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Early NZ HistoryJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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

Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Emma Louisa Webber 🌳 John Leonard Harper Christchurch 1891 36 1275 55
🌳 Emma Louisa Webber 🌳 John Leonard Harper Christchurch 1891 36 1275 55
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Otago Nominal Index
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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Shadows of TimeJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Whanganui Council Property RollsHarper, John Leonard        🔍 ASH
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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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WWII Military Draft ListsJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Alexander Turnbull LibraryHarper, John Leonard        🔍 ASH
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NZ Births
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1871/29777Harper John Leonard AmyRandolph George-Order Product
1871/29777 Harper John Leonard Amy Randolph George
Transcriptions NZJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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John Leonard Webber HARPER John Leonard 1941 Emma Louisa HARTNELL Eliza Caroline 28 Oct 1957 84Y John Wakely HARTNELL John 16 Mar 1959 87Y Eliza Caroline HARWOOD Rebecca 29 Jul
https://www.transcriptions.nz/Gravestone.Photos/All.Saints.Cemetery.Prebbleton.h...
 
 Prebbleton.All.Saints.churchyard
Fanny 1867 - 1947 HARPER - John Leonard, 1870 - 1941 & - photo 115 HARPER - Emma Louisa, 1873 - 1957 HARTNELL - Eliza Caroline d. 28 Oct. 1957, age 84 & - photo 116 HARTNELL -
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Intention to Marry ProjectJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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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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1891 – Page 1275

District of Quarter ending 31 March 1891
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
55 25 February 1891 John Leonard Harper
Emma Louisa Webber
John Leonard Harper
Emma Louisa Webber
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Bachelor
Spinster 		Baker
 19
17 		Christchurch
Prebbleton 		19 years
17 years 		All Saints Church 91/592 Randolph Harper, William Webber, Fathers 25 February 1891 Rev. W.J.F. Laishley, Church of England
No 55
Date of Notice 25 February 1891
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties John Leonard Harper Emma Louisa Webber
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Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Baker
Age 19 17
Dwelling Place Christchurch Prebbleton
Length of Residence 19 years 17 years
Marriage Place All Saints Church
Folio 91/592
Consent Randolph Harper, William Webber, Fathers
Date of Certificate 25 February 1891
Officiating Minister Rev. W.J.F. Laishley, Church of England
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Archives NZJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Wellington High Court  >  Wellington probate files [second sequence]

Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
HARPER John Leonard HARPER John Leonard📃 View Scan 1941 Wellington Open
HARPER John Leonard HARPER John Leonard📃 View Scan 1941 Wellington Open

Justice Department  >  Coroners Inquests, case files

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Coroners Inquests - Case Files - Canterbury - Harper, John Leonard 1941 Wellington Open
Coroners Inquests - Case Files - Canterbury - Harper, John Leonard 1941 Wellington Open
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1941/28423Harper John Leonard 187170YOrder Product
1941/28423 Harper John Leonard 1871 70Y
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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

Name Date Record Type
HARPER, John Leonard 🔍 05 Nov 1941 NZ Probates
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Anglican HistoryJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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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
1891/3617Emma Louisa Webber John Leonard Harper Order Product Intention to Marry
1891/3617 Emma Louisa Webber John Leonard Harper Intention to Marry
New Zealand Gazette IndexJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 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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...bourer ... 16/9/41 ,, 99 Harper, John Leonard ... Christchurch ... Dea... 🏢 Public Trustee Election to Administer Estates 10 November 1941 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII

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... Pinny, G. J. 2106/71 Stock. Harper, G. D. and J. L. 2238/71 Stock. Co... 💰 Transfer of Security Instruments by Housing Corporation to Rural Banking and Finance Corporation 4 December 1974 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...bourer ... 16/9/41 ,, 99 Harper, John Leonard ... Christchurch ... Dea... 🏢 Public Trustee Election to Administer Estates 10 November 1941 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH

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Tinui HistoryJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveJohn Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Name Born Died Cemetery Region
John Leonard Harper 1870 🔍 1971 🔍 📰 All Saints Anglican Churchyard, Prebbleton Canterbury
John Leonard Harper 1870 🔍 1971 🔍 📰 All Saints Anglican Churchyard, Prebbleton Canterbury
Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)John Leonard Harper        🔍 ASH
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