The following list of names of the Probates, Wills and Letters of Administration was taken from the site PROBATES & WILLS South Canterbury which was a partial listing off Archways. Date of Probate may not indicate year of death - some were found to be more than 2 or 3 years prior. Treat as a guide only to further research.
Years in brackets are my additions and may not be exact

probates 1871-1899
probates 1900s
probates 1910s
probates 1920s

1900
McCALLUM Daniel - Epworth - Bacon Curer
HILL Jacob - Timaru - Grocer
JACKSON Hinman - Pareora - Farmer
STEWART Robert Erskine - Totara Valley - Farmer
ADAMS Annie Jane - Beaconsfield - Wife of Alexr.
LIDDY Joseph - Timaru - Dredge Master
McLENNAN Kenneth - Pareora - Farmer
YOUDALE Hugh - Claremont - Farmer
GAFFANEY Thomas John - Temuka - Labourer
BUCKLEY Philip - Orari - Farmer
GEANEY Margaret - Arowhenua - Spinster
DALGLEISH Thomas Virtue - Timaru - Warehouseman
MOODY Anne - Timaru - Widow
WAKE William Henry - Timaru - Settler
PIGEON Alfred Frederick - Timaru - Farmer
PASSMORE Harriet - Timaru - Carters Wife
PASSMORE John Sylvester - Timaru - Carter
STORRIER John - Timaru - Ironfounder
ARRAS Christian - Levels Plains - Farmer
WILSON Mathew - Fairlie - Farmer

1901
CHAPMAN William - Temuka - Gardener
BUTT Charles James - Timaru - Plasterer
EGAN Jeremiah - Timaru - Hotel Keeper
HULL Herbert George James - Timaru - Insp. of Stock
WILKINSON James - Geraldine - Farmer
THOMSON Boyd - Temuka - Butcher
SMITH Robert Edward - Timaru - Farrier
PUTTICK John - Scarborough - Labourer
HERBERT Julia - Timaru - Farmer
SLATER William - Arowhenua - Labourer
PATRICK William (elder) - Kakahu - Farmer
SPOONER Joseph - Temuka - Boarding H Kpr
FODEN Henry - Timaru - Settler
MEEHAN Patrick - Timaru - Labourer
LAWRIE George - St. Andrews - Threshing miller
MAHAN Archibald - Rangitata & Geraldine - Schoolmaster
PROWSE Israel - Timaru - Labourer
FRUDE Mary - Geraldine - wife of William
HADDEN William - Timaru - Farm Labourer
KELLY William - Timaru - Platelayer
PINCH William - Timaru - Labourer
ELLIOTT James - Timaru - Gardener
THOMSON John - Timaru - Stevedore
CHRISTIE Sophia - Timaru - Widow
HENNESSEY James - Timaru - Labourer
BROGDEN Elizabeth - Temuka - Married Woman
BROWN Francis - Winchester - Farmer
MORGAN John - Timaru - Master Mariner
McKENNAH Anne - Timaru - Widow
HULLEN John - Timaru - Settler
IRVINE Adam - Woodbury - Farmer
KENNEDY Ellen - Geraldine - Widow
WAUGH Thomas - Timaru - Gardener
OUIMETTE George Marquis - Palmerston North - Hotel Manager
McLEAN Flora - Fairlie - Widow
QUINN Michael - Temuka - Farmer

