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NZ Births        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1888/7026
Wills William Robert EmmaHerbert William-Order Product
1929/28313
Wills Angus Robert William Ivy KathleenRobert William-Order Product
1888/7026
Wills William Robert Emma Herbert William
1929/28313
Wills Angus Robert William Ivy Kathleen Robert William
NZ Marriages (Bride)        🔍 ASH

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NZ Marriages (Bride, married surname)        🔍 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
1928/3218
Ivy Kathleen Couling Robert William Wills Order Product
1928/3218
Ivy Kathleen Couling Robert William Wills
NZ Births (Mother)        🔍 ASH

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NZ Deaths        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1896/4307
Wills William Robert 183759YOrder Product
1890/130
Wills William Robert 189012MOrder Product
1971/45364
Wills Robert William 189873YOrder Product
1999/123
Wills Angus Robert William 18 May 1929  🔍NZ
70 yearsOrder Product
1896/4307
Wills William Robert 1837 59Y
1890/130
Wills William Robert 1890 12M
1971/45364
Wills Robert William 1898 73Y
1999/123
Wills Angus Robert William 18 May 1929  🔍NZ
70 years
Gisborne Photo News (1954-1975, 1993–1996)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Nelson Photo News (1960-1972)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Tributes Online (obituaries)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Whanganui Council Property RollsWills, William Robert        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Otago Nominal Index        🔍 ASH

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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Shadows of TimeWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Transcriptions NZWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Alexander Turnbull LibraryWills, William Robert        🔍 ASH

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

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DigitalNZWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Legacy.com NZ ObituariesWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Auckland Museum Online CenotaphWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New ZealandWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Find A Grave (NZ cemeteries)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Wills, William Robert 1881-10 1881 Electoral Rolls
Wills, William Robert 1881-10 1881 Electoral Rolls
Upper Hutt City Libraries Heritage CollectionsWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
NZ Electronic Text CentreWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Archives NZWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Tinui HistoryWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Anglican HistoryWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Tasman HeritageWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
West Coast NZ HistoryWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Canterbury Museum Collections - PeopleWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Lower Hutt MyRecollectWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://dict-bio.howison.co.nz/ash_search/?s=William+Robert+Wills

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

NameBiographyReference
William Robert Wills

WILLS, WILLIAM ROBERT (1837-96) was born at Bath, England, came to Auckland by the Assaye (1874) and lived at Onehunga to 1877, and thereafter at Otahuhu. He earned his livelihood as a journalist and local correspondent and wrote a good deal of verse. His published volumes include A Bunch of Wild Pansies (1885), and God's Splendid Son (1901). Many of his songs were set to music. Wills was an ardent Liberal in politics. He married Martha, daughter of Thomas Nield, and died on 8 May 1896.

Alexander and Currie; Annals N.Z. Lit.; Evening Herald (Dunedin), 28 Mar, 6 Jun 1885; Auckland Star, 8 May 1896; N.Z. Herald, 9 May.

Volume 2, page 263
William Robert Wills

WILLS, WILLIAM ROBERT (1837-96) was born at Bath, England, came to Auckland by the Assaye (1874) and lived at Onehunga to 1877, and thereafter at Otahuhu. He earned his livelihood as a journalist and local correspondent and wrote a good deal of verse. His published volumes include A Bunch of Wild Pansies (1885), and God's Splendid Son (1901). Many of his songs were set to music. Wills was an ardent Liberal in politics. He married Martha, daughter of Thomas Nield, and died on 8 May 1896.

Alexander and Currie; Annals N.Z. Lit.; Evening Herald (Dunedin), 28 Mar, 6 Jun 1885; Auckland Star, 8 May 1896; N.Z. Herald, 9 May.

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NZ War GravesWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Wellington City Council ArchivesWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH
BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Name Date Record Type
WILLS, Robert William 🔍
23 Sep 1971 NZ Probates
Puke Ariki Collections - PeopleWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Hocken Digital CollectionsWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Wikidata People (New Zealanders)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Early NZ HistoryWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceWilliam Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931William Robert Wills        🔍 ASH

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