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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1918/24595 | Wastney | William | Violet Octavia | Edmund Fox | - | Order Product |
1902/10444 | Wastney | William Keith | Katherine Emma | Henry | - | Order Product |
NZ Marriages (Bride)
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NZ Marriages (Bride, married surname)
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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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1947/5525 | Joan Evelyn | Brown | William | Wastney | Order Product |
1855/42 | Mary Georgiana | Fowler | William | Wastney | Order Product |
1936/481 | Edna Louisa | Harlick | William Keith | Wastney | Order Product |
1885/2361 | Mary | MacMahon | William | Wastney | Order Product |
NZ Births (Mother)
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NZ Deaths
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Registration | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Born (approx.) | Age at Death (approx.) | |
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1988/46522 | Wastney | William | 12 September 1918 🔍NZ | 69 years | Order Product |
1911/8384 | Wastney | William | 1831 | 80Y | Order Product |
1907/1162 | Wastney | William | 1854 | 53Y | Order Product |
1971/31283 | Wastney | William Keith | 1903 | 68Y | Order Product |
Gisborne Photo News (1954-1975, 1993–1996)
William Wastney 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://photonews.org.nz/gisborne/search/results?type=section&text=%22William+Wastney%22
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Nelson Photo News (1960-1972)
William Wastney 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://photonews.org.nz/nelson/search/results?type=section&text=%22William+Wastney%22
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Tributes Online (obituaries)
William Wastney 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://www.tributes.co.nz/Webform1.aspx/GetTributes
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Whanganui Council Property Rolls
Wastney, William 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://wdc.whanganui.govt.nz/propertyrolls/data.aspx?id=search
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Te Papa Collections - People
William Wastney 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://data.tepapa.govt.nz/collection/search?q=type:Person+AND+title:(William+AND+Wastney)
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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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Source: Shadows of Time / Copyright Wendy Leahy
Liverpool, Richmond 126 WASTNEY William Yorkshire, Waimea 47 WASTNEY Mrs neé EDWARDS formerly FOWLER Waimea 47 WATERHOUSE Francis Wakapuaka, Wakefield 133 WATERS William Reid/
shadowsoftime.co.nz/cnz1906b.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"
Farmer WASTNEY, JOHN WASTNEY, WILLIAM J.P WATERHOUSE, THOMAS WELLER, RICHARD WELLS, WALTER,S Runholder WELLS, WILLIAM WESTLEY, WILLIAM WHITWELL, FRANK Farmer WITHERS, JOHN & CHAS
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~babznz/genealogy/wakapauka.html
Transcriptions NZ
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Wastney, William 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/imu/request.php
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DigitalNZ
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Wastney, William | Head and shoulders studio portrait of a man.; glass plate negative | Nelson Provincial Museum / Nelson Provincial Museum |
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Geoffrey C Wood Nelson Evening Mail proof sheet: Wakapuaka Cemetery at St ? near Glen | 5 frames. Shown in film GCW3.1103, frame numbers 1 - 5. headstone inscribed with names "Lucy Wastney" and "William Wastney"; 35mm; Proof sheet | Nelson Provincial Museum / Nelson Provincial Museum |


Legacy.com NZ Obituaries
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Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
William Wastney 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://api.aucklandmuseum.com/search/cenotaph/_search
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Source: Online Cenotaph by Auckland War Memorial Museum / CC BY 4.0
William Wastney
404626 World War II, 1939-1945 12 Sep 1918 Blenheim/Marlborough/South Island/New Zealand Empress of Russia War Medal 1939-1945 New Zealand War Service MedalTe 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 Wastney | 1852 🔍 | 13 Jan 1907 🔍 📰 | Saint Andrew's Cemetery | Nelson, Nelson City | Nelson |
William “Bill” Wastney | 12 Sep 1918 🔍 | 18 Jul 1988 🔍 📰 | Hira Cemetery | Nelson, Nelson City | Nelson |
William Wastney JP | 1831 🔍 | 13 Nov 1911 🔍 📰 | Saint Andrew's Cemetery | Nelson, Nelson City | Nelson |
William Keith Wastney | 1903 🔍 | 29 Apr 1971 🔍 📰 | Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium | Meadowbank, Auckland Council | Auckland |
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
William Wastney 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://archway.howison.co.nz/ajax/simple.php?search=%22william%22+AND+%22wastney%22&simple_view=1
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Department of Internal Affairs, Head Office > Central filing system
Department of Labour > Military training: Conscientious Objectors
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Wastney, William Ian - Registration number 790802 | 1971 | Wellington | Restricted |
Wellington High Court > Wellington probate files (first sequence)
