NZ Marriages (Bride)
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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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| 1893/4153 | Margaret Jane | McKerrow | John Douglas | Ritchie | Order Product |
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NZ Births (Mother)
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| Registration | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Born (approx.) | Age at Death (approx.) | |
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| 1933/10236 | Ritchie | John Douglas | 1854 | 79Y | Order Product |
| 1997/33788 | Ritchie | John Douglas | 6 February 1912 🔍NZ | 85 years | Order Product |
Tributes Online (obituaries)
John Douglas Ritchie 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://www.tributes.co.nz/Webform1.aspx/GetTributes
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Whanganui Council Property Rolls
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Te Papa Collections - People
John Douglas Ritchie 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://data.tepapa.govt.nz/collection/search?q=type:Person+AND+title:(John+AND+Douglas+AND+Ritchie)
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Otago Nominal Index
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| Surname | Forename | Address | Event Place | Date |
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| RITCHIE | John Douglas | Mount Royal | Electoral District of Moeraki | 1883-84 |
| RITCHIE | John Douglas | Mount Royal | Electoral District of Waitaki | 1890 |
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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NZ Genealogy Research Made Easy
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Transcriptions NZ
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
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Intention to Marry Project
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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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| 129 | 20 April 1893 |
John Douglas Ritchie
Margaret Jane McKerrow |
Bachelor Spinster |
Secretary for Agriculture |
39 30 |
Wellington Wellington |
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House of Mr McKerrow Ghuznee Street | 93/1414 | 20 April 1893 | Revd J. Paterson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 450 | 22 July 1903 |
John Ritchie Douglas
Amy Mary Lowley |
Bachelor Spinster |
Draper |
29 28 |
Woolston Woolston |
23 years 27 years |
St. John's | 03/4251 | 22 July 1903 | R. A. C. Hoppkins, Anglican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)
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Archives NZ
John Douglas Ritchie 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://archway.howison.co.nz/ajax/simple.php?search=%22john+douglas%22+ritchie&simple_view=1
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Land Information New Zealand, Hamilton Regional Office > R9990154 (unknown)
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| Ritchie, John Douglas of Wellington - secs 162, 163, 164 and 165 Parish of Karamu | 1921 | Auckland | Open |
Wellington High Court > Wellington probate files (first sequence)
| Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| RITCHIE John Douglas | 1933 | Wellington | Open |
Ministry of Justice, Tribunals Unit > Town and Country Planning Appeal case files
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| John Douglas and Isabell Cavell Ritchie versus Napier City Council - Applicant: Kenneth Charles Itam: Against decision to allow building of 'Games Room' | 1975 | Wellington | Open |
Land Titles Office, Auckland > Auckland land district discharged mortgages and surrender of leases - Deeds system
Patent Office > Copyright application files
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| Copyright File- John Douglas Ritchie and John Leslie Bruce, Wellington | 1916 | Wellington | Open |
Hamilton High Court > Hamilton Miscellaneous files [first series]
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| The Mortgagors and Tenants Relief Act 1932 and re John Douglas Ritchie, The Public Trustee and The Hamilton Co-operative Rural Intermediate Credit Association Ltd [includes 1561] | 1932 ‑ 1933 | Auckland | Open |
Department of Justice, High Court, Gisborne > Gisborne probates
| Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| RITCHIE John Douglas - Tolaga Bay - retired | 1997 | Auckland | Open |
Tinui History
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Masterton Anglican History
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)
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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)
John Douglas Ritchie 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://dict-bio.howison.co.nz/ash_search/?s=John+Douglas+Ritchie
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Source: A Dictionary of NZ Biography, by Scholefield (1940), from NZ History / CC BY-NC 3.0 NZ
| Name | Biography | Reference |
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| John Douglas Ritchie | RITCHIE, JOHN DOUGLAS (1853-1933), son of Alexander Ritchie, a farmer, was born at Cupar Angus, Scotland, and educated at the Cargill parish school and at the Perth Academy. Arriving in New Zealand in 1877 by the Halcione, he took up farming at Mount Royal, Otago, and in 1891 joined the public service as chief inspector of stock. In the following year he became Secretary for Agriculture. In 1909 he took charge of the Lands for Settlements department, and as land purchase officer acquired over 800,000 acres for the state. Retiring in 1927, he died in Wellington on 30 Jul 1933, survived by his wife, Margaret, daughter of James McKerrow (q.v.). Cycl. NZ, i (p); Who's Who NZ, 1908, 1924, 1932; Evening Post, 31 Jul 1933. | Volume 2, page 125 |
RITCHIE, JOHN DOUGLAS (1853-1933), son of Alexander Ritchie, a farmer, was born at Cupar Angus, Scotland, and educated at the Cargill parish school and at the Perth Academy. Arriving in New Zealand in 1877 by the Halcione, he took up farming at Mount Royal, Otago, and in 1891 joined the public service as chief inspector of stock. In the following year he became Secretary for Agriculture. In 1909 he took charge of the Lands for Settlements department, and as land purchase officer acquired over 800,000 acres for the state. Retiring in 1927, he died in Wellington on 30 Jul 1933, survived by his wife, Margaret, daughter of James McKerrow (q.v.).
Cycl. NZ, i (p); Who's Who NZ, 1908, 1924, 1932; Evening Post, 31 Jul 1933.
Volume 2, page 125NZ War Graves
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Masterton Library Wairarapa Archive
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)
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| Name | Born | Died | Cemetery | Region |
| John Douglas Ritchie | 22 Mar 1997 🔍 📰 | Taruheru Cemetery | Gisborne | |
| John Douglas Ritchie | 9 Oct 1853 🔍 | 31 Jul 1933 🔍 📰 | Karori Cemetery | Wellington |
New Zealand Gazette Index
John Douglas Ritchie 🔍 ASHSearch URL: https://gazette.howison.co.nz/search?name=John+Douglas+Ritchie
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)
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| RITCHIE, John Douglas 🔍 | 29 Aug 1933 | NZ Probates |
Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)
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| Name | Age at Death | Cemetery | Plot Location | Section | Row | Plot No. | Funeral Type |
| JOHN DOUGLAS RITCHIE | 79 | Karori Cemetery, Wellington Region | *Public/G/12 | *Public | G | 12 | Burial |
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FamilySearchGENiGeneanetNZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)
John Douglas Ritchie 🔍 ASHSource: Intention to Marry Indexes, by Archives NZ / CC BY
| Bride | Groom | Marriage District | Year | Volume | Page | Entry |
| 🌳 Margaret Jane McKerrow | 🌳 John Douglas Ritchie | Wellington | 1893 | 38 | 594 | 129 |
The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)
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