William arrived in New Zealand on the Ayrshire in 1906 as an Marine Engineer to work in Wellington on steam trains. He moved to Tauranga around 1913 then to the gold mines in Waihi, Waikino and Thames.
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This is the only photo of William Brister found in an old book about Tauranga (close up of the above image below). He is the third from the left with hands on hips.
| Year: | 1882, 1906, and 1936 |
| First Names: | William John |
| Last Name: | Brister |
| Date of Birth: | 5 June 1882 |
| Place of Birth: | Whitton Middlesex |
| Country of birth: | England |
| Date of death: | 23 June 1936 |
| Place of death: | Thames Hospital |
| Place of burial: | Thames Cemetary |
| Family Surname: | Brister |
| Occupation: | Marine Engineer |
| First settled: | Wellington |
| Date of Arrival: | August 1906 |
| Name of the ship: | Ayrshire |
| Date of sailing: | 23rd June 1906 |
| Place of settlement in Bay of Plenty: | Whakamarama Tauranga |
| Other places of settlement: | Waikino, |
| Later places of settlement: | Thames |
| Port of arrival: | Wellington New Zealand |
| Sailed from: | Liverpool |
| Date of arrival in Bay of Plenty: | 1913-1914 |
| Residential address: | Whitton England |
| Spouses name: | Edith Griffiths |
| Spouses date of birth: | 1879 |
| Spouses place of birth: | Clun Shropshire England |
| Spouses date of death: | 1947 |
| Spouses place of death: | Auckland New Zealand |
| Spouses place of burial: | Auckland New Zealand |
| Spouses nationality: | English |
| Date of marriage: | 1st Dec 1906 |
| Place of marriage: | St Peters Wellington |
| Fathers name: | William Griffiths |
| Fathers date of birth: | 1847 |
| Fathers place of birth: | Harpton, Radnorshire, Wales |
| Fathers date of death: | Sep 1916 |
| Fathers place of death: | Holywell, Flintshire, Wales |
| Fathers nationality: | Welsh |
| Mothers name: | Eliza Rawlings |
| Mothers date of birth: | 1852 |
| Mothers place of birth: | Montgomeryshire Shropshire England |
| Mothers date of death: | 1882 |
| Mothers place of death: | Clun Shropshire England |
| Mothers nationality: | English |
| Name of sibilings: | Kate |
| Name of the children: | Edith |
| Military Service: | Reserve WW2 |
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