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… he was awarded the New Zealand Cross in 1886. After their marriage they lived near Foxton, where Gilbert farmed. Their … and at exhibitions in New Zealand and Australia. After her marriage she signed her paintings E. K. Mair. A …
Type: Biography
… were to Ngāti Māmoe and Ngāti Hinetewai. Her first marriage, to Rīwai (Rēwai) Te Rōpiha of the Chatham Islands, … and was confirmed at Papawai on 4 May 1924. Although a marriage had been arranged for him he made his own choice, … have four sons and two daughters. In the early years of his marriage Ashton spent much time away from home as a shearer …
Type: Biography
… held with an ‘open door’ – in case of an objection to the marriage – complicated marrying onboard ship, boat, plane or … with the Pacific Islands a popular destination. Vows The marriage service best known in New Zealand was that of the Anglican Church. It emphasised the permanence of marriage, its procreative purpose, and set out the …
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Part of story: Marriage and partnering
… on her own experiences of a disrupted childhood, a failed marriage and the loss of property, she developed a critique … 1855. The couple and the children from their prior marriages first lived in Nelson, where Muller worked as a …
Type: Biography
… in Awanuiarangi, but became differentiated through later marriages, and moved to different locations. A history of …
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Part of story: Te Āti Awa of Wellington
… private, though it had public consequences. It centred on marriage, motherhood, and taking care of husband, home and … on the basis of gender in many areas of life, including marriage and family, employment, education, culture, … for women to be able to vote, for women’s rights within marriage, and against the double standard that prevailed in …
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Part of story: Gender inequalities
… married Mavis Eileen Reardon. Like many Chinese–European marriages of the time, the match was not approved of by … He was survived by his wife and the son of his first marriage. …
Type: Biography
… their son ‘4real’. The Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages declined to register the name, but the Wheatons … they would continue to use it. Under the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995, the …
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Part of story: Pregnancy, birth and baby care
… had four children, and four more were born after their marriage. Henry and Mary Burling and their family emigrated … a Maori named Hopapa. Although apparently illiterate – his marriage certificate is marked with a cross – he was …
Type: Biography
… 1909 at Kilmarnock. There would be six children of the marriage. A dispute with their superior officers over what … survived by his second wife and five children of his first marriage. Henry Goffin was a flamboyant and unorthodox …
Type: Biography
… and ‘Home little Māori home’. Ana Hato was unfortunate in marriage. According to family information, her first, to … of war in Germany. There were no children from either marriage but Ana adopted the child of a relative. Ana gave …
Type: Biography
… school she worked as a post office telephonist until her marriage in Timaru on 11 December 1922 to David Harold … allocation committee, and foundation membership of the Marriage Guidance Council Timaru. She was also a justice of …
Type: Biography
… railway wagons. It is said there were two children of the marriage, both of whom died in infancy. In December 1870, … 1919. There were no surviving children of either of her marriages. Although lacking formal education, Isabella …
Type: Biography
… It was customary for a deaconess to relinquish her work on marriage, but Alice Williams maintained many of her former … and advocated a law change to allow them to officiate at marriages. Her students admired Alice Williams for her …
Type: Biography
… Wilson moved to Sydney with four children from his previous marriage. Another son was born there just after the First … 1962, survived by William and two children of her first marriage. …
Type: Biography
… It never came. Her commitment intensified after her marriage in Mataró, on 23 September 1938, to a young … backers of the nursing team were never to learn of her marriage; even her family were to know only the little she … After General Franco's victory in the civil war, all civil marriages contracted in the republican period were annulled. …
Type: Biography
… 21 February 1907 at Dunsby, Lincolnshire. Soon after their marriage the couple emigrated to New Zealand, where … survived by his wife. There were no children of the marriage. …
Type: Biography
… Kamō School, where her mother had taught before her marriage. After passing the Junior National Scholarship … also from Whangārei, on 26 August 1925. After their marriage the couple returned to Whangārei, where James had a …
Type: Biography
… wise and highly respected member of the community. His marriage to Doris Emily Thompson at Christchurch on 21 … with Avonside Girls' High School culminated in his marriage, on 23 February 1963, to Veda Frances Townsend, its …
Type: Biography
… where he married Waiarai. Pō Tirohia was the child of this marriage. Further on at Ōpōtiki Kahungunu stayed with his … her rank and prestige, and their subsequent courtship and marriage became a legend in Māori history. Later, in his old …
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Part of story: Ngāti Kahungunu