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NZ Marriages (Bride)        🔍 ASH

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NZ Marriages (Bride, married surname)        🔍 ASH

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Early NZ HistoryJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

Source: Intention to Marry Indexes, by Archives NZ / CC BY

Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Alice Agnesly Wright 🌳 James Alexander Boswell Buller 1897 44 739 732
🌳 Caroline Pickrell 🌳 James Alexander Boswell Auckland 1895 40 479 220
🌳 Alice Agnesly Wright 🌳 James Alexander Boswell Buller 1897 44 739 732
🌳 Caroline Pickrell 🌳 James Alexander Boswell Auckland 1895 40 479 220
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call 2nd NZEF Roll of Honour (Northlanders)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Tributes Online (obituaries)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Otago Nominal Index        🔍 ASH

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Whanganui Council Property RollsBoswell, James Alexander        🔍 ASH

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Alexander Turnbull LibraryBoswell, James Alexander        🔍 ASH

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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Shadows of TimeJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH
WWII Military Draft ListsJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

Copyright Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand / "the Archives encourages the use of its collections ... for research"

Source: Register of New Zealand Presbyterian Marriages 1848 to 1935

St Andrew's Westport Parish Marriages
Aug 1919 14/1/7 BOSWELL James Alexander Full Wright 16-Jun 1897 14/1/2 BOUGEN George 26 Woodford 30-Dec 1905 14/1/4 BOURKE Ellen Rebecca 22 Low 27-Jun 1901 14/1/2 BOWLING Owen
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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH
Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

Source: Hutt Valley Roll of Early Residents by Dawn Chambers / with her kind permission

Surname Forenames Type Page No PDF Link
BOSWELL James Alexander Principal 29 View PDF
Hutt City ObituariesJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Transcriptions NZJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

Source: Transcriptions NZ / courtesy of Beverley Evans

Christchurch Street Names: W to Z
July 1923 age 70 hus. ... July 1938 age 65 hus. ... April 1930 age 85 & dau. ... Mabel (formerly BERKETT) d. ... Lawrence (1/NZEF) d. ... June 1943 age 85 & hus. ... Robert (1/NZEF
https://www.transcriptions.nz/Gravestone.Photos/Bromley.Cemetery.html
 
Intention to Marry ProjectJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 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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1895aPage 479

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1895 Registrar E. H. Lyons
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
2220 14 June 1895 James Alexander Boswell
Caroline Pickrell
James Alexander Boswell
Caroline Pickrell
💍 1895/3483
Bachelor
Spinster
Farmer
25
19
New Plymouth
Auckland
25 years
3 months
Church of England, Ellerslie 95/1206 Alfred Pickrell, father 14 June 1895 Rev. M. E. Gillam, Church of England
No 2220
Date of Notice 14 June 1895
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties James Alexander Boswell Caroline Pickrell
  💍 1895/3483
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Farmer
Age 25 19
Dwelling Place New Plymouth Auckland
Length of Residence 25 years 3 months
Marriage Place Church of England, Ellerslie
Folio 95/1206
Consent Alfred Pickrell, father
Date of Certificate 14 June 1895
Officiating Minister Rev. M. E. Gillam, Church of England



1897aPage 739

District of Buller Quarter ending 30 June 1897 Registrar J. H. Hutt
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
732 15 June 1897 James Alexander Boswell
Alice Aynesly Wright
James Alexander Boswell
Alice Aynesly Wright
💍 1897/1004
Bachelor
Spinster
Cashier
Domestic
34
24
Granity Creek
Westport
1 Year
19 Years
Residence of Charles Wright, Westport 97/1854 15 June 1897 John Hall
No 732
Date of Notice 15 June 1897
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties James Alexander Boswell Alice Aynesly Wright
  💍 1897/1004
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Cashier Domestic
Age 34 24
Dwelling Place Granity Creek Westport
Length of Residence 1 Year 19 Years
Marriage Place Residence of Charles Wright, Westport
Folio 97/1854
Consent
Date of Certificate 15 June 1897
Officiating Minister John Hall



