NZ Marriages (Bride)
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NZ Marriages (Bride, married surname)
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NZ Births (Mother)
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Gisborne Photo News (1954-1975, 1993–1996)
William Reece 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://photonews.org.nz/gisborne/search/results?type=section&text=%22William+Reece%22
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Nelson Photo News (1960-1972)
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Tributes Online (obituaries)
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Whanganui Council Property Rolls
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Te Papa Collections - People
William Reece 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://data.tepapa.govt.nz/collection/search?q=type:Person+AND+title:(William+AND+Reece)
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Otago Nominal Index
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Source: Hocken Collections
Surname | Forename | Address | Event Place | Date |
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PREECE | William | George st | Dunedin | 1863 |
PREECE | William | Gore | Electoral District of Hokonui | 1884 |
PREECE | William | Gore | Electoral District of Waikaia | 1887 |
PREECE | William | Gore | Electoral District of Mataura | 1890 |
NZ Presbyterian Marriages
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Copyright Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand / "the Archives encourages the use of its collections ... for research"
Source: Register of New Zealand Presbyterian Marriages 1848 to 1935
Butler 1889 4\13\1 REECE William 28 McCauley 1891 4\13\1 REEVE Elsie 21 Pickard 1907 4\13\2 ROBERTSON Thelma Avice 22 Abbot 1924 4\13\5 ROGERS Charles Bawden 34 McKenzie 1880 4\13
https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/nzmarriageregisters/stjohnsopotikimarri...
Shadows of Time
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Source: Shadows of Time / Copyright Wendy Leahy
Army Medical Corps REECE William Asher 1897 1900 President, General Electric Co., Buenos Aires, Argentina . REES Edward 1888 1889 .Deceased REES Gilbert Sullivan 1917 1919 Eastern
shadowsoftime.co.nz/nelson7.html
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history site
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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"
Patrick, RAFFERTY Michael, REECE William, SULLIVAN Jeremiah, SUTHERLAND Alexander, TURNER William, TYMON Barnard, WALKER Alexander, WHITING Joseph, WINDSOR Joseph. SIR GEORGE
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~babznz/genealogy/shipstoauck.html
Transcriptions NZ
William Reece 🔍 ASHRetrieved at 2:32pm, 28 March 2025 in 0.367 seconds
Source: Transcriptions NZ / courtesy of Beverley Evans
GODD Divorce - BURGESS v. BURGESS Dunedin - REECE - William James Reece, age 80 years, was found dead in his bed this morning. -- Mr Reece came from Christchurch to Dunedin some
https://www.transcriptions.nz/1870-1908/1892.March.Star.Christchurch.snippets.ht...
1892.March.Lytt.Times.snippets
James, age 63 REECE - William James, found dead in his bed at Dunedin -- age 80 -- Valedictory - 103 & 104 ROSE - Mr A, Collector of Customs, transferred to Auckland -- lots more
https://www.transcriptions.nz/1870-1908/1892.March.Lytt.Times.snippets.html
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reece, William 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/imu/request.php
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Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931 :Cartoons [of important New Zealanders]. Vol 1. 1899-1900 | E-962-f-1. Bowring, Walter Armiger, 1874-1931 :Cartoons [of important New Zealanders]. Vol 1. 1899-1900. Various artists :1. Wilson, Laurence William, 1851-1912. Photolithographs of watercolour drawings of New Zealand. [1910?] 2. Department of Maori Affairs. Maori housing. Departmental Standard plans. [1953-1954] 3. Walter Armiger Bowring, 1874-1931. [Cartoons of important New Zealanders]. 1902-1903 (E-962). [Item] | |
Bowring, Walter Armiger 1874-1931 :Mr William Reece, Mayor of Christchurch. [18]99 [Christchurch] John Russell Brunt for The Christchurch Press Co. Ltd., 1900 | B-094-001. Bowring, Walter Armiger 1874-1931 :Mr William Reece, Mayor of Christchurch. [18]99 [Christchurch] John Russell Brunt for The Christchurch Press Co. Ltd., 1900. [Item] |
