William Alexander Day (abt. 1861 - 1914)

Born about 1861 in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Husband of Emily Rose (Denham) Day — married 15 Apr 1906 in St Luke's, Christchurch, New Zealand

Died 24 Jan 1914 at about age 53 in Linwood, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

William was born in 1861. William Day ... He passed away in 1914.^[1]

Sources

http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc03Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d17-d8.html

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed. Not sure if the same person: NORTH CANTERBURY INFANTRY BATTALION. LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM ALEXANDER DAY, Commanding the North Canterbury Infantry Battalion, was born in Lyttelton in 1861, and was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and at King's College School, London. After his return to the colony he entered the grain and produce trade, and was for nine years with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, two in Wellington, and seven in Christchurch. He was then for four years and a half with the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association as manager of its grain and produce department, and is now, as stated in another article, in business on his own account in Cashel Street, Christchurch. He was for fourteen years a member of the Christ's College Rifles, and was elected captain of the corps in 1893; in June, 1897, he was promoted to the staff, and gazetted major. On the 1st of August, 1901, he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, in succession to the late Lieutenant-Colonel Francis. Mr. Day is a well-known vocalist of the Liedertafel, of which he is a member. He has a high [gap — reason: illegible] voice, and has frequently sung the [gap — reason: illegible] at concerts and other entertainments. Mr Day has been a member of several [gap — reason: illegible] in Christchurch, and during his residence in Wellington, he was a member of St. Paul's Pre-Cathedral choir. As a Freemason he is at present (1902) Worshipful Master of Lodge St. Albans, 2597, E.C. Standish and Preece, photo.Lieut.-Col. W. A. Day. Standish and Preece, photo. Lieut.-Col. W. A. Day.

• New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950: New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950 Ancestry Record 8949 #2130893

New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950:

• New Zealand, School Registers and Lists, 1850-1967: Ancestry.com. New Zealand, School Registers and Lists, 1850-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: New Zealand, School Registers and Lists, 1852–1967. Ancestry Record 6193 #2267

Death:

• New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937: Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: New Zealand Marriage Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche. Ancestry Record 8950 #819997

Marriage:

• New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007: New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records Ancestry Record 60547 #1293292

Death: