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New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1901
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This collection is an index of birth registrations from throughout New Zealand. Records may contain the first and last name of the individual, the name of the father and mother, the birth year of the individual, and the registration number.<br><br>Births have been officially recorded in New Zealand since 1848, and were originally under the jurisdiction of the Colonial Secretary. If a birth was a stillbirth it is indicated in the record. The records in this collection are provided by the New Zealand <a href="http://www.dia.govt.nz/" target="blank">Department of Internal Affairs</a>.
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Eileen May DugganFather: John Duggan
Eileen May Duggan was a New Zealand poet and journalist, from an Irish Roman Catholic family. She worked in Wellington as a journalist, and wrote a weekly article for the Catholic weekly The New Zealand Tablet for almost fifty years. In the 1937 New Year Honours, Duggan was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for contributions to literature in New Zealand.