1902
RAY Walter - Pleasant Point - Carpenter
OXBY William - Timaru - Boatman
SHARP Richard - Kakahu - Farmer
JACKSON Amy Elizabeth - Pareora - wife of George
MORRISON Lavinia - Timaru - Widow
CHALKER Flora - Fairlie - Married Woman
LE CREN Frederic - Timaru - Manager
PELVIN Richard - Timaru - Farmer
COUNIHAN Edward - Kerrytown - Farmer
McILROY Samuel - Geraldine - Retired Farmer
PYE James Willcocks - Geraldine - Draper
HALL Betty - Timaru - Widow
SCOTT Mary Ann Elizabeth - Woodbury - Married Woman
GRAY Valentine - Timaru - Labourer
MUNRO John Alexander - Timaru - Farmer
SEDERMAN Frederick - Timaru - Labourer
GIBSON Mary Ann - Timaru - wife of John S
LAWRENSON James - Rangitata & Timaru - Farmer
SQUIRE Thomas - Woodbury - Farmer
BATES Sampson Taylor - Temuka - Painter
BLACKMORE John Davy - Upper Makikihi - Farmer
COE Charles - Otaio - Farmer
RICE Ellen - Timaru - Widow
WILLIAMS Richard - Waitohi - Farmer
CRERAR John - Timaru - Tailor
SCOTT Walter - Mackenzie Country - Labourer
McLEOD Alexander - Woodbury - Gentleman
FIELD Edmund Alfred - Timaru - Stock Inspector
RADDON Edwin - Timaru - Master Mariner
WILLIAMS William Leslie P - Timaru - Station hand
ALLEN Anne - Christchurch - Widow
SIMPSON Anne - Albury - wife of Thomas D
CRAFER Harriet - Geraldine - Married Woman
COLLETT Henry - Opihi - Farmer
CLARKE James - Timaru - Tinsmith
McCASKILL John Angus - Temuka - Baker
WHITEHEAD Edward - Temuka - Storeman
IRVINE John - Geraldine - Farmer
GRAHAM Agnes Thomson - Temuka - Married Woman
DUNNAGE Charles John - Pleasant Point - Carrier
BLYTH James the younger - Temuka - Clerk
GARDNER Henry - Timaru - Gentleman
TAYLOR Margaret Elizabeth - Timaru - Wife
ELDER Magdalen - Timaru - Widow
KILLEY Fanny - Pleasant Point - Wife
CULLMANN Helen - Timaru - Wife
GIBB David Duke - Timaru - Engineer
FITZGERALD Thomas - Seadown - Platelayer

1903
DILLON Ellen - Scarborough
McBEATH Donald - Totara Valley - Gentleman
BERRY William - Geraldine - Builder
MORGAN Sarah - Timaru - wife of Robert
O'DRISCOLL Mary - Timaru - Widow
WRIGHT John Wyatt - Temuka - Farmer
FRANCIS Patrick - Temuka - Labourer
MENDELSON Wallingford - Timaru - Solicitor
DILLON Thomas Farmer - Scarborough - Farmer
ACKROYD William - Temuka - Farmer
QUIRK John - Timaru - Labourer
SUTTER James Hutchison - Timaru - Gentleman
ANDERSON Robert - Pleasant Point - Farmer
LEARY Daniel - Hilton - Farmer
GAPES William - Geraldine - Farmer
WEAVER William - Geraldine - Farmer
McGREGOR Fergus - Timaru - Farmer
TAYLOR George - Timaru - Gardener
CROCKER Emma - Peel Forest - wife of William
McLENNAN Kenneth - Pareora - Farmer
KERR Elizabeth - Timaru - wife of Edward G.
HENDERSON Mary - Temuka - wife of William
LOUGH Mary Ann - Timaru - wife of Edwin H.
AUSTIN Jesse James - Cricklewood - Farmer
LUXMORE Mary Eliza - Timaru - Widow
QUINN Nicholas - Makikihi - Farmer
DUNCAN George Edwin - Timaru - Draper
ANDERSON Alexander George - Timaru - Clerk
AUSTIN Priscilla Ann - Temuka - wife of Richard
COOK John - Pleasant Point - Farmer
SEALY Edward Percy - Timaru - Gentleman
DOPPING Anthony John - Fairlie - Commission Agent
IRWIN Robert - Timaru - Gardener
GUILBERT Henry - Timaru - Storekeeper
SHAW Dugald - Timaru - Commercial Agent
MACDONALD James Archibald - Timaru - Mariner
BRUCE James - Timaru - Merchant
NORTON Mary Ann Elizabeth - Temuka - Widow

