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by mrsbruso , Tuesday, October 01, 2013, 02:22 (4066 days ago) @ Jefff

Any chance this was your man? There are some google references to Leatham's mining in NZ.

•ID: I144080
•Reference Number: 144080
•Name: George LEATHAM
•Given Name: George
•Surname: Leatham
•Sex: M
•Change Date: 29 NOV 2012
•Reference Number: U71073 ENG NZL
•Birth: 1836 in ____________________, Beckford, Gloucestershire, England
•Religion: Baptist
•Census: 07 JUN 1841
•Census: 30 MAR 1851
•Occupation: bootmaker
•Census: 07 APR 1861
•Census: 02 APR 1871
•Immigration: 20 NOV 1874 'Waitangi', ____________, Auckland, New Zealand
•Residence: Leatham Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand
•Note: later moving to Wellington
•Death: 08 APR 1894 in Wellington Hospital, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
•Burial: 10 APR 1894 Karori (Taita Old ?) Cemetery, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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