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FamilySearchGENiGeneanetNZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)
James Sowden 🔍 ASHSource: Intention to Marry Indexes, by Archives NZ / CC BY
| Bride | Groom | Marriage District | Year | Volume | Page | Entry |
| 🌳 Emma Simpson | 🌳 James Sowden | Christchurch | 1882 | 27 | 735 | 265 |
Te Papa Collections - People
James Sowden 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://data.tepapa.govt.nz/collection/search?q=type:Person+AND+title:(James+AND+Sowden)
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Tributes Online (obituaries)
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Whanganui Council Property Rolls
Sowden, James 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://wdc.whanganui.govt.nz/propertyrolls/data.aspx?id=search
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Otago Nominal Index
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| Registration | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Born (approx.) | Age at Death (approx.) | |
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| 1956/19982 | Sowden | Francis James | 1882 | 74Y | Order Product |
Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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Shadows of Time
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NZ Presbyterian Marriages
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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)
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Transcriptions NZ
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July 1881 - 7 Nov. 1970 - photo 355 SOWDEN - James Allison, d. 12 Feb. 1943, age 69 & - photo 135 SOWDEN - Elizabeth, d. 10 Jan. 1963, age 84 & son SOWDEN - Roy Allison, d. 17 Nov
https://www.transcriptions.nz/Gravestone.Photos/Lyttelton.Anglican.inscriptions....
Intention to Marry Project
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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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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 265 | 12 July 1882 |
James Sowden
Emma Simpson |
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Wesleyan Church | 82/12224 | 12 July 1882 | Rev. I. S. Richworth, Wesleyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Archives NZ
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Justice Department > R9996847 (unknown)
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| From: Resident Magistrate, Invercargill Date: 27 July 1874 Subject: With inquest proceedings on James Sowden | 1874 | Wellington | Open |
Land Information New Zealand, National Office > R9984708 (unknown)
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| Sowden, Edna Clarie wife of Francis James Sowden of Devonport, butcher - Lot 29 Block B Deeds Plan Duders Subdn Takapuna | 1925 ‑ 1973 | Auckland | Open |
High Court Auckland, Department of Justice > Land valuation files
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| Application for consent to sale - Gilbert James Bartlet Hall to Iris Lucelle Sowden | 1949 | Auckland | Open |
Hamilton High Court > Hamilton probates - annual number sequence
| Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| SOWDEN Francis James - Rotorua - Butcher | 1956 | Auckland | Open | |
| PASCOE James Edward Sowden - Hamilton - Clerk | 1959 | Auckland | Open |
Christchurch High Court > Christchurch Supreme/High Court Divorce Files
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| Comber, Louis James v Comber, Elaine and Sowden, Raymond Cyril [includes marriage certificate, photograph] | 1970 | Christchurch | Restricted |
Christchurch High Court > Christchurch Supreme/High Court Miscellaneous Files
Hamilton High Court > Hamilton Miscellaneous files [first series]
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| The Family Protection Act 1955 and re James Edward Sowden Pascoe, Edward William Pascoe, Robert Alfred Pascoe and The New Zealand Insurance Co Ltd | 1960 | Auckland | Open |
Justice Department > Coroners Inquests, case files
| Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| Coroners inquests unnecessary - ... Mary Louise; Sowden, Harold Sheppard; Saxton, ... | 1958 | Wellington | Open | |
| Coroners inquests Unnecessary - ... Charlotte Rose; Sowden, Douglas; Brown, John ... | 1962 | Wellington | Open |
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)
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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history site
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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)
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NZ Genealogy Research Made Easy
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)
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Tinui History
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New Zealand Gazette Index
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| Snippet / Name | ✨ Notice Summary | Date | Found In | PDF Links |
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| ...F. J. 11,456 Tatam, C. 12,242 Sowden, J. 12,393 Wood, W. D. 9248 Steel... | 🗺️ Crown Grants Ready for Delivery | 2 March 1870 | Canterbury Provincial Gazette |
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)
James Sowden 🔍 ASHSource: Kiwi Collection copyright The New Zealand Society of Genealogists / with the kind permission of the NZSG
| Name | Date | Record Type |
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| SOWDEN, Francis James 🔍 | 1956 | NZ Probates |
| SOWDEN, Francis James 🔍 | 22 Nov 1956 | NZ Probates |
Masterton Anglican History
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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)
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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 | |
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| 1932/7238 | Lillian Catherine Emma | Seligmann | Francis James | Sowden | Order Product |
Masterton Library Wairarapa Archive
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)
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