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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Births, Deaths, And Marriages Registry

Births, Deaths, And Marriages Registry.

The office of the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for Wellington District, is situated on the ground floor of the New Zealand Government Insurance Buildings. Mr. W. T. Wyatt, who is also Registrar of Electors, is in charge.

Mr. William Thomas Wyatt, Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Registrar of Electors for Wellington, is an old Government officer. Born in Buckinghamshire in 1816, and educated at Bushey, Hertsfordshire, Mr. Wyatt was apprenticed to a law stationer in London. In 1847 he came out to Victoria, where he was connected with a sheep-station at Geelong, becoming under-superintendent for about three years. He subsequently went to the Californian goldfields, where he had a short experience as a gold-seeker. After returning to Victoria, it was not long before Mr. Wyatt crossed the Tasman Sea and took up his abode in New Zealand. In 1857 he settled in Wellington, and entering the Crown Lands Department, held the position of clerk till 1881. During this long period of office he served under the Hon. Sir F. D. Bell, Sir William Fox, Sir W. Fitzherbert, and other distinguished politicians. For some years Mr. J. G. Holdsworth was Commissioner of Crown Lands, and when that gentleman became Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Mr. Wyatt was appointed Deputy-Registrar. This was on the 1st of November, 1880. On the death of his chief about five years later he became Registrar, and still holds this important office. Mr. Wyatt was married in St Paul's Church, Melbourne to Miss Thrift, of Uxbridge, Middlesex, and has two daughters.

Mr. WM. T. Wyatt.

Mr. WM. T. Wyatt.