DigitalNZ
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William Reece (1856-1930) | Historic Photograph - William Reece (1856-1930) [ca. 1900] | Christchurch City Libraries Heritage Images Collection / Christchurch City Libraries | |
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Mr William Reece, Mayor of Christchurch | Portrait of Willian Reece, the mayor of Christchurch from 1900-1901. | New Zealand Graphic; Standish & Preece (Firm) | Kura Heritage Collections Online / Auckland Libraries |
William Reece, Mayoral portrait | Portrait of William Reese, who was the Mayor of Christchurch in 1900. | Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries | ||
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Macdonald Dictionary Record: William Reece | One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for William Reece. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964. | George Ranald Macdonald | Canterbury Museum / Canterbury Museum |
Mr. William Reece - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District] | Mr. William Reece, who was Mayor of Christchurch in the year 1900, is a son of the late Mr. Edward Reece, who came to the colony in 1855, and, in the following year, established the now extensive business of Messrs Edward Reece and Sons. Mr. William Reece, who was born and educated in Christchurch, went to England to complete his business train... | Cyclopedia Company Limited | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
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Mrs W. Reece | Portrait of Eva Reece, wife of William Reece, Mayor of Christchurch. | New Zealand Graphic; Standish & Preece (Firm) | Kura Heritage Collections Online / Auckland Libraries |
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Canterbury Jubilee Exhibition cup and plate | A Doulton cup and plate produced as souvenirs of the Canterbury Jubilee Exhibition, 1900. The cup has two portraits of William Reece and John Robert Godley with banners bearing their names and the dates 1900 & 1850, respectively. The cup's handle is trimmed with gold. The Doulton mark is on the base.The plate has a gold trim around its edge an... | Doulton | Canterbury Museum / Canterbury Museum |
Reece, E., And Sons - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District] | Reece, E., And Sons (William Reece), Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers and Inporters of British and Foreign Hardware; Wholesale and Retail premises, Colombo Street, Christchuch; Iron-yard and store, Lichfield Street. The extensive and well-known business of this firm was founded in 1856 by the late Mr. Edward Reece, since whose death it has been... | Cyclopedia Company Limited | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
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Jug: Canterbury Jubilee Souvenir made by Royal Doulton | One white jug made by Royal Doulton and commissioned by the department store D.I.C. of Christchurch as a souvenir of the Canterbury Jubilee in 1900. The main decoration is an illustration of the Christchurch Cathedral in gold with the words D.I.C. Souvenir 1900 on a banner underneath. On the sides are portraits of William Reece, 1900 (Mayor) and... | Canterbury Museum / Canterbury Museum | |
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Volume 31, 1898, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1898. | Dr. W. P. Evans, President, in the chair. New Members .—Mr. William Reece and Mr. R. D. Thomas. Address .—Mr. R. Speight delivered an address on “The Microscope in Geology,” illustrated by lantern slides. The lecturer exhibited microscopic preparations of rock-sections in illustration of his address. Papers .—1. “On the New Zealand Musci ,” by Mr. ... | Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961 / Alexander Turnbull Library | |
Summit Road scrapbook, pages 254 to 255 | Scrapbook pages 254 and 255 containing alterations and additions to Rules of the Port Hills-Akaroa Summit Road Public Trust Incorporated; and 2 printed letters. | Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries | ||
