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… believed, encouraged vice. He opposed the legalisation of marriage to one's deceased wife's sister, and was a fierce … survived by his second wife and four children of his first marriage. …
Type: Biography
… frailty as reasons for turning down two proposals of marriage, but her decision was probably also influenced by … she felt required a dedication not always compatible with marriage. By 1931 she had acquired a considerable reputation …
Type: Biography
… Nation was appointed registrar of births, deaths and marriages. Although he had ceased to publish More Light , he … While continuing as registrar of births, deaths and marriages for Shannon, Nation served as coroner for Levin …
Type: Biography
… on 26 February 1915, survived by a son from his first marriage and four sons and two daughters from his second marriage. He had been appointed a CMG in 1879. Edward …
Type: Biography
… but did not usually have male friends – men were potential marriage partners only. Family of friends In 2003 Jane … preserves such as pubs was socially unacceptable. After marriage, some women, especially in rural areas, rarely went …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Women’s networks and clubs
… had 32 siblings, children of his father's two previous marriages. He was an intelligent child who misbehaved at … of his wife, as of his future two wives, is unknown. The marriage proved unhappy. Early in his life Charles Southwell …
Type: Biography
… was of the senior lines of descent in Tūhoe genealogy. His marriage to Mareta of Ngāti Hinekura of the Waikaremoana … Te Riu of Ruatāhuna, with whom he had six daughters. Both marriages helped Tamarau to establish greater mana in …
Type: Biography
… Kendall to Maria Ringa. Tapsell claimed it was 'the first marriage that ever took place in New Zealand'. The bride … Whakaue of Te Arawa. They were to have six children. The marriage was solemnised, and the children baptised, by …
Type: Biography
… They lived at Ruatāhuna. There were four children of the marriage, but all were fostered out because Hikawera often … and eight sons and seven daughters of his first and second marriages. …
Type: Biography
… Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe. There were no children of this marriage. In 1926 Pāora Temuera moved to Taupō but continued … survived by his wife and the daughter of his first marriage. His funeral was attended by King Korokī and a …
Type: Biography
… Neukirch, a soldier and head of an old Silesian family. The marriage was unhappy and brief: George von Zedlitz was four … led him into conflict with a number of powerful persons. Marriage, too, had linked him with his new home. On 4 …
Type: Biography
… descent. Whina was the first child of her father’s second marriage. Another daughter, Heretute, was born in 1897, and … 1911 she refused her father’s request to enter an arranged marriage with the widowed leader of Ngāti Tūwharetoa , … and persuaded Father Charles Kreymborg to marry them. The marriage was witnessed by Richard’s brother Moses. When news …
Type: Biography
… Broomfield was a 32-year-old hat trimmer at the time of her marriage to Robert Addison, a carpenter, in Edinburgh, … effort as a widow who chose a career rather than remarriage, and her daughters' assistance and commitment, …
Type: Biography
… he remarried. In his reminiscences he refers to his first marriage and life with Sarah, but does not say what happened …
Type: Biography
… became his wife, he submitted to being tattooed, and by his marriage and his fighting abilities he acquired the status …
Type: Biography
… hapū as a result of migration, resettlement and inter-hapū marriage. These debated borders have been called whenua …
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Part of story: Take whenua – Māori land tenure
… and many became involved in crafts after graduation, after marriage or as single women. They produced carved furniture, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Crafts and applied arts
… England, on 6 April 1814. Nothing is known of her until her marriage to Edward George at Battersea, London, on 21 …
Type: Biography
… was to pass to his son, James, on Christina's death or remarriage. Eventually James Gregg brought a court action … claiming the profits of the estate accrued since their marriage. The Langstreths owned over 500 acres of land at …
Type: Biography
… steward on many of the coastal ships. At the time of their marriage in Invercargill on 8 August 1864, Henry was a …
Type: Biography