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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| 1895/10681 | Poland | Hugh Francis | Mary Ellen | Hugh | - | Order Product |
| 1922/2872 | Poland | Hugh Francis | Vera Catherine | Walter Roy | - | Order Product |
| 1867/15438 | Poland | Hugh | Teresa | John | - | 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 | ITM | |
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| 1892/4024 | Mary Ellen | Hand | Hugh | Poland | Order Product |
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| 1946/12213 | Noni Margaret | O'Shea | Hugh Francis | Poland | 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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| 1938/15600 | Poland | Hugh | 1868 | 70Y | Order Product |
| 1977/35531 | Poland | Hugh Francis | 31 January 1921 🔍NZ | 56 years | Order Product |
| 1918/64072 | Poland | Hugh Francis | 1896 | 22Y | Order Product |
Tributes Online (obituaries)
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Whanganui Council Property Rolls
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Te Papa Collections - People
Hugh Poland 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://data.tepapa.govt.nz/collection/search?q=type:Person+AND+title:(Hugh+AND+Poland)
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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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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history site
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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)
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Source: Sooty.nz by Christine Clement / included here with her kind permission
NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE ROLL OF HONOUR P 1915Aug07 6/925 Private PACEY Charles Robert CIR KIA Gallipoli Son of Thomasina Maria Dorset (formerly Pacey), of 44, Mein St., Newtown
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NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE - ROLL OF HONOUR - 1917 - JULY - 11 OCTOBER
France - FRANCE - LONGUENESSE (ST. ... France (served as FRANCIS) ... Gallipoli, was wounded, and discharged unfit for further service; ... Zealand and afterwards re-enlisted.
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Dvr POLAND Hugh Francis or Frank Paeroa KIA France 4-10-1917 08 Nov 1917 page 19 10659 Pte POLSON John R Methvan Canterbury KIA France 6-8-1917 06 Sep 1917 page 22 40841 Cpl POOLE
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NZ Genealogy Research Made Easy
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Transcriptions NZ
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Alice & Thomas Francis -- POLAND - Hugh Francis, on 11 July at Blackball, son of -- age 31 -- Deaths - 115 PREECE - Muriel McNeill, on 11 July at -- wife of -- age 82 -- ROGAL -
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Poland, Hugh 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/imu/request.php
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Source: Alexander Turnbull Library by National Library / CC BY 3.0 NZ
| Title | Summary | Thumbnail |
| Artist unknown :[Autograph album, including landscape sketches and cartoons. 1910-1921] | E-582. Artist unknown :[Autograph album, including landscape sketches and cartoons. 1910-1921]. [Item] | |
| Hugh Poland | 1/1-001639-G. Hugh Poland. [ca 1920]. Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959 :Portrait and landscape negatives, Auckland district (PA-Group-00094). [Item] | |
| Members of Parliament with responsibility for the Second Ballot Repeal of 1913 | 1/1-014865-G. Members of Parliament with responsibility for the Second Ballot Repeal of 1913. 1 December 1913. S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives (PA-Group-00572). [Item] | |
| Hugh Poland | 35mm-00091-c-F. Hugh Poland. [192-?]. General Assembly Library :Parliamentary portraits (ATL-Group-00214). [Item] | |
| Hugh Poland | 35mm-00189-A-F. Hugh Poland. [ca 1920]. General Assembly Library :Parliamentary portraits (ATL-Group-00214). [Item] |
Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
Hugh Poland 🔍 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
Hugh Francis Poland
438135 World War II, 1939-1945 Single/WWII Mr. W.R. Poland, 53 Homebush Rd., Khandallah, Wellington (f) Clerk Corporal/Military War Medal 1939-1945 New Zealand War Service MedalHugh Francis Poland
Intention to Marry Project
Hugh Poland 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://itm.howison.co.nz/search/Hugh+Poland
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)
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Source: Copyright Auckland Council Libraries Heritage Collections / non-commercial personal use
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| Poland, Hugh | Index Cards | |
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Archives NZ
Hugh Poland 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://archway.howison.co.nz/ajax/simple.php?search=%22hugh%22+poland&simple_view=1
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Justice Department > R9996847 (unknown)
Department of Internal Affairs, Head Office > R9984704 (unknown)
Wellington High Court > Wellington probate files [third sequence]
| Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| POLAND Hugh Francis | 1977 | Wellington | Open |
Wellington High Court > Wellington probate files (first sequence)
| Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| POLAND Hugh Francis | 1918 | Wellington | Open |
Greymouth Court Office > Greymouth probate files
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| POLAND Hugh Francis - Blackball - Unemployed | 1985 | Christchurch | Open |
Land Titles Office, Auckland > Auckland land district discharged mortgages and surrender of leases - Deeds system
New Zealand Defence Force, Personnel Archives > Military Personnel Files
| Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| POLAND, Hugh Francis - WW1 10639 - Army | 1914 ‑ 1917 | Wellington | Restricted |
High Court Auckland, Department of Justice > Auckland probates
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| POLAND Hugh - Paeroa - Farmer | 1938 | Auckland | Open |
