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Early NZ HistoryWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Catherine Sarah Webb 🌳 Walter Benjamin May Auckland 1893 38 407 182
🌳 Catherine Sarah Webb 🌳 Walter Benjamin May Auckland 1893 38 407 182
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call 2nd NZEF Roll of Honour (Northlanders)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Shadows of TimeWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Alexander Turnbull LibraryMay, Walter Benjamin        🔍 ASH
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WWII Military Draft ListsWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Intention to Marry ProjectWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Transcriptions NZWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Whanganui Council Property RollsMay, Walter Benjamin        🔍 ASH
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Archives NZWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Land Information New Zealand, National Office  >  R9984708 (unknown)

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Walter Benjamin May of Onehunga, Blacksmith - Borough of Onehunga being part of Allotment 2 of Section 37 of the Village of Onehunga 1936 ‑ 1950 Auckland Open
Walter Benjamin May of Onehunga, Blacksmith - Borough of Onehunga being part of Allotment 2 of Section 37 of the Village of Onehunga 1936 ‑ 1950 Auckland Open

High Court Auckland, Department of Justice  >  Auckland probates

Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
MAY Walter Benjamin - Onehunga - Retired Blacksmith MAY Walter Benjamin - Onehunga - Retired Blacksmith📃 View Scan 1948 Auckland Open
MAY Walter Benjamin - Onehunga - Retired Blacksmith MAY Walter Benjamin - Onehunga - Retired Blacksmith📃 View Scan 1948 Auckland Open

Waihi District Court  >  Waihi Mining Registrations

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Mortgage of Section No 532A Waihi - Walter Benjamin Corringham of Waihi Carpenter to May Jackson of Onehunga Widow 1910 Auckland Open
Mortgage of Section No 532A Waihi - Walter Benjamin Corringham of Waihi Carpenter to May Jackson of Onehunga Widow 1910 Auckland Open
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Anglican HistoryWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Tinui HistoryWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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

Name Date Record Type
MAY, Walter Benjamin 🔍 1948 NZ Probates
MAY, Walter Benjamin 🔍 08 Oct 1948 NZ Probates
New Zealand Gazette IndexWalter Benjamin May        🔍 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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...ckland Registry), whereof WALTER BENJAMIN MAY, of Onehunga, Blacksmith... 🗺️ Notice of intention to register transmission and discharge of lost mortgage 23 June 1950 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...ckland Registry), whereof WALTER BENJAMIN MAY, of Onehunga, Blacksmith... 🗺️ Notice of intention to register transmission and discharge of lost mortgage 23 June 1950 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsWalter Benjamin May        🔍 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
1893/168Catherine Sarah Webb Walter Benjamin May Order Product Intention to Marry
1893/168 Catherine Sarah Webb Walter Benjamin May Intention to Marry
Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveWalter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1871/15848May Benjamin Walter EmilyDavid-Order Product
1871/15848 May Benjamin Walter Emily David
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1948/30495May Walter Benjamin 187177YOrder Product
1948/30495 May Walter Benjamin 1871 77Y
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)Walter Benjamin May        🔍 ASH
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Name Date of Death Age at Death Cemetery Plot Location Section Row Plot No. Funeral Type
Walter Benjamin MAY 19 Sep 1948 📰 77 Mangere Lawn Cemetery, Auckland Region South/PLOT/371 South PLOT 371 Burial
Walter Benjamin Jones 16 Jun 2003 Akatārawa Cemetery, Wellington Region RSA Ashes 2/3/12 RSA Ashes 2 3 12 Burial
Walter Benjamin BAGSHAWE 23 Dec 1967 📰 88 Purewa Crematorium, Auckland Region Cremation
Laurie Walter Benjamin WILLIAMS 29 Jul 1960 📰 19 Purewa Crematorium, Auckland Region Cremation
Laurie Walter Benjamin WILLIAMS 29 Jul 1960 📰 19 Purewa Cemetery, Auckland Region Block Z/07/029 Block Z 07 029 Burial
Walter Benjamin BERRY 15 Sep 2000 📰 92 Taranaki Crematorium, Taranaki Region Cremation
Walter Benjamin STRIDE Unknown Unknown Te Henui Cemetery, Taranaki Region Unknown/PLOT/5675 Unknown PLOT 5675 Burial
WALTER BENJAMIN BOYLE 22 Jul 1994 📰 73 Hastings Cemetery, Hawke's Bay Region RSA/#/F22A RSA # F22A Burial
WALTER BENJAMIN REID 66 Karori Cemetery, Wellington Region *Public 3/C/581 *Public 3 C 581 Burial
Walter Benjamin MAY 19 Sep 1948 📰 77 Mangere Lawn Cemetery, Auckland Region South/PLOT/371 South PLOT 371 Burial
Walter Benjamin Jones 16 Jun 2003 Akatārawa Cemetery, Wellington Region RSA Ashes 2/3/12 RSA Ashes 2 3 12 Burial
Walter Benjamin BAGSHAWE 23 Dec 1967 📰 88 Purewa Crematorium, Auckland Region Cremation
Laurie Walter Benjamin WILLIAMS 29 Jul 1960 📰 19 Purewa Crematorium, Auckland Region Cremation
Laurie Walter Benjamin WILLIAMS 29 Jul 1960 📰 19 Purewa Cemetery, Auckland Region Block Z/07/029 Block Z 07 029 Burial
Walter Benjamin BERRY 15 Sep 2000 📰 92 Taranaki Crematorium, Taranaki Region Cremation
Walter Benjamin STRIDE Unknown Unknown Te Henui Cemetery, Taranaki Region Unknown/PLOT/5675 Unknown PLOT 5675 Burial
WALTER BENJAMIN BOYLE 22 Jul 1994 📰 73 Hastings Cemetery, Hawke's Bay Region RSA/#/F22A RSA # F22A Burial
WALTER BENJAMIN REID 66 Karori Cemetery, Wellington Region *Public 3/C/581 *Public 3 C 581 Burial