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NZ Marriages (Bride)        🔍 ASH

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NZ Marriages (Bride, married surname)        🔍 ASH

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Early NZ HistoryWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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

Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Annie Sarah Clayton Rix 🌳 William Ellis Earnshaw Christchurch 1890 35 648 208
🌳 Annie Sarah Clayton Rix 🌳 William Ellis Earnshaw Christchurch 1890 35 648 208
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Tributes Online (obituaries)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Whanganui Council Property RollsEarnshaw, William Ellis        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://wdc.whanganui.govt.nz/propertyrolls/data.aspx?id=search

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Otago Nominal Index        🔍 ASH

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Alexander Turnbull LibraryEarnshaw, William Ellis        🔍 ASH

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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH
Shadows of TimeWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH
WWII Military Draft ListsWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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

William Ellis Earnshaw

2/2337 World War I, 1914-1918 Single Mrs W.E. Earnshaw (mother), 20 Barrington Street, Spreydon, Christchurch, New Zealand Second Lieutenant Willochra or Tofua 8th Reinforcements New Zealand Field Artillery Military Cross (MC) Victory Medal British War Medal (1914-1920) Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)
Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

Source: Sooty.nz by Christine Clement / included here with her kind permission

NEW ZEALAND WAR MEMORIALS AND ROLLS OF HONOUR - CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CHRISTCHURCH...
Chapman DURANT William Macliesh EARNSHAW William Ellis EDRIDGE Albert EDRIDGE Thomas ELLIS John Chute Ellis ELWORTHY Percy Ashton ENGLAND Clarence ENSOR Edward ENSOR Robert
https://sooty.nz/christscollegeROHww1.html
 
NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY - HONOURS AND AWARDS
Calder 2/1834 Driver MM EARNSHAW William Ellis 2/2337 Captain MC, MID EASTON William Boult 2/1381 Sergeant MM EDMONDS Arthur Edward 2/2814 Driver MM EDWARDS* Charles Joseph Knight
https://sooty.nz/NZFAHonours.html
 
West Coast Accidental DeathsWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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NZ Births        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1891/3028
Earnshaw William Ellis Annie Sarah ClaytonWilliam Ellis-Order Product
1891/3028
Earnshaw William Ellis Annie Sarah Clayton William Ellis
Transcriptions NZWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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
https://www.transcriptions.nz/Gravestone.Photos/Bromley.Cemetery.html
 
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH
Archives NZWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

Source: Archives NZ Collections Search / CC BY / via Archway

New Zealand Defence Force, Personnel Archives  >  Military Personnel Files

Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
EARNSHAW, William Ellis - WW1 2/2337 - Army EARNSHAW, William Ellis - WW1 2/2337 - Army📃 View Scan 1914 ‑ 1918 Wellington Open
EARNSHAW, William Ellis - WWI 2/2337, WWII HG N/N - Army EARNSHAW, William Ellis - WWI 2/2337, WWII HG N/N - Army📃 View Scan 1910 ‑ 1944 Wellington Restricted
EARNSHAW, William Ellis - WW1 2/2337 - Army EARNSHAW, William Ellis - WW1 2/2337 - Army📃 View Scan 1914 ‑ 1918 Wellington Open
EARNSHAW, William Ellis - WWI 2/2337, WWII HG N/N - Army EARNSHAW, William Ellis - WWI 2/2337, WWII HG N/N - Army📃 View Scan 1910 ‑ 1944 Wellington Restricted
Intention to Marry ProjectWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://itm.howison.co.nz/search/William+Ellis+Earnshaw

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NZ Deaths        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1938/27744
Earnshaw William Ellis 185880YOrder Product
1962/44739
Earnshaw William Ellis 189171YOrder Product
1938/27744
Earnshaw William Ellis 1858 80Y
1962/44739
Earnshaw William Ellis 1891 71Y
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://dict-bio.howison.co.nz/ash_search/?s=William+Ellis+Earnshaw

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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH
The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://thetreasury.catalogaccess.com/api/search/advanced

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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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

Name Date Record Type
EARNSHAW, William Ellis 🔍
22 Aug 1938 NZ Probates
EARNSHAW, William Ellis 🔍
14 Aug 1962 NZ Probates
EARNSHAW, William Ellis 🔍
Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph
Tinui HistoryWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Anglican HistoryWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH
NZ War GravesWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH
New Zealand Gazette IndexWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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

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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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...n Harry Purdy. Corporal William Ellis Earnshaw. Stanley William Morton... 🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Resignations of Officers on the Staff, Royal New Zealand Artillery and Territorial Force 1914 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...tillery. 2nd Lieutenant William Ellis Earnshaw, “D” Battery, New Zeala... 🛡️ New Zealand Expeditionary Force Officer Appointments 10 November 1915 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
... :— Leslie Edward Bull. William Ellis Earnshaw. Oliver Robert Farrer. ... 🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Permanent Staff and Territorial Force 8 December 1915 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
... Dated 21st July, 1919. William Ellis Earnshaw. Dated 21st July, 1919.... 🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery and Territorial Force 1919 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...ve of Officers (temp.)] William Ellis Earnshaw, M.C., from the “ D ” B... 🛡️ Territorial Force Officer Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements 7 September 1920 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...ttalion). GROUP No. 11. William Ellis Earnshaw (Mount Cargill Battalio... 🛡️ Appointments of Officers of the Home Guard 16 October 1941 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII

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.... Dated 11th October, 1916. W. E. Earnshaw. Dated 11th October, 1916. ... 🛡️ Appointments and Promotions of Officers serving with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force 18 January 1917 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...0th April, 1918. Lieutenant W. E. Earnshaw is granted the temporary ra... 🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers on Active Service with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force 29 July 1918 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
... Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. E. Earnshaw. The undermentioned 2nd Lie... 🛡️ Military Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers 16 September 1918 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...rank of Major, vice Captain W. E. Earnshaw (relinquished temporary ran... 🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers on Active Service with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force 1919 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...d of the Battery by Captain W. E. Earnshaw. Dated 27th December, 1918.... 🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers in N.Z. Expeditionary Force 1919 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...23rd October, 1918. Captain W. E. Earnshaw is granted the temporary ra... 🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers on Active Service with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force 4 February 1919 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...ND GAZETTE. [No. 51 Captain W. E. Earnshaw is granted the temporary ra... 🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps and Territorial Force 22 April 1919 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
... of N.Z. Artillery. Captain W. E. Earnshaw, M.C., with the rank of Maj... 🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces 9 October 1928 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
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
1926/9734
Doras May Jamieson William Ellis Earnshaw Order Product
1890/945
Annie Sarah Clayton Rix William Ellis Earnshaw Order Product Intention to Marry
1926/9734
Doras May Jamieson William Ellis Earnshaw
1890/945
Annie Sarah Clayton Rix William Ellis Earnshaw Intention to Marry
Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

Electoral Rolls for Caversham, Dunedin, covering years 1893, 1896, 1899, 1902, 1905, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1931, 1935 and 1938
Original spreadsheet source

Source: Compiled by The Caversham Project, Otago University

Year Name Occupation Address
1925 William Ellis Junior Earnshaw Manager 300 High Street
1925 William Ellis Junior Earnshaw Manager 300 High Street
Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveWilliam Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH
BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Name Died Cemetery Region
William Ellis Earnshaw 14 Aug 1938 🔍 📰 Bromley Cemetery Canterbury
William Ellis Earnshaw 14 Aug 1938 🔍 📰 Bromley Cemetery Canterbury
Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH

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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)William Ellis Earnshaw        🔍 ASH