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
WASTNEY, William | 1911 | Wellington | Open |
Department of Labour, Auckland District Office > Conscientious objectors files (National Military Service), Auckland
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Wastney, William Ian | 1972 | Auckland | Restricted |
Nelson High Court > Annual single number probated case files
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Wastney, William | 1988 | Wellington | Open |
High Court Auckland, Department of Justice > Auckland probates
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
WASTNEY William Keith - Onehunga - Labourer | 1971 | Auckland | Open |
Tinui History
William Wastney 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://www.tinuihistory.org/_/search?query=%22Wastney%2C+William%22+OR+%22William+Wastney%22&scope=site
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Masterton Anglican History
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Tasman Heritage
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West Coast NZ History
William Wastney 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/search?datefrom=&dateto=&keywords=William+Wastney&type=phrase
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)
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Canterbury Museum Collections - People
William Wastney 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/persons?view=list&query=pe_sym_name_lf%3A%22Wastney%2C+William%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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William Wastney | WASTNEY, WILLIAM (1831-1911) was born at Sheffield and came to New Zealand in the Lloyds (1842) with his mother, his father having come earlier with Captain Wakefield. He did his share of pioneer work as a boy and assisted his father as a builder. Eventually they took up a farm at Wakapuaka. Wastney's father was a member of the Provincial Council for Nelson Suburban district (1855-57) and his uncle (Edmund Wastney 1807-71), who came with Wakefield, also represented that electorate (1867-69). William himself was then member from 1869 till the abolition of the provinces. He was also a member of the road board and the education board, chairman of the suburban North school committee and chairman of the Waimea county council. He twice contested a seat in Parliament, once against A. J. Richmond and later against J. Shephard. He died on 15 Nov 1911. Cycl. N.Z., vi (p); The Colonist, 15 Nov 1911; Nelson Examiner, 20 Sep 1871 | Volume 2, page 236 |
WASTNEY, WILLIAM (1831-1911) was born at Sheffield and came to New Zealand in the Lloyds (1842) with his mother, his father having come earlier with Captain Wakefield. He did his share of pioneer work as a boy and assisted his father as a builder. Eventually they took up a farm at Wakapuaka. Wastney's father was a member of the Provincial Council for Nelson Suburban district (1855-57) and his uncle (Edmund Wastney 1807-71), who came with Wakefield, also represented that electorate (1867-69). William himself was then member from 1869 till the abolition of the provinces. He was also a member of the road board and the education board, chairman of the suburban North school committee and chairman of the Waimea county council. He twice contested a seat in Parliament, once against A. J. Richmond and later against J. Shephard. He died on 15 Nov 1911.
Cycl. N.Z., vi (p); The Colonist, 15 Nov 1911; Nelson Examiner, 20 Sep 1871
Volume 2, page 236NZ 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 Wastney | 1852 🔍 | 13 Jan 1907 🔍 📰 | Saint Andrew's Cemetery | Nelson |
William Wastney | 1831 🔍 | 1911 🔍 | Saint Andrew's Cemetery | Nelson |
William (Bill) Wastney | 1919 🔍 | 18 Jul 1988 🔍 📰 | Hira Cemetery | Nelson |
NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)
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WASTNEY, William 🔍 | 1911 | NZ Probates |
WASTNEY, William 🔍 | 30 Nov 1911 | NZ Probates |
WASTNEY, William 🔍 | 1988 | NZ Probates |
WASTNEY, William 🔍 | Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph | |
WASTNEY, William Keith 🔍 | 1971 | NZ Probates |
WASTNEY, William Keith 🔍 | 01 Jun 1971 | NZ Probates |
Puke Ariki Collections - People
William Wastney 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://collection.pukeariki.com/persons?query=name_first_last%3AWilliam+AND+Wastney
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Hocken Digital Collections
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)
William Wastney 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://discovereverafter.com/
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Name | Born (approx.) | Died | Age | Type | Buried/Cremated | Plot | Cemetery | Region |
William Keith Wastney | 1903 | 29 Apr 1971 🔍 📰 | 68 | Burial | 5 May 1971 📰 | Block Z/28/018 | Purewa Cemetery | Auckland Region |
William Keith Wastney | 68 | Cremation | 5 May 1971 📰 | Purewa Crematorium | Auckland Region |
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William Wastney 🔍 ASHEarly European contact with New Zealand, pre-1846
Source: Early NZ History / courtesy of Tony Christiansen
Name | Born | Died | Mother | Father | Spouse |
William Wastney | 1831 | 1911 | Lucy Fox | Edmund Wastney | Mary Georgina Fowler Mary Kathleen MacMAHON |
NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)
William Wastney 🔍 ASHSource: Intention to Marry Indexes, by Archives NZ / CC BY
Bride | Groom | Marriage District | Year | Volume | Page | Entry |
🌳 Mary MacMahon | 🌳 William Wastney | Motueka | 1885 | 30 | 798 | 371 |