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William Wells

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Tittle Row, Bray, Berkshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: June 27, 1896 (79)
Te Puhi, Victoria Valley, Northland, New Zealand
Place of Burial: Kaitaia, Far North, North Island, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of William Wells, II and Elizabeth Wells
Husband of Sarah Wells (Wallis)
Father of William Wells, IV; Sarah Cossill; Elizabeth Wrathall; Fanny Paton; Jane Henderson and 5 others

Find A Grave ID: 228933962
Immigration to New Zealand: Louisa Campbell, 24 May 1842
Managed by: Guy Driscoll
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About William Wells

William was from Maidenhead, Berkshire. He married Sarah Wallace on 22 January 1842 on board the ship Louisa Campbell en route to New Zealand He died on 27 June 1896 in Victoria Valley, NZ He is buried in the Peria Maori Church Cemetery, Northland, NZ

Sources

  1. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NR5C-D9H : 10 February 2018, William Wells, 03 May 1817); citing item 1 p 46, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,452.
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William Wells's Timeline

1817
May 3, 1817
Tittle Row, Bray, Berkshire, England (United Kingdom)
June 1, 1817
Bray, Berkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1843
April 1, 1843
Waimate North, Northland, New Zealand
1845
1845
Russell, Northland New Zealand
1845
1846
March 12, 1846
Rawene, Northland, New Zealand
1848
May 25, 1848
Waimate North, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
1850
1850
Awanui, Far North, Northland, New Zealand
1854
April 22, 1854
Mangonui, Far North, Northland, New Zealand