Banquet given by the Mayor of Christchurch & Mrs Reece at the Exhibition Buildings, 19th December 1900, in honour of the Jubilee of Canterbury. John Robert Godley. 1850 [to] 1900 / Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. CH 49. | Shows central wording with the British and New Zealand flags at the top corners, a portrait of Queen Victoria at the top centre, and a portrait of John Robert Godley at the bottom centre. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on invitation card.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on card 192 x 123 mm. | Not specified | TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library | |
Summit Road scrapbook, pages 102 and 103 | Scrapbook pages 102 and 103 containing 2 newspaper article clippings; 1 with 8 black and white images; 1 black and white pamphlet with image; 1 black and white newspaper image; and 1 black and white photograph. | Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries | ||
Summit Road scrapbook, pages 76 and 77 | Scrapbook pages 76 and 77 containing 1 black and white panoramic photograph; and 10 newspaper article clippings. | Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries | ||
Summit Road scrapbook, pages 78 and 79 | Scrapbook pages 78 and 79 containing 22 newspaper article clippings; and 4 black and white newspaper images. | Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries | ||
Summit Road scrapbook, pages 18 and 19 | Scrapbook pages 18 and 19 containing 13 newspaper article clippings; 2 black and white newspaper images; and 3 black and white photographs. | Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries | ||
Summit Road scrapbook, pages 104 and 105 | Scrapbook pages 104 and 105 containing 1 printed letter with images; 1 report; 1 donation form; 1 Port Hills-Akaroa Summit Road Public Trust officers list; and 3 donation ephemera. | Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries | ||
Summit Road scrapbook, pages 22 and 23 | Scrapbook pages 22 and 23 containing 11 newspaper article clippings; 1 black and white newspaper image; 2 printed letter; and 1 handwritten note. | Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries | ||
Summit Road scrapbook, pages 98 and 99 | Scrapbook pages 98 and 99 containing 5 pamphlet pages; 1 black and white image with handwritten annotation; and 1 colour ephemera. | Canterbury Stories / Christchurch City Libraries |







Legacy.com NZ Obituaries
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David William Edmund REECE | REECE, David William Edmund. Passed away peacefully on August 22nd 2019 in his 90th year after a 6 year battle with dementia. Dearly loved husband of Irene Margaret. Much loved father and father-in-law of Lynda, David and Sylvia, Kevin and Janeen, Irene, Jo and Jo, Kristine and Shayne... | on Aug. 24, 2019 |
William Ainslie REECE | REECE, William Ainslie (Bill). On July 12, 2012, at home; aged 67 years. Loved and treasured by Estelle, Kim and Jacqui, loving Pop to Glenn and Michelle, good friend to Scott and Rick, and valued supporter of all Estelle's family. Bill was also a particularly good mate to so many... | from Jul. 14 to Jul. 16, 2012 |
Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
William Reece 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://api.aucklandmuseum.com/search/cenotaph/_search
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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Find A Grave (NZ cemeteries)
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Source: FindAGrave / limited search result excerpts for non-commercial personal research
Name | Born | Died | Cemetery | Cemetery location | Region |
William Reece | Andersons Bay Cemetery | Andersons Bay, Dunedin City | Otago | ||
William Reece | 23 Oct 1856 🔍 | 17 Jul 1930 🔍 📰 | Linwood Cemetery | Linwood, Christchurch City | Canterbury |
William Reece | 1803 🔍 | 17 Jun 1860 🔍 📰 | Symonds Street Cemetery | Auckland, Auckland Council | Auckland |
William Reece | 26 Jun 1865 🔍 | 25 Jun 1943 🔍 📰 | George Maxwell Memorial Cemetery | Avondale, Auckland Council | Auckland |
William Reece | 1862 🔍 | 29 Sep 1950 🔍 📰 | Ōpōtiki Lawn Cemetery | Ōpōtiki, Ōpōtiki District | Bay of Plenty |
William Reece | 1844 🔍 | 7 Apr 1910 🔍 📰 | Linwood Cemetery | Linwood, Christchurch City | Canterbury |
William Reece | 1909 🔍 | 28 Mar 1918 🔍 📰 | Linwood Cemetery | Linwood, Christchurch City | Canterbury |
William Alfred Reece | 1921 🔍 | 30 Jun 1975 🔍 📰 | Akatārawa Cemetery | Upper Hutt City, Wellington | New Zealand |
William Charles Reece | 9 Dec 1923 🔍 | 28 Jul 1991 🔍 | Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium | Glen Eden, Auckland Council | Auckland |
William George Reece | Ōpōtiki Lawn Cemetery | Ōpōtiki, Ōpōtiki District | Bay of Plenty | ||
