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… William Thomas was born on 8 December 1879 in Dunedin, the eldest child of Jane Little and her husband, Nicholas Thomas. Nicholas had been a goldminer in Australia before … absences from home. Anxious to avoid separation, Jane took William, barely six months old, on horseback to join her …
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… Thomas William Croke was born in the parish of Ballyclough, … in 1822 or 1823. He was the third of eight children of William Croke, an estate agent, and his wife, Isabella … After William Croke died in 1834 his brother, the Reverend Thomas Croke, supervised the education and upbringing of the …
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… Thomas William Downes was born on 18 February 1868 at … He was the son of Emily Adele Harrington and her husband, Thomas William Downes, a surveyor who had earlier been a drawing … Downes, Thomas William …
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… Thomas William Kirk was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, … of nine children of Sarah Jane Mattocks and her husband, Thomas Kirk, a timber merchant's clerk. His family emigrated … Kirk, Thomas William …
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… Thomas William Murphy, generally known as 'Torpedo Billy', … in the United States Murphy had been given a phonograph by Thomas Edison. He brought the instrument back to New Zealand … Murphy, Thomas William …
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… Thomas William Potter was born in Streatham, Surrey, … and claimed to have been born in India, the son of John William Porter, an officer in the 7th Bengal Native Infantry, and his wife, Jane Emily Rose. (Thomas sometimes incorporated 'Rose' into his name.) Details …
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… William Thomas (Tom) Young was born in Karori, Wellington, New … on 27 April 1870, the son of Jessie Dykes and her husband, William Young, a farmer. Tom Young began work when he was 11 … the seamen's federation. When Wellington branch secretary William Jones and his supporters seceded from the FSU, …
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… William Thomas Trethewey was born in Christchurch on 8 September … an active member of the Canterbury Society of Arts. William Trethewey died in Christchurch on 4 May 1956. He was … Trethewey, William Thomas …
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… William Thomas Locke Travers, son of Boyle Travers, a captain in the … Mainly brought up in France where his father retired, William was nearly 17 when he completed his education at St … in 1843; they were to have a son and a daughter. In 1849 William and Jane Travers and their two children embarked on …
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… Alfred Albert Thomas William Adams (generally known as Thomas William Adams) was born in the village of Gravely, … Adams, Alfred Albert Thomas William …
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… According to family information William Williams was born at Plumtre House, Nottingham, England, on … the ninth and youngest child of Mary Marsh and her husband, Thomas Williams. He was baptised on 30 October 1800. Thomas … Williams, William …
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… Thomas Halbert, known as Tame Poto (Tommy Short) because of … Tyne, England, probably in 1806. His parents were probably William and Sarah Halbert, of Anglo-Scottish descent. Thomas … rival, Riria Mauaranui, who had a son in 1837. The Reverend William Williams married Thomas and Riria on 21 April 1839, …
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… Thomas Cawthron was born at Newington, London, England, and … to Wellington, where he found employment with businessman William Barnard Rhodes , who was a distant relative. In 1852 … business and personal relationship with his solicitor, William Rout. His letters combined detailed instructions …
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… Joseph Thomas is said to have been born in Worcester, England, in … unknown; his father was a former Portsea barrack master. Thomas served as an ensign in the 101st Regiment in 1816. In … of the business. In May 1841 he accepted a position in William Mein Smith 's survey corps. Confident of Thomas's …
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… Thomas Lambert was born on 3 December 1854 in Oughterard, … County Galway, Ireland, the eldest of nine children of William Lambert, a schoolmaster, and his wife, Mary Jane … and on 4 October 1875 landed at the Spit, Wairoa, where William had been appointed the first Anglican clergyman for …
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… According to family information Thomas Turnbull was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, … in Wellington in the office of the colonial architect William Clayton, and from 1872 he practised on his own. … of the Wellington City Council in 1891. His fourth son, William, joined him in practice that year. Thomas Turnbull …
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… Thomas Ball was born in Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, on 28 February 1809, the son of Thomas and Ann Ball. His father was a bookseller. Thomas … couple had two daughters, Lucy Ann and Emily, and one son, William Thomas. When Jemima Ball died in London, on 13 May …
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… Thomas Forrester was born in Glasgow, Scotland, probably on … George Forrester, a modelling and decorative plasterer. Thomas attended the Glasgow Government School of Art, where … survey map of New Zealand. The same year the architect William Mason designed the structure for the Dunedin-based …
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… Thomas Brydone was born on 14 April 1837 at West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland, the son of Thomas Brydone, a shepherd, and his wife, Margaret Stewart. … Australian Land Company. Its New Zealand superintendent, William Soltau Davidson , returned to Scotland in 1878 to …
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… Thomas Burns, the most important religious leader in the … implementing the scheme caused further personal hardship. William Cargill and Burns established a lay association to … Clementina to Captain A. J. Elles and Jane to the Reverend William Bannerman , but the Burns did not establish a family …
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