1906cPage 220

District of Lyttelton Quarter ending 30 September 1906 Registrar W.D. Wallace
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
23 18 September 1906 James Alexander Boswell
Lucy Fanny Childs
James Alexander Boswell
Lucy Fanny Childs
💍 1906/5282
Bachelor
Spinster
Railway Stationmaster
30
19
LYTTELTON.
LYTTELTON.
3 days
19 years
at the house of John Richard Childs, Oxford St., Lyttelton 06/5028 John Richard Childs (Father) 18 September 1906 Rev. J. MacKenzie (Presbyterian)
No 23
Date of Notice 18 September 1906
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties James Alexander Boswell Lucy Fanny Childs
  💍 1906/5282
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Railway Stationmaster
Age 30 19
Dwelling Place LYTTELTON. LYTTELTON.
Length of Residence 3 days 19 years
Marriage Place at the house of John Richard Childs, Oxford St., Lyttelton
Folio 06/5028
Consent John Richard Childs (Father)
Date of Certificate 18 September 1906
Officiating Minister Rev. J. MacKenzie (Presbyterian)





Archives NZJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

Source: Archives NZ Collections Search / CC BY / via Archway

High Court Auckland, Department of Justice  >  Auckland Divorce files

Name Year(s) Held At Access
BOSWELL James Alexander - Caroline 1930 Auckland Restricted
BOSWELL James Alexander - Caroline 1930 Auckland Restricted

New Plymouth High Court  >  New Plymouth probate files

Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
BOSWELL James Alexander BOSWELL James Alexander📃 View Scan 1952 Wellington Open
BOSWELL James Alexander BOSWELL James Alexander📃 View Scan 1952 Wellington Open
NZ Births        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1902/3255
Boswell Alexander James Alice AynosleyJames Alexander-Order Product
1871/267
Boswell James Alexander FannyAlexander-Order Product
1876/5744
Boswell James Alexander JessieRobert-Order Product
1902/3255
Boswell Alexander James Alice Aynosley James Alexander
1871/267
Boswell James Alexander Fanny Alexander
1876/5744
Boswell James Alexander Jessie Robert
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH
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
1906/5282
Lucy Fanny Childs James Alexander Boswell Order Product Intention to Marry
1930/7083
Emma Gertrude Hind James Alexander Boswell Order Product
1895/3483
Caroline Pickrell James Alexander Boswell Order Product Intention to Marry
1897/1004
Alice Aynesly Wright James Alexander Boswell Order Product Intention to Marry
1906/5282
Lucy Fanny Childs James Alexander Boswell Intention to Marry
1930/7083
Emma Gertrude Hind James Alexander Boswell
1895/3483
Caroline Pickrell James Alexander Boswell Intention to Marry
1897/1004
Alice Aynesly Wright James Alexander Boswell Intention to Marry
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH
Tinui HistoryJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Anglican HistoryJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH
NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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

Name Date Record Type
BOSWELL, Alexander James 🔍
06 Nov 1925 NZ Probates
BOSWELL, James Alexander 🔍
19 Nov 1924 NZ Probates
BOSWELL, James Alexander 🔍
04 Jun 1952 NZ Probates
BOSWELL, James Alexander 🔍
24 Apr 1969 NZ Probates
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://dict-bio.howison.co.nz/ash_search/?s=James+Alexander+Boswell

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NZ War GravesJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH
New Zealand Gazette IndexJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://gazette.howison.co.nz/search?name=James+Alexander+Boswell

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Transcribed and indexed with AI tools; verify important info with the original PDF sources (linked)

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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...STEPHENSON .. Mangonui. JAMES ALEXANDER BOSWELL .. Malvern. ALBERT PIT... 🏛️ Deputy Registrars of Marriages, Births and Deaths Appointments 25 May 1905 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...been pleased to appoint JAMES ALEXANDER BOSWELL to be Registrar of Mar... ⚖️ Registrar of Marriages and Births/Deaths appointed for Oxford District 18 October 1906 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...been pleased to appoint JAMES ALEXANDER BOSWELL to be a Vaccination In... 🏥 Vaccination Inspector appointed for Oxford District 24 October 1906 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...WHITEFORD .. Mangatoki. JAMES ALEXANDER BOSWELL .. Oxford. VICTOR ALBE... ⚖️ Postmasters authorised to take Statutory Declarations 10 December 1909 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...STS. Railway Officers. Boswell, James Alexander .. .. .. | Oxford .. .... 🚂 Appointments in the Post and Telegraph Department 2 February 1910 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...ENNETTS .. .. Cromwell. JAMES ALEXANDER BOSWELL .. .. Mauriceville. CL... 🏛️ Appointment of Deputy Registrars of Marriages, Births, and Deaths 4 December 1917 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...D REDPATH, Esquire; and JAMES ALEXANDER BOSWELL, Esquire, to be member... 🏭 Appointment of Coal Trade Committee 20 May 1919 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...H, Junior, Esquire; and JAMES ALEXANDER BOSWELL, Esquire, to be member... 🏭 Appointment of Christchurch Coal Trade Committee 22 January 1920 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII

