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… Barron, a butcher from Northumberland, England. This second marriage ended suddenly and mysteriously. In September 1863 … son, worked for the Post Office and soon after his marriage in 1887 moved on to Invercargill and Dunedin. While …
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… society she became involved in many cases of wife abuse, marriage separation and divorce, and adoption. At a time … the synagogue on The Terrace in Wellington. Following her marriage Ethel De Costa moved to Wellington and took offices …
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… service. Bradney's life became more settled with his marriage at Auckland on 11 October 1878 to Mary Jane Haxton; … Harbour Board as a cart driver. Some six years after his marriage Bradney returned to working on the harbour. His …
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… In July 1948 Mabel died in Melbourne. Davis-Goff’s second marriage was to Ailsa Ellen Blair (née O’Donnell) in … on 4 May 1951. She also had a daughter from a previous marriage. In retirement the Davis-Goffs lived in Melbourne …
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… for New Zealanders to meet, mingle and sometimes find a marriage partner. At a formal ball or a country dance, an … so popular for courting couples they became known as the ‘marriage bureau’. Epi Shalfoon The dance band with perhaps …
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Part of story: Jazz and dance bands
… for support through the almost universal experiences of marriage, childbirth, raising a family and running a … in the 1890s. Members promised to uphold the sanctity of marriage and home. Meetings combined prayer, discussion of …
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Part of story: Women’s networks and clubs
… her familiarity with evangelical views. Not long after her marriage she and James Fulton joined the Presbyterian … but she experienced a state of grace. Throughout her marriage Catherine Fulton kept daily diaries in which she …
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… of Great Britain. The Greenwoods' long, companionable marriage was founded on a common background in art and music. Thirteen children were born to them. After their marriage Danforth Greenwood continued medical practice in …
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… and immigration agent, who was often away from home. Their marriage was characterised by independence. One family … a member of a team assisting Sir William Fox, a relative by marriage, in an ascent of Mt Taranaki. He failed in his …
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… to the Bar in 1920 (he graduated LLB in 1939). A wartime marriage on 2 April 1918 at Exeter to an English nurse, … were divorced in August 1933; there was one daughter of the marriage. On 25 January 1934, at Auckland, Leonard Leary …
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… consisted of four sons, and the daughter from Ben's first marriage. Sally Low retired from teaching and set up house … to a wide range of visitors. In the early years of her marriage, Sally Low was a member of Methodist women's groups …
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… 1936, leaving three young children. McDowall’s second marriage, to Grace Edith Wall, an entomologist, took place on 16 November 1938 at Levin. The two boys from this marriage and the three older children were raised by the …
Type: Biography
… in 1778 or 1779. Although no records of his birth and marriage have been found he is said to have been born at … he decided to complete his orders so that he could perform marriages. He was ordained by the Presbytery of New York in …
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… canoes. His ancestral lines descended from the marriages of Waimirirangi and Kairewa, and Tarutaru and Te … by Ngārui, and two daughters and two sons from his first marriage. Naru was an acknowledged authority on whakapapa, …
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… firm of Barton and Ross. Four sons were born of the marriage, two of whom died in infancy. Hilda taught music at … not suffer fools gladly. Her belief in the importance of marriage and family led her to deliver stern lectures to …
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… still quite young, in 1876. There were two sons of the marriage: Hiwinui, who died at a very early age; and … of Wiremu Hikairo of Ngāti Rangiwewehi. Rotohiko's second marriage was to Te Ririu, the daughter of Hamuera Pango, a …
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… his senior wife. There were at least two children of the marriage, Whakaangi and Te Kēkerengū, also known as Taiaha. … Te Miha and his family were descendants of Te Kēkerengū's marriage to Tārewa. …
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… Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) soon after her marriage and collected signatures for at least one of the … of Women of New Zealand , where she read a paper on 'Marriage and divorce'. A resolution which arose during the …
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… was a conservative, close-knit rural society, and Ellenor’s marriage gave her entrée into farming, professional and … Others were ready to embrace the domestic certainties of marriage, family, home and garden, which had evaded them …
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… with flowers from, the original wedding cake. Sometimes the marriage service was repeated. Now, some couples renew their … often accompanied by the couple’s tips for a long-lasting marriage. Congratulations! People are eligible for …
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Part of story: Birthdays and wedding anniversaries