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Early NZ HistoryJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Margaret Ferguson 🌳 John Launcelot Holmes Wellington 1887 32 888 238
🌳 Margaret Ferguson 🌳 John Launcelot Holmes Wellington 1887 32 888 238
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call 2nd NZEF Roll of Honour (Northlanders)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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Whanganui Council Property RollsHolmes, John Launcelot        🔍 ASH
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Shadows of TimeJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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John Launcelot Donald Holmes

 4508 World War I, 1914-1918 Private Australian Imperial Force Killed on Active Service/Cause of Death 30 Aug 1916 Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
WWII Military Draft ListsJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1889/14665Holmes John Launcelot Donald MargaretJohn Launcelot-Order Product
1889/14665 Holmes John Launcelot Donald Margaret John Launcelot
Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Alexander Turnbull LibraryHolmes, John Launcelot        🔍 ASH
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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Archives NZJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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Transcriptions NZJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name ITM
1887/427Margaret Ferguson John Launcelot Holmes Order Product Intention to Marry
1887/427 Margaret Ferguson John Launcelot Holmes Intention to Marry
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Intention to Marry ProjectJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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1887 – Page 888

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1887 Registrar W. J. Wyatt
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
238 16 August 1887 John Launcelot Holmes
Margaret Ferguson
John Launcelot Holmes
Margaret Ferguson
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Bachelor
Spinster 		Steward
 21
20 		Wellington
Wellington 		4 months
9 months 		Registrar's office, Wellington 87/2028 Mary Ferguson, mother 16 August 1887 Mr. W. J. Wyatt
No 238
Date of Notice 16 August 1887
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties John Launcelot Holmes Margaret Ferguson
  💍 1887/427
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Steward
Age 21 20
Dwelling Place Wellington Wellington
Length of Residence 4 months 9 months
Marriage Place Registrar's office, Wellington
Folio 87/2028
Consent Mary Ferguson, mother
Date of Certificate 16 August 1887
Officiating Minister Mr. W. J. Wyatt
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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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John Launcelot Donald Holmes
Cemetery/Memorial: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Location: France
New Zealand Gazette IndexJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Tinui HistoryJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Anglican HistoryJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsJohn Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH

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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)John Launcelot Holmes        🔍 ASH
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