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Early NZ HistoryWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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Otago Nominal Index
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Shadows of TimeWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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Whanganui Council Property RollsClose, William Henry        🔍 ASH
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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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WWII Military Draft ListsWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Alexander Turnbull LibraryClose, William Henry        🔍 ASH
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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1849/2777Close William Henry MaryStephen-Order Product
1849/2777 Close William Henry Mary Stephen
Transcriptions NZWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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Archives NZWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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Land Information New Zealand, National Office  >  Auckland District Land Registrar - Closed road files

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Closed road file - Parish of Waikomiti 22, 22A, 23, 32. Exchangees: Thomas Stockwell Armstrong, William Henry Angell, Margaret Schlinker (nee Ralph), George Laing. CT 69/18, 69/19, 69/20, 69/21 1892 ‑ 1893 Auckland Open
Closed road file - Parish of Pukekohe Section 84, 85. Purchaser: William Henry Butler CT 289/67 1919 Auckland Open
Closed road file - Parish of Waikomiti 22, 22A, 23, 32. Exchangees: Thomas Stockwell Armstrong, William Henry Angell, Margaret Schlinker (nee Ralph), George Laing. CT 69/18, 69/19, 69/20, 69/21 1892 ‑ 1893 Auckland Open
Closed road file - Parish of Pukekohe Section 84, 85. Purchaser: William Henry Butler CT 289/67 1919 Auckland Open

Nelson High Court  >  Nelson Probate case files

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Close, William Henry Close, William Henry📃 View Scan 1913 Wellington Open
Close, William Henry Close, William Henry📃 View Scan 1922 Wellington Open
Close, William Henry Close, William Henry📃 View Scan 1913 Wellington Open
Close, William Henry Close, William Henry📃 View Scan 1922 Wellington Open
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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Intention to Marry ProjectWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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1875 – Page 426

District of Nelson Quarter ending 31 December 1875 Registrar Robt Pickett
No Date of Notice Names and Surnames of Parties BDM Match Condition Calling or Profession Age Dwelling Place Length of Residence Marriage Place Folio Consent Date of Certificate Officiating Minister
91 30 December 1875 William Henry Close
Mary Anderson
William Henry Close
Mary Anderson
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Bachelor
Spinster 		Farmer
Domestic Servant 		26
21 		Wakapuaka
Wakapuaka 		20 years
21 years 		At St. Andrews Church, Wakapuaka 76/390 30 December 1875 Revd Thos Sam. Grace Junr
No 91
Date of Notice 30 December 1875
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties William Henry Close Mary Anderson
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Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Farmer Domestic Servant
Age 26 21
Dwelling Place Wakapuaka Wakapuaka
Length of Residence 20 years 21 years
Marriage Place At St. Andrews Church, Wakapuaka
Folio 76/390
Consent
Date of Certificate 30 December 1875
Officiating Minister Revd Thos Sam. Grace Junr
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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name ITM
1876/362Mary Anderson William Henry Close Order Product Intention to Marry
1876/362 Mary Anderson William Henry Close Intention to Marry
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

Source: Kiwi Collection copyright The New Zealand Society of Genealogists / with the kind permission of the NZSG

Name Date Record Type
CLOSE, William Henry 🔍 1913 NZ Probates
CLOSE, William Henry 🔍 14 Feb 1913 NZ Probates
CLOSE, William Henry 🔍 1922 NZ Probates
CLOSE, William Henry 🔍 19 Aug 1922 NZ Probates
Tinui HistoryWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Anglican HistoryWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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New Zealand Gazette IndexWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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...square 23 200 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 W. H. Close Happy Valley Bounded on the ... 🗺️ Applications for leases under the Crown Lands (Nelson) Leasing Acts 14 November 1874 Nelson Provincial Gazette PDF PDF
..... ... ... ... 1 15 0 1 15 0 Close, W. H. ... Wakapuaka ... 110 0 0 ..... 🗺️ Return of leases held under Crown Lands Leasing Acts 1876 Nelson Provincial Gazette PDF PDF
...ing, Charles, Stoke ... — 27 Close, W. H., Nelson ... 76 80 Cole, T. W... 🌾 Return of Sheep and Lamb Counts 1888 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...ydon, v. A., Wakefield — 100 Close, W. H., Wakapuaka 80 Nil Cole, T. W... 🌾 Nominal Register of Sheepowners (Wellington-West Coast and Marlborough-Nelson Sections) 5 December 1889 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...square 23 200 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 W. H. Close Happy Valley Bounded on the ... 🗺️ Applications for leases under the Crown Lands (Nelson) Leasing Acts 14 November 1874 Nelson Provincial Gazette PDF PDF
..... ... ... ... 1 15 0 1 15 0 Close, W. H. ... Wakapuaka ... 110 0 0 ..... 🗺️ Return of leases held under Crown Lands Leasing Acts 1876 Nelson Provincial Gazette PDF PDF
...ing, Charles, Stoke ... — 27 Close, W. H., Nelson ... 76 80 Cole, T. W... 🌾 Return of Sheep and Lamb Counts 1888 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...ydon, v. A., Wakefield — 100 Close, W. H., Wakapuaka 80 Nil Cole, T. W... 🌾 Nominal Register of Sheepowners (Wellington-West Coast and Marlborough-Nelson Sections) 5 December 1889 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
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1913/1306Close William Henry 185063YOrder Product
1913/1306 Close William Henry 1850 63Y
Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveWilliam Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)William Henry Close        🔍 ASH
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