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Early NZ HistoryWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Edith Augusta Webb 🌳 William Edward Legge Christchurch 1897 44 302 68
🌳 Edith Augusta Webb 🌳 William Edward Legge Christchurch 1897 44 302 68
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Whanganui Council Property RollsLegge, William Edward        🔍 ASH
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Otago Nominal Index
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Shadows of TimeWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Alexander Turnbull LibraryLegge, William Edward        🔍 ASH
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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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WWII Military Draft ListsWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)William Edward Legge        🔍 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
1873/33198Legge William Edward MariaJames Richard-Order Product
1873/33198 Legge William Edward Maria James Richard
Archives NZWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Justice Department  >  Coroners Inquests, case files

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Coroners Inquests - Case Files - Canterbury - Legge, William Edward 1940 Wellington Open
Coroners Inquests - Case Files - Canterbury - Legge, William Edward 1940 Wellington Open
Transcriptions NZWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Source: Transcriptions NZ / courtesy of Beverley Evans

Christchurch Street Names: W to Z
July 1923 age 70 hus. ... July 1938 age 65 hus. ... April 1930 age 85 & dau. ... Mabel (formerly BERKETT) d. ... Lawrence (1/NZEF) d. ... June 1943 age 85 & hus. ... Robert (1/NZEF
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Intention to Marry ProjectWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 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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1897a – Page 302

District of Christchurch Quarter ending 31 March 1897 Registrar J. M. Fullarton
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 26 February 1897 William Edward Legge
Edith Augusta Webb
William Edward Legge
Edith Agusta Webb
💍 1897/3972
Bachelor
Spinster 		Baker
Servant 		24
21 		Christchurch
Christchurch 		24 years
15 years 		House of Mr Foster, York Street, Opawa 97/740 26 February 1897 Rev. J. Orchard, Wesleyan
No 68
Date of Notice 26 February 1897
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties William Edward Legge Edith Augusta Webb
BDM Match (97%) William Edward Legge Edith Agusta Webb
  💍 1897/3972
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Baker Servant
Age 24 21
Dwelling Place Christchurch Christchurch
Length of Residence 24 years 15 years
Marriage Place House of Mr Foster, York Street, Opawa
Folio 97/740
Consent
Date of Certificate 26 February 1897
Officiating Minister Rev. J. Orchard, Wesleyan
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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
1897/3972Edith Agusta Webb William Edward Legge Order Product Intention to Marry
1911/7045Alice Isabel Ruffin Edward William Legge Order Product Intention to Marry
1897/3972 Edith Agusta Webb William Edward Legge Intention to Marry
1911/7045 Alice Isabel Ruffin Edward William Legge Intention to Marry
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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

Name Date Record Type
LEGGE, Edward William 🔍 1941 NZ Probates
LEGGE, Edward William 🔍 15 Jul 1941 NZ Probates
Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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New Zealand Gazette IndexWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 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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...s, W. J. McNab. Kurow . . . . W. E. Legge . . . . R. A. Aubrey, M. Fra... 🏗️ Appointments to Fire Committees 1957 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...Nabb, J. C. P. Muir. Kurow .. W. E. Legge .. R. A. Aubrey, A. L. Murra... 🏛️ Appointments to Fire Brigade Committees 1960 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...uir, W. R. Tacon. Kurow .. .. W. E. Legge .. .. R. A. Aubrey, D. E. Ne... 🏛️ Appointments to Fire Brigade Committees 17 June 1963 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...s, W. J. McNab. Kurow . . . . W. E. Legge . . . . R. A. Aubrey, M. Fra... 🏗️ Appointments to Fire Committees 1957 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...Nabb, J. C. P. Muir. Kurow .. W. E. Legge .. R. A. Aubrey, A. L. Murra... 🏛️ Appointments to Fire Brigade Committees 1960 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...uir, W. R. Tacon. Kurow .. .. W. E. Legge .. .. R. A. Aubrey, D. E. Ne... 🏛️ Appointments to Fire Brigade Committees 17 June 1963 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1941/22596Legge Edward William 187566YOrder Product
1940/25700Legge William Edward 187367YOrder Product
1941/22596 Legge Edward William 1875 66Y
1940/25700 Legge William Edward 1873 67Y
Tinui HistoryWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Anglican HistoryWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH

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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Name Born Died Cemetery Region
William Edward Legge 1873 🔍 1940 🔍 Bromley Cemetery Canterbury
William Edward Legge 1873 🔍 1940 🔍 Bromley Cemetery Canterbury
Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveWilliam Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)William Edward Legge        🔍 ASH
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