Intentions to Marry, 1911 Auckland, Taranaki

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840445, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1911 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, (1911a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1911b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1911c).

Page 504

District of Morrinsville Quarter ending 31 December 1911 Registrar B. Barles

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

26 October 1911

Ngatita
Rangiamohia

[Name: Range Amohia Exact Gender: Male Marriage Year: 1911 Exact Marriage Place: New Zealand Spouse: Ngetita Relation: Bridegroom Folio Number: 8588]

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
32

Matamata
Matamata

28 years
2 years

Registrar's office, Morrinsville

11/8588

26 October 1911

G. Illingworth

No	14
Date of Notice	26 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ngatita	Rangiamohia
	💍 [Name: Range Amohia Exact Gender: Male Marriage Year: 1911 Exact Marriage Place: New Zealand Spouse: Ngetita Relation: Bridegroom Folio Number: 8588]
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	32
Dwelling Place	Matamata	Matamata
Length of Residence	28 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Morrinsville
Folio	11/8588
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 October 1911
Officiating Minister	G. Illingworth

4 November 1911

Robert Emmet Burke
Masa Inez Rebecca Garland

Robert Emmet Burke
Nada Inez Rebecca Garland
💍 1911/7826

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

26
18

Matamata
Matamata

2 years
5 years

Catholic Church

11/7757

4 November 1911

W. F. Murphy

No	15
Date of Notice	4 November 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Emmet Burke	Masa Inez Rebecca Garland
BDM Match (96%)	Robert Emmet Burke	Nada Inez Rebecca Garland
	💍 1911/7826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	18
Dwelling Place	Matamata	Matamata
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church
Folio	11/7757
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1911
Officiating Minister	W. F. Murphy

Frederick William Greenwood
Louisa Mateer

Frederick William Greenwood
Louisa Matur
💍 1911/7612

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachpainter
Domestic

24
21

Morrinsville
Matamata

4 months
6 years

Anglican Church, Matamata

11/7714

18 November 1911

Jas. C. L. Fussell

No	16
Date of Notice
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Greenwood	Louisa Mateer
BDM Match (92%)	Frederick William Greenwood	Louisa Matur
	💍 1911/7612
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachpainter	Domestic
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Morrinsville	Matamata
Length of Residence	4 months	6 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Matamata
Folio	11/7714
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1911
Officiating Minister	Jas. C. L. Fussell

2 December 1911

Charles Henry Mason
Margaret Josephine Reed

Charles Henry Mason
Margaret Josephine Read
💍 1911/7703

Bachelor
Spinster

Surfaceman
Domestic

29
19

Walton
Morrinsville

16 months
8 years

Residence of Thomas Reed

11/7785

2 December 1911

Rev. J. Turnbull

No	17
Date of Notice	2 December 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Mason	Margaret Josephine Reed
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Henry Mason	Margaret Josephine Read
	💍 1911/7703
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surfaceman	Domestic
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Walton	Morrinsville
Length of Residence	16 months	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Reed
Folio	11/7785
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Turnbull

9 December 1911

Stephen Louis Gilbert Whitwell
Blanche Winifred Whitwell

Stephen Louis Gilbert
Blanche Winifrede Whitwell
💍 1911/8291

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

28
21

Hinuera
Tapapa

5 1/2 years
21 years

Residence of Thomas Whitwell, Tapapa

11/8292

9 December 1911

Rev. A. J. Reed

No	18
Date of Notice	9 December 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Louis Gilbert Whitwell	Blanche Winifred Whitwell
BDM Match (83%)	Stephen Louis Gilbert	Blanche Winifrede Whitwell
	💍 1911/8291
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Hinuera	Tapapa
Length of Residence	5 1/2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Whitwell, Tapapa
Folio	11/8292
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 December 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Reed

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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 1908. 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).