1904
BRACEFIELD Jonathan - Orari - Engine Driver
CAMERON Edward Hume - Waimate - Farmer
ACKROYD Edmund Jonathan - Temuka - Farmer
ARMSTRONG Isaac - Peel Forest - Blacksmith
HEAD John Wesley - Temuka - Farmer
JEFFRIES George - Rangitata - Farmer
ROBERTSON Duncan - Timaru - Gentleman
ALLEN Eleanor - Timaru - Married Women
KING James - Timaru - Livery Stablekp
RIDDLE Mary - Timaru - Spinster
REID John - Timaru - Labourer
HIGGS John - Timaru - Farmer
WALKER Thomas Amos - Timaru - Blacksmith
THOMSON Lucy Alice Dyke - Mt. Peel Rangitata - Married Woman
KELLAND Mary Carlisle - Rangitata - Widow
CHADWICK Hiram - Timaru - Labourer
LACK John - Gleniti - Labourer
ACTON Edward Ottery - Argentine - Farmer
RAE Simon - Peel Forest - Farmer
EDWARDS Annie - Temuka - wife of Thomas
FISHER Arthur Edward - Timaru - Bag Manfctr
DEMUTH William - Temuka - Butcher
HOSKING Mary Ann - Timaru - Widow
GORMAN Thomas - Timaru - Blacksmith
WADE James - Timaru - Labourer
PRATTLEY Walter Eli - Temuka - Farmer
BAIN Donald - Burkes Pass - Farmer
RICHARDS Johanna - Timaru - Wife /Thomas
BULL Thomas - Pleasant Valley - Gentleman
COULTER Elizabeth - Rangitata - Widow
PETRIE John - Timaru - Builder
COOK William Henry - Pleasant Point - Farmer
FITZGERALD Gerard George - Timaru - Newspap. Editor
MEYER John - Temuka - Gentleman
McLEOD James - Sutherlands - Farmer
MAZE John - Milford - Farmer
BENNETT James - Timaru - Gentleman
COLEMAN Hannah - Pleasant Point - Widow
HART Andrew - Timaru - Coll. of Customs
ELDER Elspet - Pleasant Pt & Temuka - Widow
SIMPSON William - Totata Valley & Timaru - Gentleman
VANCE Isabella - Timaru - wife of John
HAAR Hedwig - Winchester - Widow
GRIPP Hans Christian - Woodbury - Settler
BRACEFIELD Livinia Ann - Timaru - wife of George
PRATTLEY Eli - Temuka - Farmer
SWEET William - Temuka - Nurseryman
O'DRISCOLL Mary - Timaru - wife of William
LAWSON Henry - Temuka - Labourer
FAUVEL Louis - Temuka - RC Priest
McPHEDRAN Duncan - Timaru - Farmer
McQUEEN Robert - Timaru - Gentleman
THOMPSON Andrew - Timaru - Plumber
PATERSON Mary Elizabeth - Temuka - Spinster
BELL Joseph - Upper Pareora - Farmer
SHEARS Samuel - Timaru - Brickmaker
BURFIELD Jane - Timaru - Widow
GRANT Jessie - Pleasant Point - wife of John
HOSKIN Ellen Louisa - St. Andrews - Married Woman
MARSHALL Thomas - St. Andrews - Farmer
WARD William Ernest - Beaconsfield - Labourer
GERITY James - Timaru - Labourer

1905
YOUNG William - Otaio - Farmer
GOOSETRY Sarah Ann - Upper Hook - Widow
PRINGLE William - Timaru - Farmer
SMITH John Hancocks - Timaru - Blacksmith
CRAWFORD James Hamilton - Temuka - Labourer
RAPSEY James John - Pareora - Farmer
O'NEIL Richard - Geraldine - Settler
GREENE William - Hilton - Farmer
BECKINGHAM James Edward - Timaru - Cabinet-maker
COMBS Mark - Geraldine & Peel Forest - Gardener
GEDYE David - Timaru - Gardener
GRANT Alexander - Waimate - Station Manager
RAWSTORN Hiram - Timaru - Machine Smith
ROBB James - Timaru - Gentleman
SCARF William - Timaru - Labourer
BETHUNE George - Timaru - Saddler
BURRIDGE Jane - Geraldine - Married Woman
SIMPSON John Irvine - Timaru - Builder
SCULLY William - Orari Bridge,Geraldine - Farmer
BENNET Christina - Timaru - Widow
FORD Ellen - Timaru - wife of Robert
MORTON William - St. Andrews - Farmer
McCASKILL Daniel - Winchester - Wool Merchant
MORLEY Rebecca - Timaru - Widow
WALKER Sarah - Timaru - wife of James
OLDFIELD Henry - Temuka - Farmer
LOUGH Mary Ann - Timaru
MUNRO Hector - Sutherlands - Farmer
GREIG John - Pleasant Point - Farmer
GILLINGHAM David Henry - Fairlie - Sheepfarmer
ADAMS Charles Henry - Mount Parker - Labourer
FOSTER Sarah Jane - Timaru - Widow
ROGERS Robert - Timaru - Baker
BUSH William - Timaru - Gentleman
DUTSON Arthur William - St. Andrews - Storekeeper

