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Research in Other Countries => New Zealand => Topic started by: lnr on Wednesday 19 February 25 02:53 GMT (UK)
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Has there been any records of applicants for elderly benefits in Nz before 1949. Or has anybody got any suggestions as to where i might find a birth date eg**/**/** Thanks lnr
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Hopefully someone actually knows the answer to this but meanwhile Have you ploughed through Archway?
Eg there is this
Renewal of Old Age Pensions - Lists authorised by Commissioner of Pensions
Item type:
Item
ID:
R11742195
Dates: 1927 - 1929
Box number: 276
Former archives reference: A5
Record number: 30/14/1
Location: Wellington repository
And
Names of Old Age Pensioners in the New Plymouth Pension District - Index
Item type:
Item
ID:
R1077423
Dates: 1920 - 1920
Access status expiry: 2097. (!!! Surely that isn’t correct)
Box number: 7
Location: Wellington repository
There is an interesting “story” on DigitalNZ. You have probably already seen. I hadn’t realised people had to reapply every year.
https://digitalnz.org/stories/5b7800108d2a4e5bfe6ff6a6
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Has there been any records of applicants for elderly benefits in Nz before 1949. Or has anybody got any suggestions as to where i might find a birth date eg**/**/** Thanks lnr
Hi lnr
Following on from what mckh489 has suggested, if you type "old age pensions" into Archive New Zealand's search bar, you'll get 606 results -- giving various types of related records, NZ locations and dates.
You'll probably need to have an idea of where the person lived (area), and an approximate year of when they would have been making such an application.
~ Lu
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Has there been any records of applicants for elderly benefits in Nz before 1949.
Or has anybody got any suggestions as to where i might find a birth date eg**/**/** Thanks lnr
Hi again lnr
Can you clarify please if you are only wanting a pension record, in order to find a birth date ??
Are you able to give us any other information on the person / birth date you are seeking ??
It maybe that there is an easier route for locating such info that we can assist you with ???
~ Lu
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Hi His name was George Johnson born abt 1869 ? Norfolk England from 1886 lived nz Married Cust 1891 Died Cust 1949. no birth dates on any certs. thanks lnr
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What information is on the 1891 marriage certificate?
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WW1 Service Record of Son has him born Yarmouth, Norfolk
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Headstone in the Cust-West Eyreton cemetery gives year of birth as 1869.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188155338/george-johnson
Minniehaha.
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yes we know that he was saying he was born abt 1869 in Yarmouth and i want to know what day what month what year more or less exactly as he could have told his wife anything and it has gone from there thanks lnr
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yes we know that he was saying he was born abt 1869 in Yarmouth and i want to know what day what month what year more or less exactly as he could have told his wife anything and it has gone from there thanks lnr
.... but what makes you say "he could have told his wife anything" ???
* What exactly makes you think that HE WASN'T BORN YARMOUTH, NORFOLK in or about 1869 ??
~ Lu
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hi That the story goes he jumped ship in nz abt 1886 and says on marriage cert in country 5 years. If you were on the run from the law would you tell all plus no matter where I and others have looked for him cant find Some say he had a cockney accent & born in London? possibly if he was a sailor when quite young would pick this up I know I have put this on here before but trying every which way I can thanks lnr
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Previous thread
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=779096.msg7035670#msg7035670
Can you please give the details of his birth exactly as they are presented on his marriage and on the birth certificates of his children
Did you rule out the Berwick one last post on the old thread?
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after reading the article on the old age pension) makes me wonder wether he would have been able to get it if he didnt have a birth cert. Maybe some births & marriages are missing for Yarmouth. Marriage says birth Yarmouth Norfolk. Father William JOHNSON(labourer) mother Eliza WHITE.Elevin children have not got all births too expensive 1st child charlotte Anne may 5th 1892 west Eyreton George johnson aged 22 father born Yarmouth Norfolk Mary Anne Johnson ( mother). 2nd child Dinah Elizabeth b.June 11th 1893 F. George Johnson age 22 Yarmouth Norfolk Mary Anne Johnson (mother) West Eyreton (present)Georges death 1949 17th August chch general lab. Father William JOHNSON Mother Eliza nee WHITE born Yarmouth Norfolk in country 62 years marrried at age 21. cant find him on any census either in Norfolk as any that have been posibble i have back tracked their family histories as much as possible and discounted them Thanks Lnr