William Henry Reece | 26 Sep 1900 🔍 | 28 Apr 1974 🔍 📰 | Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium | Meadowbank, Auckland Council | Auckland |
William Henry Reece | 1897 🔍 | 23 Aug 1899 🔍 📰 | Karori Cemetery and Crematorium | Wellington, Wellington City | Wellington |
William Raymond Reece | 29 Nov 1912 🔍 | 24 Sep 1984 🔍 📰 | Māngere Lawn Cemetery | Māngere, Auckland Council | Auckland |
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)
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Title | Date | Record type |
Reece, William | Passengers and Vessels | |
Reece, William, d.1860 | 1860 | Cemetery Records |
Reece, Sir William | Index Cards | |
Reece, Mary Ann, d.1847; Reece, William, d.1860 | Cemetery Records | |
Reece, William | Passengers and Vessels | |
Reece, Sir William | Index Cards | |
Reece, William, 1856-1930 | Index Cards | |
Reece, Mrs. William | Index Cards | |
Reece, Sir William | Index Cards | |
Reece, William, 1856-1930 | Index Cards |
Upper Hutt City Libraries Heritage Collections
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NZ Electronic Text Centre
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Archives NZ
William Reece 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://archway.howison.co.nz/ajax/simple.php?search=%22william%22+AND+%22reece%22&simple_view=1
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Source: Archives NZ Collections Search / CC BY / via Archway
Army Department > Inwards letters and registered files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
From: Lieutenant-Colonel Lean, Christchurch Date [received]: 15 September 1886 Subject: Election of Acting Lieutenant William Reece, Canterbury Mounted Rifles | 1886 | Wellington | Open |
Justice Department > Inwards letters and registered files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
From: Town Clerk, Christchurch Date: 22 December 1899 Subject: William Reece, elected Mayor | 1899 | Wellington | Open |
Department of Internal Affairs, Head Office > Central filing system
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Naturalisation - Registrations as New Zealand Citizen - Todd, William Wright; Todd, Kathleen Dorothy Reece Mrs; Todd, Helen Joy Miss; Todd, Malcolm James | 1959 | Wellington | Restricted |
Police Department > Central filing system
Land Information New Zealand, National Office > North and South Auckland Land District - Voluntary applications
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Reece, William of Opotiki - allotments 44 and 68, section 2, town Opotiki | 1910 ‑ 1911 | Auckland | Open |
Immigration New Zealand > Immigration Case Files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Reece, William | 1964 ‑ 1977 | Wellington | Restricted |
Wellington High Court > Wellington probate files [third sequence]
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Jackson, William Francis Reece | 2000 | Wellington | Open | |
REECE William Alfred | 1977 | Wellington | Open |
Wellington High Court > Wellington probate files [second sequence]
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
WILLIAMS Thomas Reece | 1943 | Wellington | Open |
Wellington High Court > Wellington probate files (first sequence)
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
FENNEY, William Reece | 1915 | Wellington | Open |
High Court Auckland, Department of Justice > Land valuation files
High Court Auckland, Department of Justice > Auckland actions/civil proceedings files
High Court Auckland, Department of Justice > Auckland Divorce files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Reece, Margaret Innes v Reece, William Ainslie | 1981 ‑ 1982 | Auckland | Restricted |
Fenton, William Ernest v Fenton, Emily Winson and Reece, Edmund Evan | 1944 ‑ 1945 | Auckland | Restricted |
Fenton, William Ernest v Fenton, Emily Winson and Reece, Edmund Evan | 1943 | Auckland | Restricted |
Reece, William Raymond v Reece, Aldona | 1947 ‑ 1948 | Auckland | Restricted |
High Court Auckland, Department of Justice > Auckland Divorce files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
GRAYDON William Reece - Thomasena Matilda | 1924 ‑ 1926 | Auckland | Restricted |
High Court Auckland, Department of Justice > Auckland Miscellaneous files - annual number series
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Under "The Wages Protection and Contractors Liens Act ... Mick Vegar and Tony Grebavac, both ... labourers, Plaintiffs and Renown Collieries Limited and Beban and Jeune of Christchurch ... | 1927 | Auckland | Open |
