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Early NZ HistoryWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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

Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Hester Carpenter 🌳 William Reuben Cooksley Christchurch 1886 31 1403 389
🌳 Hester Carpenter 🌳 William Reuben Cooksley Christchurch 1886 31 1403 389
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Otago Nominal Index
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Whanganui Council Property RollsCooksley, William Reuben        🔍 ASH
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Alexander Turnbull LibraryCooksley, William Reuben        🔍 ASH
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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Shadows of TimeWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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WWII Military Draft ListsWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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NZ Births
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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Transcriptions NZWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Intention to Marry ProjectWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Archives NZWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Wellington High Court  >  Wellington probate files (first sequence)

Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
COOKSLEY William Reuben COOKSLEY William Reuben📃 View Scan 1933 Wellington Open
COOKSLEY William Reuben COOKSLEY William Reuben📃 View Scan 1933 Wellington Open
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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NZ Deaths
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1933/20000Cooksley William Reuben 186073YOrder Product
1933/20000 Cooksley William Reuben 1860 73Y
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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

Name Date Record Type
COOKSLEY, William Reuben 🔍 09 Dec 1933 NZ Probates
Tinui HistoryWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Anglican HistoryWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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New Zealand Gazette IndexWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 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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Snippet / Name ✨ Notice Summary Date Found In PDF Links
...man 19/11/33 " 23 Cooksley, William Reuben Wairoa Farmer 18/11/33... 🏢 List of deceased persons' estates under administration 1933 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...man 19/11/33 " 23 Cooksley, William Reuben Wairoa Farmer 18/11/33... 🏢 List of deceased persons' estates under administration 1933 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH

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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveWilliam Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Name Died Cemetery Region
William Reuben Cooksley 18 Nov 1933 🔍 📰 Wairoa Old Cemetery Hawke's Bay
William Reuben Cooksley 18 Nov 1933 🔍 📰 Wairoa Old Cemetery Hawke's Bay
Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)William Reuben Cooksley        🔍 ASH
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