He passed away in 1914[2] and was buried in Te Aroha Cemetery, Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand.[3]
Research Notes
The apparent absence of any records for William and his parents on Scotlands People indicates that they may have left Scotland before William's birth and possibly even before the 1851 census. Newsam-80 20:27, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Sources
↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Marriage Registration of William Carmichael and Isabella Biggs ; citing Marriage Certificate 1884/217.
↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-NTFW : 4 January 2018), William Carmichael, 1914; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1914/2862, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
"New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-VCW1 : 12 November 2017), William Carmichael, 1914; citing Hamilton, Hamilton Probates - Second Sequence, 1910-1953, record number 393, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 007097509.
New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16289, 24 July 1916, Page 1
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19160724.2.2.7
IN MEMORIAM
CARMICHAEL.—In loving memory of Richard John, who died at Waihi Hospital on July 24, 1910; also his father, William Carmichael, who died on June 8. 1914, at Manawaru; and also Frederick Alfred, who died on April 10. 1915. at Hamilton Hospital. Oft in lonely grief we sigh. For ones beloved, no longer nigh; Submissive still we will reply Thy will be done. —Inserted by their loving wife and mother family
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: