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Australia Lookups completed / Re: Charles John Friend married 1889 in Ballarat
« on: Monday 31 August 09 08:29 BST (UK)  »
Thanks very much for this. I just got the marriage certificate of John and his (NZ) wife Ethel. They married in 1917 in Auckland. John's relationship status is given as "Previously Married. Widower, 1 December 1909." Does this mean that Gertrude died on that date, or is this John's own viewpoint?

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Australia Lookups completed / Re: Charles John Friend married 1889 in Ballarat
« on: Tuesday 25 August 09 08:45 BST (UK)  »
Hi
Charles actually went to New Zealand. He ended up starting what became the New Zealand legal publishing firm Brooker and Friend Ltd. Charles (who called himself John Friend in NZ) arrived in 1910 and died in Wellington in 1924. I have his death certificate. The reason for my interest is that the firm (now called Thomson Reuters) is having its centenary in 2010 and I've been trying to find out a bit about Charles John Friend, who I discovered was born in Tasmania. He got married in 1917. I'd be interested in finding out any information you may have about him - was he a lawyer in Australia?

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