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NZ Marriages (Bride)        🔍 ASH

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Suggested Searches for William Adam Donaldson
Early NZ HistoryWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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

Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Fanny Elizabeth Shellam 🌳 William Adam Donaldson Napier 1882 27 507 68
🌳 Fanny Elizabeth Shellam 🌳 William Adam Donaldson Napier 1882 27 507 68
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call 2nd NZEF Roll of Honour (Northlanders)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Tributes Online (obituaries)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Whanganui Council Property RollsDonaldson, William Adam        🔍 ASH

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Otago Nominal Index        🔍 ASH

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Alexander Turnbull LibraryDonaldson, William Adam        🔍 ASH

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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH
Shadows of TimeWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH
WWII Military Draft ListsWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Source: Online Cenotaph by Auckland War Memorial Museum / CC BY 4.0

William Adam Donaldson

58372 World War I, 1914-1918 Mrs W.A. Donaldson (wife), 19 King Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand Tram Driver/Civilian Tofua SS Tofua 02 Mar 1918 Southampton/Hampshire/England/United Kingdom/Europe 08 Apr 1918 New Zealand Expeditionary Force 35th Reinforcements, Army Service Corps Driver/Military

Adam William Donaldson

8/2578 World War I, 1914-1918 Single A. Donaldson (father), Barrow Street, Bluff, New Zealand Private Willochra 6th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Battalion
Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH
Archives NZWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Transcriptions NZWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH
Intention to Marry ProjectWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 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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1882Page 507

District of Napier Quarter ending 31 December 1882 Registrar John Grubb
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
68 02 October 1882 William Adam Donaldson
Fanny Elizabeth Chellam
William Adam Donaldson
Fanny Elizabeth Shellam
💍 1882/3081
Bachelor
Spinster
Harness maker
29
20
Napier
Napier
3 years
7 year
or Shellams House Napier 82/12904 Alfred George Shellam Father. 20 October 1882 Rev. J. J. Lewis Wesleyan
No 68
Date of Notice 02 October 1882
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties William Adam Donaldson Fanny Elizabeth Chellam
BDM Match (98%) William Adam Donaldson Fanny Elizabeth Shellam
  💍 1882/3081
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Harness maker
Age 29 20
Dwelling Place Napier Napier
Length of Residence 3 years 7 year
Marriage Place or Shellams House Napier
Folio 82/12904
Consent Alfred George Shellam Father.
Date of Certificate 20 October 1882
Officiating Minister Rev. J. J. Lewis Wesleyan



1917aPage 126

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1917 Registrar A. J. Evans
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
577 26 June 1917 William Adam Donaldson
Annie Grendin
William Adam Donaldson
Annie Evendin
💍 1917/2833
William James Donaldson
Annie Gertrude Smith
💍 1917/5056
Bachelor
Spinster
Soldier
35
28
Auckland
Auckland
10 days
10 days
St Matthews Church Auckland 2009 26 June 1917 Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican
No 577
Date of Notice 26 June 1917
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties William Adam Donaldson Annie Grendin
BDM Match (92%) William Adam Donaldson Annie Evendin
  💍 1917/2833
BDM Match (66%) William James Donaldson Annie Gertrude Smith
  💍 1917/5056
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Soldier
Age 35 28
Dwelling Place Auckland Auckland
Length of Residence 10 days 10 days
Marriage Place St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio 2009
Consent
Date of Certificate 26 June 1917
Officiating Minister Rev. J. C. A. Calder, Anglican





Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH
NZ Births        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1917/19377
Donaldson William Adam AnnieWilliam Adam-Order Product
1890/8414
Donaldson Adam William FloraAdam-Order Product
1883/18043
Donaldson William Adam Fanny ElizabethWilliam Adam-Order Product
1917/19377
Donaldson William Adam Annie William Adam
1890/8414
Donaldson Adam William Flora Adam
1883/18043
Donaldson William Adam Fanny Elizabeth William Adam
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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NZ Marriages (Groom)        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name ITM
1917/2833
Annie Evendin William Adam Donaldson Order Product Intention to Marry
1882/3081
Fanny Elizabeth Shellam William Adam Donaldson Order Product Intention to Marry
1917/2833
Annie Evendin William Adam Donaldson Intention to Marry
1882/3081
Fanny Elizabeth Shellam William Adam Donaldson Intention to Marry
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH
The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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NZ War GravesWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH
NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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

Name Date Record Type
DONALDSON, Adam William 🔍
Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph
DONALDSON, William Adam 🔍
Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph
DONALDSON, William Adam 🔍
07 Sep 1931 NZ Probates
DONALDSON, William Adam 🔍
11 Nov 1933 NZ Probates
DONALDSON, William Adam (Dvr) 🔍
23 Oct 1918 Kiwi Le Quesnoy Soldiers
Tinui HistoryWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Anglican HistoryWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH
Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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NZ Deaths        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1978/30382
Donaldson William Adam 16 May 1914  🔍NZ
64 yearsOrder Product
1931/7736
Donaldson William Adam 185279YOrder Product
1926/10242
Donaldson William Adam 188343YOrder Product
1978/30382
Donaldson William Adam 16 May 1914  🔍NZ
64 years
1931/7736
Donaldson William Adam 1852 79Y
1926/10242
Donaldson William Adam 1883 43Y
Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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New Zealand Gazette IndexWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://gazette.howison.co.nz/search?name=William+Adam+Donaldson

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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

Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveWilliam Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH
Archives Central (ManawatÅ«-Whanganui)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH

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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)William Adam Donaldson        🔍 ASH