Records of Bill Meates on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Bill Meates in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bill Meates and the Meates Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Meates Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Meates family tree.

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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Bill Meates. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Bill Meates

Bill Meates (rugby union)

William Anthony Meates (26 May 1923 – 1 February 2003) was a New Zealand rugby union player, soldier and school teacher.

He was born in Greymouth in 1923, and was an elder brother of Kevin Meates. He received his education at Marist Brothers' School and at St Bede's College in Christchurch. A wing three-quarter, Bill Meates represented and at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1949 and 1950. He played 20 matches for the All Blacks including seven internationals.

Rejected for military service as an 18-year-old because of flat feet, Meates graduated from Christchurch Teachers' Training College in 1944. While there he served as vice-president of the student union, and his future wife Nancy was president. He was subsequently accepted for military service. However, by the time his contingent reached Egypt, Germany had surrendered. Following the end of the war, he toured Britain and France with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force rugby team, known as the "Kiwis", playing in 13 matches.

Back in New Zealand, worked as a teacher and studied at Canterbury University College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1954. He taught at Aranui High School in Christchurch for 25 years, rising to deputy principal. As chairman of Sacred Heart Girls' College, he was influential in the integration of Catholic schools into the state system.

With his wife Nancy, Meates had 10 children. He died at Christchurch on 1 February 2003, and was buried at Ruru Lawn Cemetery.

Source: Bill Meates (rugby union), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Meates

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