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... 2 £470 1/4/26 28 9 ...28 9 Boswell, J. A. Chief Clerk Dunedin Passeng... 🚂 List of Persons Employed in the Railways Department 1926 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
... 470 1/4/27 34 2 .. 34 2 43 Boswell, J. A. .. ,, .. Dunedin Passenger ... 🚂 List of Persons Employed in the Railways Department 1927 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...470 1/4/28 35 2 . . 35 2 21 Boswell, J. A. Assist. Goods Agent Dunedin... 🚂 List of Persons Employed in the Railways Department 1928 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...9 | 35 2 | .. | 35 2 | 13 | Boswell, J. A. .. | Assist. Goods Agent | ... 🚂 Railway Department Classification, 1929 1929 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...2 470 1/4/30 36 2 .. 36 2 9 Boswell, J. A. .. Assist. Goods Agent Dune... 🚂 List of Persons Employed in the Railways Department 1930 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...2 470 1/4/31 37 2 .. 37 2 8 Boswell, J. A. Assist. Goods Agent Dunedin... 🚂 List of Persons Employed in the Railways Department 1931 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1924/9987
Boswell James Alexander 186163YOrder Product
1925/7078
Boswell Alexander James 190223YOrder Product
1969/44342
Boswell James Alexander 187693YOrder Product
1952/21657
Boswell James Alexander 187181YOrder Product
1924/9987
Boswell James Alexander 1861 63Y
1925/7078
Boswell Alexander James 1902 23Y
1969/44342
Boswell James Alexander 1876 93Y
1952/21657
Boswell James Alexander 1871 81Y
The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

Electoral Rolls for Caversham, Dunedin, covering years 1893, 1896, 1899, 1902, 1905, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1931, 1935 and 1938
Original spreadsheet source

Source: Compiled by The Caversham Project, Otago University

Year Name Occupation Address
1925 James Alexander Boswell Clerk 15 Pretoria Street, St Kilda
1928 James Alexander Boswell Clerk 15 Pretoria Avenue, St Kilda
1925 James Alexander Boswell Clerk 15 Pretoria Street, St Kilda
1928 James Alexander Boswell Clerk 15 Pretoria Avenue, St Kilda
Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveJames Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH
Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Name Born Died Cemetery Region
James Alexander Boswell 1876 🔍 19 Apr 1969 🔍 📰 Bromley Cemetery Canterbury
James Alexander Boswell 1860 🔍 5 Nov 1924 🔍 📰 Bromley Cemetery Canterbury
James Alexander (Jim) Boswell 1871 🔍 16 May 1952 🔍 📰 Te Henui Cemetery Taranaki
James Alexander Boswell 1876 🔍 19 Apr 1969 🔍 📰 Bromley Cemetery Canterbury
James Alexander Boswell 1860 🔍 5 Nov 1924 🔍 📰 Bromley Cemetery Canterbury
James Alexander (Jim) Boswell 1871 🔍 16 May 1952 🔍 📰 Te Henui Cemetery Taranaki
Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)James Alexander Boswell        🔍 ASH

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 Date of Death Age at Death Cemetery Plot Location Section Row Plot No. Funeral Type
James Alexander BOSWELL 16 May 1952 📰 81 Te Henui Cemetery, Taranaki Region Alpha Block/BL-E/17 Alpha Block BL-E 17 Burial
James Alexander BOSWELL 16 May 1952 📰 81 Te Henui Cemetery, Taranaki Region Alpha Block/BL-E/17 Alpha Block BL-E 17 Burial