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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Birth of Rubinstein Wells abt. 1891 ?
« on: Sunday 04 September 22 04:19 BST (UK)  »
Thanks again Lu.

I like the expression "various irregularities of conduct on his part"
       ;D   8)

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Birth of Rubinstein Wells abt. 1891 ?
« on: Sunday 04 September 22 04:16 BST (UK)  »
Thanks wivenhoe.

As mentioned in original post, all those records already viewed, but they do not help

 ::)

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Birth of Rubinstein Wells abt. 1891 ?
« on: Sunday 04 September 22 04:14 BST (UK)  »
Well spotted, Lu.

That would explain why the marriage notice showed him as 'son of Mrs Agnes'.




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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Birth of Rubinstein Wells abt. 1891 ?
« on: Sunday 04 September 22 04:02 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for that Lu - I had missed it!!

Seems to confirm an Agnes was his mother.
 :D

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Birth of Rubinstein Wells abt. 1891 ?
« on: Sunday 04 September 22 03:26 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Neale,

I thought I would try here before purchasing marriage or death certs. in case I'd missed something obvious. 

but that will be my next step if no luck here.

 8)

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Birth of Rubinstein Wells abt. 1891 ?
« on: Sunday 04 September 22 02:47 BST (UK)  »
I would be grateful for some help tracing the birth of this man, Rubinstein Wells.

He married Annie Maud Duncan in 1914 and they had two children. He married Elizabeth Mooney in 1941. He died 9 Jul 1973 in Auckland. I have plenty of records to confirm those details but nothing to confirm his birth.

His WW1 NZ Service Records show his birth as 16 (or 18) August 1891 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia but I cannot find any matching birth at https://www.nsw.gov.au.

Some trees at Ancestry show his parents as Alban Douglas Wells 1857-1932 and Agnes Spensley 1859-1942 but all of that couple's other children were born in NZ, including Hector Valentine Wells born here 14 Feb 1890. I cannot see any record of this family travelling to Sydney and then returning to NZ around that time.

Any suggestions welcome !!
Thanks

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Joseph Haglehurst - where buried?
« on: Sunday 03 July 22 00:44 BST (UK)  »
Is this his death, with alternative spelling, at BDM ?

1863/3446   Hazelhurst    Joseph    16Y

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Time between death and burial, Auckland
« on: Sunday 19 June 22 23:57 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Lucy2 on Sunday 19 June 22 23:18 BST (UK)

It's a useful site ... but I've encountered a lot of errors in the information published.

    ~  Lu

If you register with 'Find a Grave' you should be able to message the person who contributed the details you can see - and ask for confirmation or more information.   ???

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Time between death and burial, Auckland
« on: Sunday 19 June 22 22:36 BST (UK)  »
If you look up the burial details for the grave on the appropriate Local Body website, you might get details of the funeral director, who should be able to provide an explanation.

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