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Early NZ HistoryJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Mary Ann Kelly 🌳 James Edwin Main Christchurch 1898 47 782 488
🌳 Mary Ann Kelly 🌳 James Edwin Main Christchurch 1898 47 782 488
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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Whanganui Council Property RollsMain, James Edwin        🔍 ASH
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1923/10278Main James Edwin 187350YOrder Product
1923/10278 Main James Edwin 1873 50Y
Shadows of TimeJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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WWII Military Draft ListsJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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Porirua War StoriesJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Alexander Turnbull LibraryMain, James Edwin        🔍 ASH
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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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Transcriptions NZJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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Archives NZJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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Department of Justice, High Court, Gisborne  >  Probates - Gisborne

Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
MAIN James Edwin - Gisborne - Engineer MAIN James Edwin - Gisborne - Engineer📃 View Scan 1924 Auckland Open
MAIN James Edwin - Gisborne - Engineer MAIN James Edwin - Gisborne - Engineer📃 View Scan 1924 Auckland Open
Intention to Marry ProjectJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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1898b – Page 782

District of Christchurch Quarter ending 31 December 1898 Registrar J. M. Markerson
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
488 7 November 1898 James Edwin Main
Mary Ann Kelly
James Edwin Main
Mary Anne Kelly
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Bachelor
Spinster 		Engineer
 26
23 		Christchurch
Christchurch 		26 Years
23 Years 		Roman Catholic Church, Barbadoes Street 98/4473 7 November 1898 Rev. L. C. Serrageau, Roman Catholic
No 488
Date of Notice 7 November 1898
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties James Edwin Main Mary Ann Kelly
BDM Match (97%) James Edwin Main Mary Anne Kelly
  💍 1898/3393
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Engineer
Age 26 23
Dwelling Place Christchurch Christchurch
Length of Residence 26 Years 23 Years
Marriage Place Roman Catholic Church, Barbadoes Street
Folio 98/4473
Consent
Date of Certificate 7 November 1898
Officiating Minister Rev. L. C. Serrageau, Roman Catholic
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1898/3393Mary Anne Kelly James Edwin Main Order Product Intention to Marry
1898/3393 Mary Anne Kelly James Edwin Main Intention to Marry
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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MAIN, James Edwin 🔍 1924 NZ Probates
MAIN, James Edwin 🔍 20 Feb 1924 NZ Probates
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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Tinui HistoryJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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New Zealand Gazette IndexJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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...954.—21st September, 1908.—JAMES EDWIN MAIN, of Christchurch, New Zeal... 🌾 Patent for Improved Grass Lawn Trimmer 21 September 1908 NZ Gazette PDF VUW

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...g. No. 24954.—21st September.—J. E. Main, Christchurch, N.Z. Machine f... 🏭 Applications for Letters Patent Filed 1908 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...G. L., Hamilton, N.Z. Hat-pin Main, J. E., Christchurch, N.Z. Lawn-tri... 🏭 Alphabetical List of Applicants for Letters Patent - continued 1908 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...(See Boot-last.) Lawn-trimmer J. E. Main 24954 21 Sept. 85 29 Oct. Lea... 🏭 Alphabetical List of Inventions - Continued 1908 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...hine* ; 28865 ; 9th December. Main, J. E., Christchurch, N.Z. .. .. ..... 🏭 Applications for Letters Patent Filed 1910 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...on, wire-strainer. No. 24954.—J. E. Main, lawn-trimmer. No. 24958.—J. ... 🏭 Applications for Letters Patent Lapsed 31 March 1910 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
... Limited, Christchurch, N.Z. (Main, J. E.) .. Threshing-machine ; 2939... 🏭 List of Applications for Letters Patent Filed 1911 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
... kitchen utensils. No. 28866.—J. E. Main, lawn-edge trimmer. No. 28868... 🏭 Applications for Letters Patent Abandoned 1911 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...stener; 28909, 17th December. Main, J. E., Christchurch, New Zealand; ... 🏭 Applicants for Letters Patent 1911 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...ovember). Lawn-edge trimmer ; J. E. Main ; 28866, 12th December. Lawn-... 🏭 Alphabetical List of Inventions - Continued 1911 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...9, 8th June; (58, 13th July). Main, J. E., Christchurch, New Zealand (... 🏭 Applicants for Letters Patent 1911 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...FOR LETTERS PATENT—continued. Main, J. E., Christchurch, New Zealand; ... 🏭 Alphabetical List of Applicants for Letters Patent - Continued 1911 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...lantern). Lawn-edge trimmer ; J. E. Main ; 28866, 12th December, 1910 ... 🏭 Alphabetical List of Inventions - Continued 1911 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...-producer furnace. No. 28866.—J. E. Main, lawn-edge trimmer. No. 28871... 🏭 Provisional Specifications accepted for Letters Patent 20 January 1911 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...954.—21st September, 1908.—JAMES EDWIN MAIN, of Christchurch, New Zeal... 🌾 Patent for Improved Grass Lawn Trimmer 21 September 1908 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1872/29900Main James Edwin Anna MariaThomas Franklin-Order Product
1872/29900 Main James Edwin Anna Maria Thomas Franklin
Masterton Anglican HistoryJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveJames Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH

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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)James Edwin Main        🔍 ASH
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