Waihi District Court > Paeroa Mining Applications
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| Hugh Poland - Notice of intention to construct a water race | 1896 | Auckland | Open |
| Hugh Poland - Application for protection for Albemarle United for 6 months | 1896 | Auckland | Open |
| Hugh Poland - Notice of intention to construct water race | 1896 | Auckland | Open |
| Hugh Poland - Application for protection for Nixon No1 for 6 months | 1896 | Auckland | Open |
| Hugh Poland - Notice of intention to construct water race | 1896 | Auckland | Open |
Tinui History
Hugh Poland 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://www.tinuihistory.org/_/search?query=%22Poland%2C+Hugh%22+OR+%22Hugh+Poland%22&scope=site
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Masterton Anglican History
Hugh Poland 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://www.mastertonanglicanhistory.org/_/search?query=%22Poland%2C+Hugh%22+OR+%22Hugh+Poland%22&scope=site
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)
Hugh Poland 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://archivescentral.org.nz/search?keys=%22Hugh+Poland%22&sort_by=search_api_relevance&sort_order=DESC
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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)
Hugh Poland 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://dict-bio.howison.co.nz/ash_search/?s=Hugh+Poland
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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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| Hugh Poland | POLAND, HUGH (1868-1938), a son of John Poland, was born in Tuakau, and attended the Tuakau school and Auckland Grammar School. He was a prominent amateur athlete, and between 1887 and 1894 represented Auckland several times in Rugby football. After teaching for two years, he was engaged in flax milling in Helensville, in storekeeping in Rotorua and Paeroa, and eventually in Paeroa. He was a member of the Ohinemuri County Council (1898-1908) and chairman (1901-05). In 1908 he defeated E. G. B. Moss for the Ohinemuri seat in the House of Representatives. Until he was defeated by A. M. Samuel in 1925, Poland held the seat as the 'miners' advocate'. For over 30 years he was secretary of the Ohinemuri Jockey Club. He died on 3 Jan 1938. N.Z.P.D., 1 Mar 1938; Cycl. N.Z., ii (p); Who's Who N.Z., 1908, 1924, 1932; N.Z. Herald, 4 Jan 1938; Zealandia, 20 Jan 1938. Portrait: Parliament House. | Volume 2, page 89 |
POLAND, HUGH (1868-1938), a son of John Poland, was born in Tuakau, and attended the Tuakau school and Auckland Grammar School. He was a prominent amateur athlete, and between 1887 and 1894 represented Auckland several times in Rugby football. After teaching for two years, he was engaged in flax milling in Helensville, in storekeeping in Rotorua and Paeroa, and eventually in Paeroa. He was a member of the Ohinemuri County Council (1898-1908) and chairman (1901-05). In 1908 he defeated E. G. B. Moss for the Ohinemuri seat in the House of Representatives. Until he was defeated by A. M. Samuel in 1925, Poland held the seat as the 'miners' advocate'. For over 30 years he was secretary of the Ohinemuri Jockey Club. He died on 3 Jan 1938.
N.Z.P.D., 1 Mar 1938; Cycl. N.Z., ii (p); Who's Who N.Z., 1908, 1924, 1932; N.Z. Herald, 4 Jan 1938; Zealandia, 20 Jan 1938. Portrait: Parliament House.
Volume 2, page 89NZ War Graves
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)
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New Zealand Gazette Index
Hugh Poland 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://gazette.howison.co.nz/search?name=Hugh+Poland
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Source: 1840-2017 New Zealand Gazette (and related periodicals) indexed from various public sources, including VUW, NZLII, gazette.govt.nz, WCC Libraries and Papers Past. Usage/copyright varies: Public domain / Crown copyright / fair use / CC-BY 3.0 NZ
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)
Hugh Poland 🔍 ASHSource: Kiwi Collection copyright The New Zealand Society of Genealogists / with the kind permission of the NZSG
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| POLAND, Hugh 🔍 | Aug 2017 | NZ Genealogist |
| POLAND, Hugh 🔍 | 1938 | NZ Probates |
| POLAND, Hugh 🔍 | 09 Feb 1938 | NZ Probates |
| POLAND, Hugh Francis 🔍 | Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph | |
| POLAND, Hugh Francis 🔍 | 04 Oct 1917 | Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph |
| POLAND, Hugh Francis 🔍 | 26 Mar 1918 | NZ Probates |
| POLAND, Hugh Francis 🔍 | 11 Mar 1977 | NZ Probates |
| POLAND, Hugh Francis 🔍 | 1985 | NZ Probates |
| POLAND, Hugh Francis 🔍 | 1985 | NZ Probates |
Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)
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Discover EverAfter manages burial records for several cemeteries around New Zealand
Source: Copyright Plotbox Inc / limited search results excerpts for "personal, non-commercial use"
| Name | Age at Death | Cemetery | Plot Location | Section | Row | Plot No. | Funeral Type | Veteran |
| HUGH FRANCIS POLAND | 55 | Mākara Cemetery, Wellington Region | Soldr/B/36 | Soldr | B | 36 | Burial | Yes |
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FamilySearchGENiGeneanetNZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)
Hugh Poland 🔍 ASHSource: Intention to Marry Indexes, by Archives NZ / CC BY
| Bride | Groom | Marriage District | Year | Volume | Page | Entry |
| 🌳 Mary Ellen Hand | 🌳 Hugh Poland | Helensville | 1892 | 37 | 765 | 9 |
Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Hugh Poland 🔍 ASHEmbarkation nominal rolls of Army troops who served overseas in WWII. They are not exhaustive and generally do not include Navy and Air Force servicemembers.
Source: Auckland Museum / CC BY 4.0
| Name | Army No. | Vol. | Rank | Unit | Single? | Enlisted at | Occupation | Last NZ Address | Next of Kin |
| 🌳 Hugh Francis Poland | 438135 | 11 | Corporal | Infantry Brigade | Single | Wellington | Clerk | 53 Homebush Rd., Khandallah, Wellington | Mr. W.R. Poland, 53 Homebush Rd., Khandallah, Wellington (f) |
The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)
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