There is a Father & Son with the name James Joseph BIRCHLEY.
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There was a Helen SHEARER born in NZ in 1856 & Died in 1940 (84y), She then married James BIRCHLY in 1872:
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NZ Marriage:

Year 1872
Folio 0311
Surname SHEARER
Given Names Helen
Sex F
Spouse BIRCHLY James Joseph D:1908 58y
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I wonder if the marriage records have spelt this BIRCHLY wrong as there is no one else married in NZ with that last name or even born with that last name.
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In the "Foxton directory - 1883"

BIRCHLEY J, billiard saloon
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"1885 Foxton Directory" shows:

Birchly J. billiard saloon
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I think the correct spelling is BIRCHLEY as there are then
10x Children Born to a Helen & Joseph James BIRCHLEY:

B:1878 Joseph James
B:1880 Walter Lionel D:1966 86y
B:1882 Malcolm Sydney D:1939 57y
B:1885 Hilda May
B:1886 Laura Ethel D:1956 70y
B:16 April 1889 Kate Myrtle D:1981
B:1891 Maurice George D:1973 81y
B:24 July 1893 Alma Josephine
B:11 June 1896 Muriel Edith D:1974
B:1898 Henrietta Gertrude

There are also Twins I belive are from the same family:

B: 1874 Alice Maud D:1959 84y
B:1874 Helen Amelia
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These children then married in NZ:
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Year 1910
Folio 0742
Surname BIRCHLEY
Given Names Walter Lionel
Sex M
Spouse PALENSKI Eda Mary Florence D:1965 78y
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Year 1913
Folio 1048
Surname BIRCHLEY
Given Names Hilda May D:1915 30y
Sex F
Spouse OLIPHANT John Dalrymple D:1940 77y
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Year 1935
Folio 04645
Surname BIRCHLEY
Given Names Maurice George
Sex M
Spouse PARK Rita Ellen D:1970 65y
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Year 1924
Folio 09683
Surname BIRCHLEY
Given Names Alma Josephine D:1983
Sex F
Spouse GOODING Wallace Royal D:1961 74y
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Year 1927
Folio 06373
Surname BIRCHLEY
Given Names Henrietta Gertrude
Sex F
Spouse BROWN Alexander Joseph John Samuel (still alive?)
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Year 1897
Folio 3002
Surname BIRCHLEY
Given Names Helen Amelia D:1943 68y
Sex F
Spouse PARK William Joseph Thomas D:1927 68y
____________________________________________________________Also a Kathleen May BIRCHLEY D:1884 8mths