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NZ Marriages (Bride)        🔍 ASH

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Early NZ HistoryBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Catherine Watt 🌳 Benjamin Frederick James Edwards Wanganui 1897 45 677 79
🌳 Catherine Watt 🌳 Benjamin Frederick James Edwards Wanganui 1897 45 677 79
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call 2nd NZEF Roll of Honour (Northlanders)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

Source: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa / CC BY 4.0

Name Birth Death Died at Gender Nationality
Benjamin Frederick James Edwards 1 March 1844 12 November 1902 Whanganui Male New Zealander
Benjamin Frederick James Edwards 1 March 1844 12 November 1902 Whanganui Male New Zealander
Tributes Online (obituaries)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Whanganui Council Property RollsEdwards, Benjamin Frederick James        🔍 ASH

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Otago Nominal Index        🔍 ASH

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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH
Shadows of TimeBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH
Alexander Turnbull LibraryEdwards, Benjamin Frederick James        🔍 ASH

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WWII Military Draft ListsBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

List of documented participants at the Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina) and the Battle of Te Ranga in Tauranga. These battles took place on 29 April 1864 and 21 June 1864.

Source: Copyright Wendy Napier-Walker, 2023 / included here with her kind permission

Surname First Name Rank Affiliation Born Died Other Information Source
EDWARDS Benjamin Frederick James Colour-Sergeant 1st Waikato Militia Regiment 1 March 1844, Waitete, Waikato, NZ 12 November 1902, Wanganui, NZ Regimental No 24. At Te Ranga NZ Medal to Colonials by R Stowers (10th updated edition 2010, pg 118). NZ Death Certificate
EDWARDS Benjamin Frederick James Colour-Sergeant 1st Waikato Militia Regiment 1 March 1844, Waitete, Waikato, NZ 12 November 1902, Wanganui, NZ Regimental No 24. At Te Ranga NZ Medal to Colonials by R Stowers (10th updated edition 2010, pg 118). NZ Death Certificate
Porirua War StoriesBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH
1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Transcriptions NZBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

Source: Copyright Auckland Council Libraries Heritage Collections / non-commercial personal use

Title Date Record type
Edwards, Benjamin Frederick James Militia, Volunteers & Armed Constabulary
Edwards, Benjamin Frederick James 1863-07-18 Militia, Volunteers & Armed Constabulary
Edwards, Benjamin Frederick James Militia, Volunteers & Armed Constabulary
Edwards, Benjamin Frederick James 1863-07-18 Militia, Volunteers & Armed Constabulary
Intention to Marry ProjectBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Source: NZ Intention to Marry Project - transcribed, searchable Intention to Marry registers, courtesy of Archives New Zealand / Public domain and CC0

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1897bPage 677

District of Whanganui Quarter ending 31 December 1897 Registrar John Bales
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
79 22 December 1897 Benjamin Frederick James Edwards
Catherine Pratt
Benjamin Frederick James Edwards
Catherine Watt
💍 1897/4987
Widower
Spinster
Native Assessor
52
29
Whanganui
Whanganui
3 years
3 years
In the residence of Mr. James Watt Guyton St. Whanganui 97/4079 22 December 1897 R. M. Ryburn, Presbyterian
No 79
Date of Notice 22 December 1897
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties Benjamin Frederick James Edwards Catherine Pratt
BDM Match (93%) Benjamin Frederick James Edwards Catherine Watt
  💍 1897/4987
Condition Widower Spinster
Profession Native Assessor
Age 52 29
Dwelling Place Whanganui Whanganui
Length of Residence 3 years 3 years
Marriage Place In the residence of Mr. James Watt Guyton St. Whanganui
Folio 97/4079
Consent
Date of Certificate 22 December 1897
Officiating Minister R. M. Ryburn, Presbyterian





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 ITM
1897/4987
Catherine Watt Benjamin Frederick James Edwards Order Product Intention to Marry
1897/4987
Catherine Watt Benjamin Frederick James Edwards Intention to Marry
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH
NZ Deaths        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1902/7067
Edwards Benjamin Frederick James 184458YOrder Product
1902/7067
Edwards Benjamin Frederick James 1844 58Y
NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Tinui HistoryBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH
Masterton Anglican HistoryBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH
NZ War GravesBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH
New Zealand Gazette IndexBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveBenjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH
BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH

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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH
Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)Benjamin Frederick James Edwards        🔍 ASH