Hamilton High Court > Hamilton probates - annual number sequence
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
REECE Thomas William - Huntly - Retired Miner | 1970 | Auckland | Open |
Ministry of Education, National Office > Auckland education salary cards
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Salary card for REECE Leila nee Williams formerly Buchanan | 1939 ‑ 1971 | Auckland | Restricted |
Carrington Hospital > Staff cards
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
WILLIAMS Donald Reece | 1948 | Auckland | Restricted |
Christchurch High Court > Christchurch Supreme/High Court Divorce Files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Williams, Thomas Reece v Williams, Selina and Johnston, David | 1921 | Christchurch | Open |
Christchurch High Court > Christchurch Probate files
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
REECE William - Woolston - Labourer | 1910 | Christchurch | Open | |
REECE Albert William - Christchurch - Retired | 1952 | Christchurch | Open | |
WILLIAMS Reece Thomas Henry - Christchurch - Clothing Presser | 1971 | Christchurch | Open | |
REECE Eva - Christchurch - wife of William | 1926 | Christchurch | Open | |
REECE William - Christchurch - Hardware Merchant | 1930 | Christchurch | Open |
Lower Hutt District Court > Lower Hutt Miscellaneous application files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
[Sample Miscellaneous Application files] Reece William Rosvall - Application for removal of Motor Vehicle Drivers licence to different premises | 1977 | Wellington | Restricted |
Legislative Department > Women's Suffrage Petition 1892 [Digitised Sheets]
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Digitised 1892 Women Suffrage Petition Roll - Sheet 306 - Region: Wellington [Digital Copy] | 1892 | Digital | Open |
Hocken Collections > Lawrence Application files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
26 May 1868 - Notice of Intention to Obtain a Site for Stacking Tailings - William Smyth. Mathew Tomb, Joseph Sutherland, and Matthew Reece - Cobblers Gully, Wetherstons | 1868 | Dunedin | Open |
Department of Lands and Survey, Christchurch District Office > Inwards Correspondence of the Secretary for Railways [ICR]
Department of Health Head Office > Health Department Photographic Collection
Canterbury District Health Board > Sunnyside Hospital patient files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Sunnyside Hospital Patient Files ... | 1908 ‑ 1913 | Christchurch | Open |
Department of Internal Affairs, Head Office > Personnel file cover sheets
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Staff Summary Sheets: Williams, Brian Reece | 1974 ‑ 1976 | Wellington | Restricted |
Dunedin High Court > Dunedin Sentencing Files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Rex v William Scholes, alias Reece, alias Iveson, alias Mansell - Forgery and false pretences | 1921 | Dunedin | Open |
Department of Social Welfare, Corporate Office > Former servicemen's rehabilitation files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Jackson, William Francis Reece | 1955 ‑ 1963 | Wellington | Restricted |
Healthcare Otago Ltd > Seacliff Mental Hospital Statutory Admission Papers
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
William Reece | 1877 | Dunedin | Open |
New Zealand Defence Force, Personnel Archives > Military Personnel Files
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
WILLIAMS, Thomas Reece - SA6233, 8291 - Army | 1899 ‑ 1902 | Wellington | Open |
Masterton District Court > Masterton probate files [fourth sequence]
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Cox, Owen William Reece | 1966 ‑ 1969 | Wellington | Open |
Ministry of Justice, Head Office > Coroners inquest files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Evan Reece Williams | 1982 | Wellington | Restricted |
Justice Department > Coroners Inquests, case files
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Coroner's inquest - Case files - Taranaki - Cox, Reece William Arnold | 1945 | Wellington | Open | |
Coroners Inquests - Case Files - Auckland - Reece, William George | 1954 | Wellington | Open | |
Coroners inquests unnecessary - ... | 1960 | Wellington | Open | |
Coroners inquests unnecessary - ... | 1960 | Wellington | Open | |
Coroners inquests Unnecessary - ... | 1962 | Wellington | Open | |
