Probates
Puke Ariki Collections - PeopleJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Hocken Digital CollectionsJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Name Born (approx.) Died Age Type Buried/Cremated Plot Cemetery Region
John Douglas Ritchie 79 Burial 2 Aug 1933 📰 *Public/G/12 Karori Cemetery Wellington Region
John Douglas Ritchie 79 Burial 2 Aug 1933 📰 *Public/G/12 Karori Cemetery Wellington Region
Wikidata People (New Zealanders)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Suggested Searches for John Douglas Ritchie
Early NZ HistoryJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

Source: Intention to Marry Indexes, by Archives NZ / CC BY

Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Margaret Jane McKerrow 🌳 John Douglas Ritchie Wellington 1893 38 594 129
🌳 Margaret Jane McKerrow 🌳 John Douglas Ritchie Wellington 1893 38 594 129
Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceJohn Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931John Douglas Ritchie        🔍 ASH

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