1906
HUGHES David - Timaru - Coal Merchant
MACINTYRE John - Pleasant Point - Farmer
MALCOMSON John - Temuka - Contractor
GILLINGHAM Sarah Frances - Lambrook, Fairlie - Spinster
LEY Thomas - Opihi - Farmer
RUSSELL Eliza - Rangitata - wife of Robert J
MACKAY Susannah - Timaru - wife of Donald
RAMSAY Robert - Timaru - Carter
LEE Catherine - Temuka - wife of Henry
ROBERTSON Duncan - Timaru - Carpenter
ELDER Ralph - Woodbury - Labourer
OXBY Henry - Timaru - Contractor
GEANEY Elizabeth Amelia - Makikihi - wife of Humphrey
BROPHY Kyram - Pleasant Valley - Farmer
MILLAR Robert - Timaru - Coal Merchant
SCOTT James Kennear - Winchester - Farmer
ROSS John - Kingsdown - Farmer
TAYLOR Mary Ellen - Timaru - Boarding H Kpr
GRIFFITHS Asaph - Hilton - Blacksmith
PARHAM Francis Jennings - Peel Forest - Farmer
THOMSON James - Totara Valley - Retired Draper
ADAMS Charles - Raincliff - Farmer
ANDERSON Elizabeth Leith - Temuka - wife of John H
ROGERS Henry - Temuka - Labourer
LOW John - Temuka - Farmer
TAEHEN John - Sutherlands - Farmer
STRINGER Edwin - Geraldine - Labourer
CARTWRIGHT Catherine Jane - Pleasant Point - wife of John
CARTWRIGHT John - Pleasant Point - Farmer
McDONALD Lachlan - Burkes Pass - Runholder
HARRIS Mary - Temuka - Widow
BEEDELL William - Opihi - Farmer
CROSBIE James - Timaru - Woollen Manuf.
BLACKMORE Ann - Southburn - wife of James
TIFFIN James - Makikihi - Labourer
DRYSDALE Margaret - Timaru - Widow
OGILVIE Andrew Alexander - Timaru - Grocers Assistant
WEBB William Burgess - Timaru - Pensioner
CLINCH Mary Ann - Temuka - wife of Stephen
SUGRUE Timothy - Belfield - Farmer
KERR Edward George - Timaru - Journalist
THOREAU Jane - Claremont - Married Woman
SMITH Robert - Timaru - Gentleman
ADAMSON Margaret - Albury - wife of Thomas
BURNS Alexander - Fairlie - Seaman

1907
TOWNER John - Orari - Labourer
WRIGHT John (the elder) - Rangitata Island - Farmer
ELLIS Lydia - Timaru - Widow
PARK James Calvert - Hadlow Timaru - Farm Manager
GILMOUR Michael - Pleasant Point - Farmer
SMITH Louisa - Winchester - Married Woman
BOND William Henry - Cave - Butcher
McILROY Eliza - Geraldine - Widow
FINLAYSON Rebecca - Arundel - Married Woman
BRYAN Samuel George - Timaru - Hotelkeeper
STEWART Robert Eskine - Totara Valley - Farmer
WHITE Agnes Mary - Timaru - Spinster
FRIEL Daniel - Pleasant Point - Farmer
HOOPER John - Temuka - Labourer
MORRIS Annie Elden - Timaru - Spinster
WHITTAKER John - Timaru - Ret. Bootmaker
McATEER Owen - Upper Waitohi - Farmer
KIMBER Eliza - Timaru - Widow
PUTTICK Maria Moody - Timaru - Widow
GREGAN James - Pleasant Valley - Farmer
FILSHIE George - Geraldine - Settler
MORRISON Hugh - Geraldine - Labourer
MEREDITH George (younger) - Hilton - Contractor
SCHAAB Anton - Timaru - Boatman
COLLINS John - Totara Downs - Farmer
BATEMAN Caleb - Temuka - Threshing M.P.
MURRAY Janet - Timaru - Widow
MACRAE John - Timaru -
MURRAY John - Waiwera Clinton/Timaru - Farmer
MCEVOY Peter - Fairlie - Laborer
ELMS Robert - Otipua near Timaru - Farmer
WILKINSON Annie - Timaru - Spinster
COOK Frances - Timaru - Gardener
MCLEAN Allan Hugh - Foyers Fairlie - Farmer
D'AUVERGNE Lucretia Adele - Makikihi - Married Woman
COE Sarah Jane - Timaru - Widow
WILLIAMS Dorothy Josephine - Christchurch - Married Woman
STEVENSON James Orr - Timaru - Labourer
JONAS Moss - Timaru - Commission Agent
WHITEHEAD Fanny - Temuka - Widow
BAKER Thomas - Timaru - Grain Grader
MASLIN Hannah - Geraldine - Married Woman
MERCER Thomas - Hook - Farmer
SNUSHALL William - Fairlie - Labourer