Coroners inquests - Case files - Auckland - Fenney, William Reece [Use copy MICRO U 5478] | 1915 | Wellington | Open |
High Court Auckland, Department of Justice > Auckland probates
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
REECE William Charles - Auckland - Retired | 1991 | Auckland | Open | |
REECE William George - Opotiki - Engineer | 1954 | Auckland | Open | |
REECE William - Opotiki - Farmer | 1950 | Auckland | Open | |
REECE William Raymond | 1984 | Auckland | Open | |
GRAYDON William Reece - Auckland - Retired Pile Driver | 1952 | Auckland | Open |
Hamilton High Court > Hamilton Land Sales / Land Valuation Proceedings Files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
William Morrice to John James Reece | 1945 | Auckland | Open |
John Albert Reece Pilcher to Richard John William Lomey and Mary Florence Lomey | 1945 | Auckland | Open |
Minnie Abbotts to Thomas William Reece | 1944 | Auckland | Open |
Thomas William Reece to Caleb Clarke | 1946 | Auckland | Open |
Waihi District Court > Waihi Mining Registrations
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Assignment of Section 65I Waihi South Reece Carlton Ashby of Waihi Factory Employee to George William Brown of Waihi Manufacturer | 1959 | Auckland | Open |
Whangarei High Court > Whangarei Probates
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
WHITE William Reece - Waipu formerly Okaihau and Auckland - Retired farmer | 1991 | Auckland | Open |
Accession CH624
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
William Reece 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/persons?view=list&query=pe_sym_name_lf%3A%22Reece%2C+William%22
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Lower Hutt MyRecollect
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)
William Reece 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://dict-bio.howison.co.nz/ash_search/?s=William+Reece
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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
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William Reece | REECE, WILLIAM (1856-1930) was born in Christchurch and attended the Christchurch Boys' High School. Returning in 1879 from England, where he had completed his education, he entered his father's firm, Edward Reece and Sons, ironmongery and hardware merchants. In 1880 he married Eva, daughter of Thomas Raine. Reece was a captain in the Canterbury Rifles (1888-90); and served in public life as president of the Chamber of Commerce (1890), president of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association (1898), mayor of Christchurch in the Jubilee year (1900), chairman of the Tramway Board (1903-07), commissioner of the New Zealand Exhibition (1906-07), and a member of the Prisons Board (1911-23). He was also chairman of directors of the Westport-Stockton Coal Co. and the Christchurch Gas Co., and a director of the Bank of New Zealand and of the New Zealand Shipping Co. He died on 17 Jul 1930. Cycl. N.Z., iii; Who's Who N.Z., 1908, 1924. | Volume 2, page 108 |
REECE, WILLIAM (1856-1930) was born in Christchurch and attended the Christchurch Boys' High School. Returning in 1879 from England, where he had completed his education, he entered his father's firm, Edward Reece and Sons, ironmongery and hardware merchants. In 1880 he married Eva, daughter of Thomas Raine. Reece was a captain in the Canterbury Rifles (1888-90); and served in public life as president of the Chamber of Commerce (1890), president of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association (1898), mayor of Christchurch in the Jubilee year (1900), chairman of the Tramway Board (1903-07), commissioner of the New Zealand Exhibition (1906-07), and a member of the Prisons Board (1911-23). He was also chairman of directors of the Westport-Stockton Coal Co. and the Christchurch Gas Co., and a director of the Bank of New Zealand and of the New Zealand Shipping Co. He died on 17 Jul 1930.
Cycl. N.Z., iii; Who's Who N.Z., 1908, 1924.
Volume 2, page 108NZ 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 |
William Reece | 1909 🔍 | 28 Mar 1918 🔍 📰 | Linwood Cemetery | Canterbury |
William Reece | 29 Sep 1950 🔍 📰 | Opotiki Cemetery (Waitangi) | Bay of Plenty | |
Albert William Reece | 1893 🔍 | 1952 🔍 | Bromley Cemetery | Canterbury |
Thomas William Reece | 30 Oct 1970 🔍 📰 | Huntly (Kimihia) Cemetery | Waikato |
NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)
William Reece 🔍 ASHWith the kind permission of the NZSG
