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Early NZ HistoryWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Florence Victoria Brown 🌳 William Donald Burns Oamaru 1894 39 379 1724
🌳 Florence Victoria Brown 🌳 William Donald Burns Oamaru 1894 39 379 1724
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Whanganui Council Property RollsBurns, William Donald        🔍 ASH
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1927/5194Burns William Donald 186562YOrder Product
1927/5194 Burns William Donald 1865 62Y
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BURNSWilliam DonaldGreta Street Electoral District of Oamaru Supplementary No 11890
BURNS William Donald Greta Street Electoral District of Oamaru Supplementary No 1 1890
NZ Presbyterian MarriagesWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Shadows of TimeWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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WWII Military Draft ListsWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Alexander Turnbull LibraryBurns, William Donald        🔍 ASH
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Transcriptions NZWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Archives NZWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Wellington High Court  >  Wellington probate files (first sequence)

Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
BURNS William Donald BURNS William Donald📃 View Scan 1927 Wellington Open
BURNS William Donald BURNS William Donald📃 View Scan 1927 Wellington Open
Intention to Marry ProjectWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 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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1894 – Page 379

District of Oamaru Quarter ending 31 March 1894 Registrar W. Filleul
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
1724 29 March 1894 William Donald Burns
Florence Victoria Brown
William Donald Burns
Florence Victoria Brown
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Bachelor
Spinster 		Printer's Machinist
Waitress 		29
28 		Oamaru
Oamaru 		27 years
14 days 		The residence of Mr. William Donald Burns, Thames Street, Oamaru 94/938 29 March 1894 Rev. J. A. Luxford, Wesleyan
No 1724
Date of Notice 29 March 1894
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties William Donald Burns Florence Victoria Brown
  💍 1894/868
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Printer's Machinist Waitress
Age 29 28
Dwelling Place Oamaru Oamaru
Length of Residence 27 years 14 days
Marriage Place The residence of Mr. William Donald Burns, Thames Street, Oamaru
Folio 94/938
Consent
Date of Certificate 29 March 1894
Officiating Minister Rev. J. A. Luxford, Wesleyan
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1865/16914Burns William Donald MarySamuel-Order Product
1865/16914 Burns William Donald Mary Samuel
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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

Name Date Record Type
BURNS, William Donald 🔍 16 May 1927 NZ Probates
Tinui HistoryWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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New Zealand Gazette IndexWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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...ired farmer 19/4/27 ,, 8 Burns, William Donald .. Oamaru.. Jobbing com... 🏢 Public Trustee.—Deceased Persons’ Estates under Administration 4 May 1927 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
... Intestate Wellington. 2 Burns, William Donald .. Oamaru .. Jobbing Co... 🏢 Public Trustee Elections to Administer Estates 23 May 1927 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...ired farmer 19/4/27 ,, 8 Burns, William Donald .. Oamaru.. Jobbing com... 🏢 Public Trustee.—Deceased Persons’ Estates under Administration 4 May 1927 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
... Intestate Wellington. 2 Burns, William Donald .. Oamaru .. Jobbing Co... 🏢 Public Trustee Elections to Administer Estates 23 May 1927 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name ITM
1894/868Florence Victoria Brown William Donald Burns Order Product Intention to Marry
1894/868 Florence Victoria Brown William Donald Burns Intention to Marry
The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Anglican HistoryWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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WWI Military DefaultersWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsWilliam Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH

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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)William Donald Burns        🔍 ASH
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