1908
LAWSON William - Timaru - Auctioneer
KENNEDY Robert - Timaru - Bailiff
HALL Frederick Emil Sophus - Timaru - Contractor
GIBSON Ophelia - Geraldine - Widow -
RATT Edward - Timaru - Retired Railway Clerk -
WALSH William - Rosewill, Levels Timaru - Farmer
PARMENTER John - Timaru - Blacksmith
FLEMMING James - Timaru - Gardener
SPILLANE Stephen - Temuka - Labourer
BOYS Sydney Arthur - Timaru - Clerk
HUGHES James - Waitohi flat - Threshing Mill Owner
HODGSON William - Cannington - Farmer
DAY Elizabeth Ann - Pleasant Point - Married Woman
IRVINE Robert - Timaru - Gentleman
CHIVERS Charles - Beaconfield - Storekeeper
DOAK Joseph - Timaru - Labourer
HOUSTON Mary Matilda - Timaru - Widow
FINCH Emma Lydia - Geraldine - Married Woman
FIELDING Frederick - Claremont Timaru - Farmer
COTTER Edmund Rogerson - Timaru - Settler
CLARK Mary - Timaru - Widow
RIDDLE John - Fairlie - Builder
FRASER William - Timaru - Farmer
EGAN Nora - Timaru - Widow
QUINN Hannah - Timaru - Married Woman
SHUTE James - Timaru - Bootmaker
LEWIS John - Timaru - Gardener
HESSELL Henry Charles - Timaru - Coal Merchant
FEELY James - Timaru - Carpenter
YOUNG Sarah Jane - Timaru - Married woman
ANDERSON Edith - Colyton near Feilding - Married Woman
CRAMPTON Philip Douglas - Timaru - Contractor
MCKIE Ellen - Timaru - Widow
BARTRUM Charlotte Amy - Raincliff Pleasant Point - Married Woman
BERRY Daniel - Timaru - Bricklayer
BELL Mary Ann - Upper Pareora - Spinster
BLACK Walter - Pleasant Point - Farmer
SMITH William - Southburn near Timaru - Farmer
WEDERELL Maria - St Andrews - Married Woman
MERRY Helen - Timaru - Married Woman

1909
McKAY Donald - Kakahu Bush
VANCE John - Timaru
DOYLE Jane - Timaru - wife of James
BLACKLER John Garland - Waimatatai
GRIGSON Ann - Waimate - Widow
RYDER Patrick - Waimate - Labourer
SULLIVAN Morthy Joseph - Hakataramea - Hotel Keeper
BENBOW William - Waitohi - Farmer
COLLINS Alice - Timaru - Widow
CULBERT Thomas - Clandeboye - Farmer
BROWN John - Wakanui - Farmer
JACKSON John - Timaru - Merchant
BOYD Donald John - Pleasant Point - Farmer
CAIRNS William John - Timaru - Farmer
McLEOD Donald - Riverslea - Farmer
SHAW Daniel - Co. Chester Eng - Clerk/Holy Ord
O'LOUGHLIN Michael - Temuka - Farmer
BOWDEN William Cracknell - Farmer
THOMSON Walter Robert - Timaru - Compositor
BISHOP Arthur - Salisbury - Gardener
PRICE Charles Walter - Ashburton - Grocer
CAMERON Joseph Feltoe - Timaru - Carpenter
OGILVIE John - Fairlie - Labourer
GOSLING Margaret Maria - Levels
BAKER William - Geraldine - Chemist
ATWILL Annie - Waimate
LANE Frederick - Waimate - Farmer
JACKSON Swinscho - Ashburton - Labourer
CARRICK Bridget - Wainono - Widow
ARCHIBALD George - Morven - Farmer
MAIER Joseph - Timaru - Carpenter
CHALMERS Peter - Ashburton
MEGSON Joseph - Ashburton - Labourer
ORMSBY Charles Montague - Cave - Farmer
HARDIE William Johnston - Hook Waimate - Farmer
ADAMSON Moses - Otaio - Farmer
CLOTHIER Susan - Tinwald
SHEARER William - Timaru - Labourer
KEMP Samuel - Ashburton - Shoemaker
BAMFIELD Elizabeth - Timaru - Widow
AITKEN Ellen - Opihi Pleasant Point - Widow
ALLPRESS Jonathan - Timaru - Sauce Manufacturer
WILLIAMS James Clemens - St Andrews - Farmer
NORTH Benjamin Joseph - Timaru - Painter
DEAN John - Geraldine - Carrier
PONSONBY Thomas William - Timaru - Accountant
BURR Charles - Timaru - Carrier
RAPSEY Catherine - Pareora Timaru - Widow
GULSKOSKI Frederick - Orari Bridge Geraldine - Contractor

probates 1871-1899
probates 1900s
probates 1910s
probates 1920s