Source: Kiwi Collection copyright The New Zealand Society of Genealogists
Name | Date | Record Type |
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REECE, Albert William 🔍 | 08 Oct 1952 | NZ Probates |
REECE, Arthur William Edwin (Art) 🔍 | 06 Nov 2009 | NZ Herald Deaths |
REECE, Thomas William 🔍 | 04 Dec 1970 | NZ Probates |
REECE, William 🔍 | 04 Oct 1910 | NZ Probates |
REECE, William 🔍 | 23 Aug 1930 | NZ Probates |
REECE, William 🔍 | 1950 | NZ Probates |
REECE, William 🔍 | 26 Oct 1950 | NZ Probates |
REECE, William Ainslie (Bill) 🔍 | 14 Jul 2012 | NZ Herald Deaths |
REECE, William Ainslie (Bill) 🔍 | 16 Jul 2012 | NZ Herald Deaths |
REECE, William Alfred 🔍 | 22 Mar 1977 | NZ Probates |
REECE, William Charles 🔍 | 29 Jul 1991 | NZ Herald Deaths |
REECE, William Charles (Bill) 🔍 | 30 Jul 1991 | NZ Herald Deaths |
REECE, William George 🔍 | 1954 | NZ Probates |
REECE, William George 🔍 | 28 Apr 1954 | NZ Probates |
Puke Ariki Collections - People
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Hocken Digital Collections
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)
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Name | Born (approx.) | Died | Age | Type | Buried/Cremated | Plot | Cemetery | Region |
William Henry Reece | Cremation | 30 Apr 1974 📰 | Purewa Crematorium | Auckland Region | ||||
William Henry Reece | 2 | Burial | 23 Aug 1899 📰 | *Public/B/187 | Karori Cemetery | Wellington Region | ||
William Raymond Reece | 1913 | 24 Sep 1984 🔍 📰 | 71 | Burial | 27 Sep 1984 📰 | Lawn Tilted Plaque Blue/H/9 | Mangere Lawn Cemetery | Auckland Region |
Wikidata People (New Zealanders)
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William Reece 🔍 ASHEarly European contact with New Zealand, pre-1846
Source: Early NZ History / courtesy of Tony Christiansen
Name | Born | Died | Mother | Father |
William Henry Preece | 1841 | 1920 | Mary Ann Williams | James (Rev) Preece |
NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)
William Reece 🔍 ASHSource: Intention to Marry Indexes, by Archives NZ / CC BY
Bride | Groom | Marriage District | Year | Volume | Page | Entry |
🌳 Martha McCauley | 🌳 William Reece | Opotiki | 1891 | 36 | 1449 | 114 |
🌳 Ella Fender Chappell | 🌳 William Reece | Auckland | 1898 | 46 | 510 | 289 |
NZ Deaths
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NZ Births
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Registration | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Mother's Given Name(s) | Father's Given Name(s) | Still Birth | |
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1913/629 | Reece | William Raymond | Helen | David | - | Order Product |
1913/16796 | Reece | William | Elizabeth Palmer | Ernest Frederick | - | Order Product |
1909/21088 | Reece | William | Marianne Emily | Edward Thomas | - | Order Product |
1887/5278 | Reece | William George | Lucy Anne | Edwin | - | Order Product |
1883/12432 | Reece | William Asher | Eva | William | - | Order Product |
1903/7261 | Reece | William Henry John | Ellen Fender | William | - | Order Product |
1924/17033 | Reece | William Charles | Alberta Ellen | Edmund Even | - | Order Product |
1934/7392 | Reece | Arthur William Edwin | Acey Janet | Albert Edward | - | Order Product |
1897/1617 | Reece | William Henry | Mary Ann | NR | - | Order Product |
1945/69032 | Reece | William Ainslie | Gertrude Isla Whinam | Edward D'Oyly | - | Order Product |
1859/4521 | Reece | William | Johanna | John | - | Order Product |
1856/5727 | Reece | William | Isabella | Edward | - | Order Product |
1929/12615 | Reece | David William Edmund | Linda Myrtle | David George | - | Order Product |
NZ Marriages (Groom)
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Registration | Bride's Given Name(s) | Bride's Family Name | Groom's Given Name(s) | Groom's Family Name | |
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1898/1105 | Ella Fender | Chappell | William | Reece | Order Product |
1926/6638 | Ann Constable | Galletly | Albert William | Reece | Order Product |
1939/224 | Aldona | Jabo | William Raymond | Reece | Order Product |
1891/3439 | Martha | McCauley | William | Reece | Order Product |
1938/8991 | Dulcie Winifred | Ogle | William Henry | Reece | Order Product |
1880/1380 | Eva | Raine | William | Reece | Order Product |
1916/2107 | Margret Cooper | Scott | Thomas William | Reece | Order Product |
1920/8144 | Milly Gwendolen Farr | Squire | William George | Reece | Order Product |