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Early NZ HistoryThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Louisa Emily Kerr 🌳 Thomas John Thornton Christchurch 1892 37 1345 51
🌳 Louisa Emily Kerr 🌳 Thomas John Thornton Christchurch 1892 37 1345 51
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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Whanganui Council Property RollsThornton, Thomas John        🔍 ASH
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Otago Nominal Index
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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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Shadows of TimeThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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Alexander Turnbull LibraryThornton, Thomas John        🔍 ASH
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WWII Military Draft ListsThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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Transcriptions NZThomas John Thornton        🔍 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
1871/26673Thornton John Thomas AnneDavid-Order Product
1871/26673 Thornton John Thomas Anne David
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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Archives NZThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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High Court Auckland, Department of Justice  >  Originating Summonses

Name Year(s) Held At Access
William Cherrington Griffiths, deceased, ... Sutton Childer Thornton; Elizabeth Challen (nee ... 1910 Auckland Open
William Cherrington Griffiths, deceased, ... Sutton Childer Thornton; Elizabeth Challen (nee ... 1910 Auckland Open

Alexandra District Court  >  Macraes business sheets, applications and plaints

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Application for licensed holding - John J Bradley, William Donaldson, John McGrath, Edward Thornton, Nicholas Jorgensen, Matthew Thomas, John H Bennett, J J Bradley, Thomas Bennett, Leslie A Norman, John Morrison for Eureka Extended Coy - Nenthorn 1889 Dunedin Open
Application for licensed holding - John J Bradley, William Donaldson, John McGrath, Edward Thornton, Nicholas Jorgensen, Matthew Thomas, John H Bennett, J J Bradley, Thomas Bennett, Leslie A Norman, John Morrison for Eureka Extended Coy - Nenthorn 1889 Dunedin Open
Intention to Marry ProjectThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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1892 – Page 1345

District of Christchurch Quarter ending 31 March 1892 Registrar J. W. Parker
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
51 29 February 1892 Thomas John Thornton
Louisa Emily Kemp
Thomas John Thornton
Louisa Emily Kerr
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Bachelor
Spinster 		Insurance Agent
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22 		Christchurch
Christchurch 		2 years
5 years 		House of Mr H. Eaton, Gloucester Street, Linwood 92/593 29 February 1892 Rev Gordon Webster, Presbyterian
No 51
Date of Notice 29 February 1892
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties Thomas John Thornton Louisa Emily Kemp
BDM Match (94%) Thomas John Thornton Louisa Emily Kerr
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Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Insurance Agent
Age 21 22
Dwelling Place Christchurch Christchurch
Length of Residence 2 years 5 years
Marriage Place House of Mr H. Eaton, Gloucester Street, Linwood
Folio 92/593
Consent
Date of Certificate 29 February 1892
Officiating Minister Rev Gordon Webster, Presbyterian
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1971/36964Thornton John Thomas 190665YOrder Product
1987/48785Thornton John Thomas 24 June 1937  🔍NZ50 yearsOrder Product
1971/36964 Thornton John Thomas 1906 65Y
1987/48785 Thornton John Thomas 24 June 1937  🔍NZ 50 years
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Tinui HistoryThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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New Zealand Gazette IndexThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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... 5¼ 3/4/40 0 2 . . 0 2 2001 Thornton, T. J. ... " . . 1 5¼ . . 1 ... 🚂 Railways Department Classification, 1940—continued 1940 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...1 7¾ 3/4/41 1 2 .. 1 2 1817 Thornton, T. J. ,, .. .. 1 7¾ .. 1 10 31/1... 🚂 Railways Department Classification, 1941 1941 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
... 5¼ 3/4/40 0 2 . . 0 2 2001 Thornton, T. J. ... " . . 1 5¼ . . 1 ... 🚂 Railways Department Classification, 1940—continued 1940 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...1 7¾ 3/4/41 1 2 .. 1 2 1817 Thornton, T. J. ,, .. .. 1 7¾ .. 1 10 31/1... 🚂 Railways Department Classification, 1941 1941 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
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
1892/646Louisa Emily Kerr Thomas John Thornton Order Product Intention to Marry
1892/646 Louisa Emily Kerr Thomas John Thornton Intention to Marry
Masterton Anglican HistoryThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveThomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)Thomas John Thornton        🔍 ASH
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