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… Thomas Hall was born at Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, … England, probably in 1847 or 1848, the son of Thomas Williamson Hall, a farmer, and his wife, Sarah Young. The … guilty and sentenced to death by the judge, Joshua Strange Williams. He appealed, and the conviction was overturned on …
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… William Leonard Williams, known as Leonard Williams to Pākehā and as Mita Rēnata to Māori, was born at … third child and eldest son of Jane Nelson and her husband, William Williams , of the Church Missionary Society. In his … Williams, William Leonard …
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… Thomas Wong Doo was born Wong Kwan Doo in Canton … China, probably in 1903, to Unui Doo and her husband Thomas Wong Doo. Thomas Wong Doo senior had emigrated to New … specialised in textiles, Norman set up a gift shop, while William continued with Chinese supplies. As a silk and linen …
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… Thomas Russell was arguably the outstanding commercial … sense of family trust. He articled to himself his brothers, William in 1856 and John Benjamin in 1857, and took James … on the London capital market. This close association led William Rolleston to observe that 'the vulgar idea…is said …
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… Thomas Brunner was baptised on 22 August 1821 at Oxford, England, the son of William Brunner, attorney at law and Oxford county coroner, … In February 1846 he and Kehu joined Charles Heaphy and William Fox in a month's exploration of the upper Buller … Brunner, Thomas …
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… Thomas Bannatyne Gillies was born at Rothesay, on the Isle … Huguenot refugee. Both parents contracted typhus soon after Thomas's birth, and he spent his first five years at his … on 18 November 1869 Gillies narrowly defeated John Williamson in a hard-fought campaign for the position of …
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… Thomas Adamson is said to have been born at Whanganui on 9 September 1845, the second son of William Adamson, a carpenter, and Mary Osborne. In his teens … 1910. Nika Adamson died on 16 May 1911 at the age of 69. Thomas Adamson possessed bravery and skill as a bush fighter …
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… Thomas Mackenzie was baptised on 10 March 1853 in Edinburgh, … his wife, Rebecca Noble. His name was recorded at birth as Thomas Noble Mackenzie, though he never used the middle name … lethargy and seemed almost relieved to hand over power to William Massey and the Reform Party in July 1912. He …
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… Algernon Phillips Thomas (the name Withiel was added later) was born on 3 June … of eight children of Edith Phillips and her husband, John Thomas, an accountant. Algernon had a grammar school … colonies. Perhaps influenced by Rolleston, whose brother William had reached cabinet rank in New Zealand, Thomas …
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… Samuel Williams was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, … 1822, the third child of the Anglican clergyman Henry Williams and his wife, Marianne Coldham . Nearly eight … Williams, daughter of William and Jane Williams , at St Thomas's Church, Auckland. They had seven children, three of …
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… William Marshall, the first schoolmaster in Hawke's Bay, was … on Napier hill, at Domett's Gully, but this was disputed by William Colenso, who had been at Ahuriri since 1844. Early in 1853 the Marshalls left for Thomas Guthrie's station at Castlepoint, Wairarapa, to teach …
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… Thomas Tanner was born in Wiltshire, England, probably in … Tanner, a landowner. After studying medicine briefly, Thomas Tanner came to New Zealand in 1849 on the Larkins and … distributed the rest among six of his associates: J. N. Williams , A. H. Russell, T. E. Gordon, J. D. Ormond , T. P. …
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… Thomas McDonnell, eldest son of Thomas McDonnell and his … his hand at sheepfarming in Hawke's Bay with his brother William. A third partner defrauded them and by 1862 … was a flamboyant and colourful figure. His three brothers, William, George and Edward, all had military careers in the …
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… William Yate was born on 3 November 1802 and baptised in … as a powerful preacher. Much of his time was spent, with William Williams and William Puckey, in preparing the first … His 'fall from grace', like that of the earlier missionary Thomas Kendall , intrigued the writer Frank Sargeson and …
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… Thomas Henry Potts, one of New Zealand's earliest … Potts bought a property of 255 acres at Governors Bay from William Sefton Moorhouse in February 1858. He increased this … The grounds were created by Potts and his head gardener, William Gray; the fernery was destroyed by flooding, but …
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… According to family information Henry Williams was born on 11 February 1792; he was baptised on 13 … Hampshire, England. He was the fifth child and third son of Thomas Williams, a lace manufacturer, and his wife, Mary Marsh. His … Williams, Henry …
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… William Cargill was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 28 … Jamieson. His father, who died of chronic alcoholism when William was 15, was a lawyer of some standing. His death … on to her son William an enthusiasm for the preaching of Thomas Chalmers, a man whose conservative social views …
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… Thomas Samuel Grace was born to John Grace and his wife, … establish a new station at Taupō, but as the Reverend William Williams was abroad, he was diverted to Tūranga, Poverty … Grace, Thomas Samuel …
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… James Nelson Williams was born at Waimate mission station inland from the … August 1837, the third son of Jane Nelson and her husband, William Williams , a missionary and later bishop of Waiapu. … block when it was leased from its Māori owners by Thomas Tanner in 1864. With his shares he acquired 2,462 …
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… Thomas Alexander Hunter was born on 28 February 1876 in … Harton, a woman of force and character, and her husband, William Hunter, a banker's clerk. The third of five … and the United States. He was decisively influenced by William Wundt at Leipzig, William Rivers at Cambridge, and …
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