James William Blackett, 1855–1905 (aged 49 years)
- Name
- James William /Blackett/
- Surname
- Blackett
- Given names
- James William
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| father |
1818–1893
Birth: October 8, 1818
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— Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nthmd. Death: January 8, 1893 — Wellington, New Zealand |
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| mother |
1825–1905
Birth: before February 17, 1825
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— Alnwick, Nthmd. Death: February 4, 1905 — Wellington, New Zealand |
| Marriage | Marriage — February 19, 1851 — Kirk Leavington, Yorks. |
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13 months
elder brother |
1852–1885
Birth: March 6, 1852
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— New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Death: September 13, 1885 — Nelson, New Zealand |
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4 years
himself |
1855–1905
Birth: October 29, 1855
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— New Plymouth, New Zealand Death: August 4, 1905 — Springs, Transvaal, South Africa |
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7 years
younger sister |
1862–1959
Birth: September 22, 1862
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— Nelson, New Zealand Death: April 14, 1959 — Wellington, New Zealand |
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2 years
younger sister |
1864–1953
Birth: August 29, 1864
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— Nelson, New Zealand Death: March 30, 1953 — New Zealand |
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Surveyor for New Zealand Government. In 1889 went to South America, working in engineering, railway construction and mining developments in the Argentine. Divisional Railway Engineer between Mombassa and Victoria Nyanza, East Africa 1895-1903, (where Mount Blackett, Rift Valley, Kenya is named after him). Then Divisional Surveyor for Central South African Railways. |
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