George William York (13 December 1858 – 11 October 1944) was a New Zealand

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priest from the 1880s onwards.

Early life and family

York was born in Nelson in 1858, the son of Thomas York, a builder and later farmer at Bishopdale, and Emma York (née Edwards). On 7 February 1900, at the Holy Trinity Church,

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, York married Lillian Petrie, the daughter of Joseph Petrie. Lillian York held a diploma as an Associate of tahe Royal College of Music, London, and was the organist at Holy Trinity, Greymouth.

Career

York was educated at

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; and

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in 1885, and

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in 1887. After

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in Lyell,

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and

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, he held incumbencies at Greymouth, Māwhera and

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. He was

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of Māwhera from 1903 until 1919; and archdeacon of

from 1919 to 1930.

Later life and death

Following his retirement, York moved to

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, where his assisted his brother, Reverend Herbert York, for nine years, before going to live in Nelson. York died in at his sister's residence in

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on 11 October 1944, aged 85, and was buried at Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim, alongside his wife, who had died in 1923. A memorial service was held at St Peter's Church,

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, on 22 October.

References

1858 births 1944 deaths People from Nelson, New Zealand 19th-century New Zealand Anglican priests 20th-century New Zealand Anglican priests Archdeacons of Māwhera Archdeacons of Marlborough People educated at Bishopdale College {{NewZealand-reli-bio-stub