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Early NZ HistoryWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call 2nd NZEF Roll of Honour (Northlanders)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Whanganui Council Property RollsCongreve, William Augustus        🔍 ASH
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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Alexander Turnbull LibraryCongreve, William Augustus        🔍 ASH
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WWII Military Draft ListsWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Transcriptions NZWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Shadows of TimeWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Intention to Marry ProjectWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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New Zealand Gazette IndexWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Tinui HistoryWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Anglican HistoryWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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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 Augustus Congreve

CONGREVE, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS (1826-1860), 3rd baronet, was the son of the second baronet (who invented the Congreve rocket). He came to New Zealand in the Bernicia (1848), and a year or two later took up the Ugbrooke flats in Marlborough. His sheep becoming badly infected with scab, he abandoned his run (which was taken over by the Redwoods). Congreve was appointed a magistrate of the territory in New Munster (23 Apr 1849). A keen sportsman, he did not succeed on the land though he had a wide colonial experience. After his failure at Ugbrooke he moved to Canterbury, where he took up a run on the Rakaia. He was appointed inspector of sheep and registrar of brands under the provincial government in 1854, but relinquished the post in 1858. Congreve witnessed the purchase of the Kaiapoi block by W. J. W. Hamilton (q.v.) in 1857. He had a fund of information concerning the Ngai-Tahu. He was last heard of in New South Wales in 1860, when he was intending to settle in Fiji.

Canterbury Gaz. 1854-59; Mackay, ii, 22; Arnold; Acland; Debrett, 1880; Buick, Marlborough; Lyttelton Times, 10 Jun 1854.

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William Augustus Congreve

CONGREVE, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS (1826-1860), 3rd baronet, was the son of the second baronet (who invented the Congreve rocket). He came to New Zealand in the Bernicia (1848), and a year or two later took up the Ugbrooke flats in Marlborough. His sheep becoming badly infected with scab, he abandoned his run (which was taken over by the Redwoods). Congreve was appointed a magistrate of the territory in New Munster (23 Apr 1849). A keen sportsman, he did not succeed on the land though he had a wide colonial experience. After his failure at Ugbrooke he moved to Canterbury, where he took up a run on the Rakaia. He was appointed inspector of sheep and registrar of brands under the provincial government in 1854, but relinquished the post in 1858. Congreve witnessed the purchase of the Kaiapoi block by W. J. W. Hamilton (q.v.) in 1857. He had a fund of information concerning the Ngai-Tahu. He was last heard of in New South Wales in 1860, when he was intending to settle in Fiji.

Canterbury Gaz. 1854-59; Mackay, ii, 22; Arnold; Acland; Debrett, 1880; Buick, Marlborough; Lyttelton Times, 10 Jun 1854.

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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveWilliam Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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Archives Central (ManawatÅ«-Whanganui)William Augustus Congreve        🔍 ASH
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