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Early NZ HistoryJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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

Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Sarah Jane Adams 🌳 James Oliver Matthews Gabriels 1898 46 923 15
🌳 Sarah Jane Adams 🌳 James Oliver Matthews Gabriels 1898 46 923 15
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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Whanganui Council Property RollsMatthews, James Oliver        🔍 ASH
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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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Shadows of TimeJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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Alexander Turnbull LibraryMatthews, James Oliver        🔍 ASH
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WWII Military Draft ListsJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand

Source: Published by Auckland City Libraries, compiled by Ancestry in 2018 with the assistance of Professor Geoffrey Rice, Waikumete Cemetery and Nicola James. This list was to be available for free on Ancestry.com but is no longer accessible

Surname Forenames Location PDF URL
Matthewson James Oliver Timaru View PDF
Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Transcriptions NZJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1870/36821Matthews James Oliver GraceJohn-Order Product
1870/36821 Matthews James Oliver Grace John
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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Intention to Marry ProjectJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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1898a – Page 923

District of Gabriels Quarter ending 30 June 1898 Registrar Amos A. M. A.
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
15 25 April 1898 James Matthews Oliver
Sarah Jane Adams
James Oliver Matthews
Sarah Jane Adams
💍 1898/2032
Bachelor
Spinster 		Coach-builder
Milliner 		28
25 		Lawrence
Lawrence 		20 years
16 years 		Wesleyan Church, Lawrence 98/2277 25 April 1898 Rev. D. Jory, Wesleyan
No 15
Date of Notice 25 April 1898
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties James Matthews Oliver Sarah Jane Adams
BDM Match (67%) James Oliver Matthews Sarah Jane Adams
  💍 1898/2032
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Coach-builder Milliner
Age 28 25
Dwelling Place Lawrence Lawrence
Length of Residence 20 years 16 years
Marriage Place Wesleyan Church, Lawrence
Folio 98/2277
Consent
Date of Certificate 25 April 1898
Officiating Minister Rev. D. Jory, Wesleyan
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1913c – Page 476

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar Henry Maxwell
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
89 14 February 1913 James Oliver Matthewson
Barbara Ruth Brodrick
James Oliver Matthewson
Barbara Ruth Brodrick
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Bachelor
Spinster 		accountant
 31 years
29 years 		Dunedin
Dunedin 		31 years
29 years 		In the house of Mr G. R. W. Bracken, 13 Council Street, St Kilda 13/1702 14 February 1913 R. Waddell
No 89
Date of Notice 14 February 1913
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties James Oliver Matthewson Barbara Ruth Brodrick
  💍 1913/2750
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession accountant
Age 31 years 29 years
Dwelling Place Dunedin Dunedin
Length of Residence 31 years 29 years
Marriage Place In the house of Mr G. R. W. Bracken, 13 Council Street, St Kilda
Folio 13/1702
Consent
Date of Certificate 14 February 1913
Officiating Minister R. Waddell
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Archives NZJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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Wellington High Court  >  Wellington probate files (first sequence)

Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
MATTHEWS, James Oliver MATTHEWS, James Oliver📃 View Scan 1919 Wellington Open
MATTHEWS, James Oliver MATTHEWS, James Oliver📃 View Scan 1919 Wellington Open

High Court Auckland, Department of Justice  >  Land valuation files

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Application for consent to sale - James Oliver White to Howard Spicer Matthews 1947 Auckland Open
Application for consent to sale - James Oliver White to Howard Spicer Matthews 1947 Auckland Open
NZ Marriages (Groom)
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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name ITM
1898/2032Sarah Jane Adams James Oliver Matthews Order Product Intention to Marry
1898/2032 Sarah Jane Adams James Oliver Matthews Intention to Marry
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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

Name Date Record Type
MATTHEWS, James Oliver 🔍 1919 NZ Probates
MATTHEWS, James Oliver 🔍 05 Dec 1919 NZ Probates
MATTHEWSON, James Oliver 🔍 1919 NZ Probates
MATTHEWSON, James Oliver 🔍 14 Jan 1919 NZ Probates
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1919/8971Matthews James Oliver 187049YOrder Product
1919/8971 Matthews James Oliver 1870 49Y
Otago Nominal Index
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Tinui HistoryJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Anglican HistoryJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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New Zealand Gazette IndexJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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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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..... 15/10/19 Testate. 49 Matthews, James Oliver .. Invercargill .. Coac... 🏢 List of Deceased Persons' Estates under Public Trustee 1919 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
..... 15/10/19 Testate. 49 Matthews, James Oliver .. Invercargill .. Coac... 🏢 List of Deceased Persons' Estates under Public Trustee 1919 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveJames Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)James Oliver Matthews        🔍 ASH
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Name Date of Death Age at Death Cemetery Funeral Type
James Oliver MATTHEWSON 16 Apr 2017 98 Purewa Crematorium, Auckland Region Cremation
James Oliver MATTHEWSON 16 Apr 2017 98 Purewa Crematorium, Auckland Region Cremation