Intentions to Marry, 1899 July-December

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840416, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Carole at Archives NZ Wellington (now located in the National Library reading room), September 5 2025

1899 is bound in two volumes, January-June and July-December.

Page 724

District of Hunterville Quarter ending 31 December 1899 Registrar Harry Miles Thrupp

No	Date of Notice	Names and Surnames of Parties	BDM Match	Condition	Calling or Profession	Age	Dwelling Place	Length of Residence	Marriage Place	Folio	Consent	Date of Certificate	Officiating Minister
146	4 October 1899	George Walter Drake Morris Matilda Albertina Kregar	George Walter Drake Morris Matilda Albertina Kreger 💍 1899/3219	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher Domestic	26 23	Hunterville Silverhope	12 years 12 years	Mr D. Mcaa's private residence Silverhope			5 October 1899	Revd Martin, Hunterville
147	21 October 1899	Jeremiah Buckley Elizabeth Margaret Green	Jeremiah Buckley Elisabeth Margaret Green 💍 1899/4721	Bachelor Spinster	Laborer Dress-maker	32 24	Mangaweka Mangaweka	7 years 5 years	Mrs Green's private Residence Mangaweka	99/4408		21 October 1899	Rev Father Le Preaux, Mangaweka
148	30 October 1899	Francis Thomas Joyce Florence Annie Pearson	Francis Thomas Joyce Florence Annie Pearson 💍 1899/4719	Bachelor Spinster	Laborer Domestic	30 21	Taihape Ohingaiti	3 years 8 years	Registrar's Office Hunterville	99/4406		30 October 1899	District Registrar (H M Thrupp), Hunterville
149	10 November 1899	Alexander Robert Small Elizabeth Mary Ann Stewart	Alex Robert Small Elizabeth Mary Ann Stewart 💍 1899/4788	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Domestic	28 25	Utiku Mangahoe	3 years 2 1/2 years	Mr Stewart's private Residence Mangahoe (Hunterville)	99/4491		10 November 1899	Revd D. Grant, Marton
150	10 November 1899	Jeremiah Lonergan Mary Copley formerly Mahoney	Jeremiah Lonergan Mary Cooper 💍 1899/5196	Bachelor Widow	Farmer Domestic	40 36	Hunterville Hunterville	10 years 8 years	Roman Catholic Church Hunterville	99/5297		10 November 1899	Rev. Father Sullivan, Kivitea
151	18 November 1899	Herbert Parker Mary Catherine Gloyn	Herbert Parker Mary Catherine Floyd 💍 1899/4722	Bachelor Spinster	Settler Domestic	27 24	Ohingaiti Utiku	4 months 1 year	George Gloyn's Residence Utiku	99/4409		18 November 1899	Rev. Gabriel Relton, Mangaweka
152	9 December 1899	Henry Twomey Carver Olive Emily Alariays	Henry Tweedy Carver Olive Emily Aldridge 💍 1900/449	Bachelor Spinster	Storeman Domestic	27 21	Taihape Ohingaiti	2 years 6 years	Mr Alariay's private residence Ohingaiti	00/417		9 December 1899	Rev. J. L. Dove, Hunterville
153	28 December 1899	John Gillies Louisa Clara Shergold	John Gillies Louisa Clara Shergold 💍 1899/4720	Bachelor Spinster	Laborer Domestic	32 18	Ohingaiti Ohingaiti	4 years 3 years	Registrar's Office Ohingaiti	99/4407	Samuel Shergold, Father	28 December 1899	District Registrar (H M Thrupp), Hunterville
154	29 December 1899	Frederick Francis Hilleur Sophia Sarah Herbert	Frederick Francis Helleur Sophia Sarah Herbert 💍 1900/448	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Domestic	31 19	Pahiatua Pahiatua	9 years 4 years	Registrar's Office Hunterville	00/416		29 December 1899	District Registrar (H M Thrupp), Hunterville
155	30 December 1899	Thomas Perry Marion Cochrane McQueen	Thomas Perry Marion Cochrane McQueen 💍 1900/521	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter Domestic	40 31	Mangaweka Mangaweka	6 years 4 years	Registrar's Office Hunterville	00/466		30 December 1899	District Registrar (H M Thrupp), Hunterville
156	30 December 1899	William Tawara Bryant Margaret May Hammond	William Edward Bryant Margaret Mary Hammond 💍 1900/451	Bachelor Spinster	Postmaster Domestic	26 19	Mangaweka Ohingaiti	4 months 7 years	Presbyterian Church Ohingaiti	00/418	Richard Hammond, Father	30 December 1899	Revd D. Grant, Marton

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1899. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).