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NZ Marriages (Bride)        🔍 ASH

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NZ Marriages (Bride, married surname)        🔍 ASH

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NZ Births (Mother)        🔍 ASH

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Early NZ HistoryWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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

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

Bride Groom Marriage District Year Volume Page Entry
🌳 Catherine Baker 🌳 William Shelford Hokianga 1895 41 488 240
🌳 Catherine Baker 🌳 William Shelford Hokianga 1895 41 488 240
Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Tributes Online (obituaries)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Whanganui Council Property RollsShelford, William        🔍 ASH

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Otago Nominal Index        🔍 ASH

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Shadows of TimeWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH
Alexander Turnbull LibraryShelford, William        🔍 ASH

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Source: Alexander Turnbull Library by National Library / CC BY 3.0 NZ

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Chiefly photographs of Maori grave markers in the Far North district taken by Kendrick Smithyman PAColl-9920. Chiefly photographs of Maori grave markers in the Far North district taken by Kendrick Smithyman. [ca 1970-1983]. Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection (ATL-Group-00190). [Item]
Chiefly photographs of Maori grave markers in the Far North district taken by Kendrick Smithyman PAColl-9920. Chiefly photographs of Maori grave markers in the Far North district taken by Kendrick Smithyman. [ca 1970-1983]. Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection (ATL-Group-00190). [Item]
NZ Presbyterian MarriagesWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH
Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)William Shelford        🔍 ASH
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
1928/7678
Daisy Day William Shelford Order Product
1895/1784
Catherine Baker William Shelford Order Product Intention to Marry
1928/7678
Daisy Day William Shelford
1895/1784
Catherine Baker William Shelford Intention to Marry
WWII Military Draft ListsWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Transcriptions NZWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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

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

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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

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

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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

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

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)William Shelford        🔍 ASH
Intention to Marry ProjectWilliam Shelford        🔍 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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1895bPage 488

District of Hokianga Quarter ending 31 December 1895 Registrar Thomas Lumsden Millar
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
240 14 October 1895 William Shelford
Catherine Baker
William Shelford
Catherine Baker
💍 1895/1784
Bachelor
Spinster
Bushman
25
24
Upper Waihou, Hokianga
Upper Waihou, Hokianga
4 years
Office of the Registrar at Rawene, Hokianga 95/3196 14 October 1895 Thos. L. Millar, Registrar
No 240
Date of Notice 14 October 1895
  Groom Bride
Names of Parties William Shelford Catherine Baker
  💍 1895/1784
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Profession Bushman
Age 25 24
Dwelling Place Upper Waihou, Hokianga Upper Waihou, Hokianga
Length of Residence 4 years
Marriage Place Office of the Registrar at Rawene, Hokianga
Folio 95/3196
Consent
Date of Certificate 14 October 1895
Officiating Minister Thos. L. Millar, Registrar





Archives NZWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

Search URL: https://archway.howison.co.nz/ajax/simple.php?search=%22william%22+shelford&simple_view=1

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

Tranz Rail Limited, Corporate Office  >  Service Schedules - H-6As

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Shelford, William Kenneth - Born 1963 1985 ‑ 1986 Wellington Open
Shelford, William Kenneth - Born 1963 1985 ‑ 1986 Wellington Open

Whangarei action files - second sequence

Name Year(s) Held At Access
William Shelford v Stephen Frank Bignell 1953 ‑ 1954 Auckland Open
William Shelford v Stephen Frank Bignell 1953 ‑ 1954 Auckland Open

Hamilton High Court  >  Hamilton bankruptcy files [third series]

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Bankruptcy file - William Bateman Shelford [of Tokoroa, bushman] 1965 ‑ 1968 Auckland Restricted
Bankruptcy file - William Bateman Shelford [of Tokoroa, bushman] 1965 ‑ 1968 Auckland Restricted

Whangarei civil proceedings files

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Allied Farmers Co-operative Ltd v William Bateman Shelford 1977 ‑ 1978 Auckland Restricted
Allied Farmers Co-operative Ltd v William Bateman Shelford 1977 ‑ 1978 Auckland Restricted

Whangarei Probates

Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
SHELFORD William Bateman - Whangarei - Contractor SHELFORD William Bateman - Whangarei - Contractor📃 View Scan 1983 Auckland Open
SHELFORD William Bateman - Whangarei - Contractor SHELFORD William Bateman - Whangarei - Contractor📃 View Scan 1983 Auckland Open
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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

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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

Source: New Zealand Genealogy Research Made Easy, by Barbara Andrew / "pages may be freely linked"

aucknorth
England [don't know who the lucky lady was!] (2) William Shelford, 25, M. 1895, Catherine Baker, 24, parents: John Baker & Maria Bonyer (Bovyer? Boyer?) (3) William Henry Whithead
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~babznz/genealogy/aucknorth.html
 
NZ Births        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1933/28646
Shelford William Bateman ElizabethSamuel-Order Product
1871/12356
Shelford William EdyOliver-Order Product
1931/20670
Shelford William Walter DaisyWilliam-Order Product
1933/28646
Shelford William Bateman Elizabeth Samuel
1871/12356
Shelford William Edy Oliver
1931/20670
Shelford William Walter Daisy William
New Zealand Gazette IndexWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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

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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

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

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

Name Date Record Type
SHELFORD, Colin William Joseph (Col) 🔍
12 May 2007 NZ Herald Deaths
SHELFORD, William Bateman 🔍
18 Feb 1983 NZ Probates
NZ War GravesWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH
NZ Deaths        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1963/33041
Shelford William 190162YOrder Product
1983/44037
Shelford William Bateman 19 October 1933  🔍NZ
49 yearsOrder Product
1943/32926
Shelford Charles William 192320YOrder Product
1957/39967
Shelford William Reti 193720YOrder Product
1900/80
Shelford William 187228YOrder Product
1905/8299
Shelford William Edward 19005YOrder Product
1928/14420
Shelford William 189038YOrder Product
2020/800
Stevens William Walter 7 November 1931  🔍NZ
88 yearsOrder Product
1963/33041
Shelford William 1901 62Y
1983/44037
Shelford William Bateman 19 October 1933  🔍NZ
49 years
1943/32926
Shelford Charles William 1923 20Y
1957/39967
Shelford William Reti 1937 20Y
1900/80
Shelford William 1872 28Y
1905/8299
Shelford William Edward 1900 5Y
1928/14420
Shelford William 1890 38Y
2020/800
Stevens William Walter 7 November 1931  🔍NZ
88 years
The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Tinui HistoryWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Anglican HistoryWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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

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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH
Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsWilliam Shelford        🔍 ASH

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

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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Name Born Died Cemetery Region
Colin William Shelford 7 Mar 1953 🔍 11 May 2007 🔍 Pyes Pā Memorial Park Bay Of Plenty
Colin William Shelford 7 Mar 1953 🔍 11 May 2007 🔍 Pyes Pā Memorial Park Bay Of Plenty
Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)William Shelford        🔍 ASH

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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)William Shelford        🔍 ASH