John Julius Wrigley (abt. 1876 - abt. 1937)

Born about 1876 in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa Alice Naden (Mathews) Wrigley — married 1913 in New Zealand

Died about 11 Aug 1937 at about age 61 in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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Biography

He was a chemist in Auckland and Wellington, and later in Tauranga. According to his obituary, "game shooting was one of his favourite pastimes" and he was "regarded as one of the best shots in district". He served on the Tauranga Borough Council for five years.

He married Louisa Alice Naden Matthews in 1913.^[1] A son, Charles Frederick, was born in 1917.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Marriage: 1913/1144 Louisa Alice Naden Matthews and John Julius Wrigley
2. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Birth: 1917/14264 Wrigley Charles Frederick Parents - Louisa Alice Naden and John Julius

• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-H2X6 : 27 November 2017), John Julius Wrigley, 1876; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1876/424, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.

• https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19370813.2.157?end_date=31-12-1971&items_per_page=10&phrase=2&query=John+Julius+Wrigley&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=01-01-1868

• https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19371030.2.150?end_date=31-12-1971&items_per_page=10&phrase=2&query=John+Julius+Wrigley&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=01-01-1868

• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-61G6 : 4 January 2018), John Julius Wrigley, 1937; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1937/26814, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.

• Archives New Zealand - Letters of Administration - WRIGLEY John Julius - Tauranga - Chemist

• "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLD-XT9M : 8 September 2019), John Julius Wrigley, 11 Aug 1937; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland.