Intentions to Marry, 1911 Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840446, 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).

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District of Hastings Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar Robert Brathwaite

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

4 January 1911

John Walter Hume
Isabel Carr

James Walter Hume
Isabel Carr
💍 1911/956

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Nurse

30
32

Hastings
Hastings

10 months
8 months

Presbyterian Manse, Hastings

11/307

4 January 1911

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	1
Date of Notice	4 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Walter Hume	Isabel Carr
BDM Match (88%)	James Walter Hume	Isabel Carr
	💍 1911/956
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Nurse
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	10 months	8 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Hastings
Folio	11/307
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

4 January 1911

Samuel Alexander Young
Amy Moss

Samuel Alexander Young
Amy Moss
💍 1911/955

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic

33
26

Hastings
Hastings

1 week
1 week

Mrs. Moss' House, Omahu Road

11/306

4 January 1911

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	2
Date of Notice	4 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Alexander Young	Amy Moss
	💍 1911/955
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	Mrs. Moss' House, Omahu Road
Folio	11/306
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

9 January 1911

Frederick William Smith
Esther Bolton

Frederick William Smith
Esther Walton
💍 1911/952

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic Duties

45
30

Hastings
Hastings

6 weeks
1 week

Registrar's Office, Hastings

11/326

9 January 1911

Robert Brathwaite

No	3
Date of Notice	9 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Smith	Esther Bolton
BDM Match (92%)	Frederick William Smith	Esther Walton
	💍 1911/952
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	45	30
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	6 weeks	1 week
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hastings
Folio	11/326
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite

13 January 1911

Charles Gordon Lane
Florence Una Boozer

Charles Gordon Lane
Florence Una Bowser
💍 1911/999

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Dressmaker

23
24

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
3 days

St. Matthew's, Hastings

11/384

13 January 1911

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	4
Date of Notice	13 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Gordon Lane	Florence Una Boozer
BDM Match (95%)	Charles Gordon Lane	Florence Una Bowser
	💍 1911/999
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Dressmaker
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's, Hastings
Folio	11/384
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

13 January 1911

Frank Edmund James Holder
Eliza Bodle

Frank Edmund James Holder
Eliza Bodle
💍 1911/953

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Dressmaker

25
24

Hastings
Hastings

10 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Hastings

11/327

13 January 1911

Robert Brathwaite

No	5
Date of Notice	13 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Edmund James Holder	Eliza Bodle
	💍 1911/953
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Dressmaker
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	10 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hastings
Folio	11/327
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite

16 January 1911

Arthur Smith
Ethel Abigail Sarah Clapham

Arthur Smith
Ethel Abigail Sarah Clapham
💍 1911/1170

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Shop Assistant

34
28

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
2 years

Mrs. Clapham's House, Southampton St., Hastings

11/455

16 January 1911

Rev. T. J. Wallis

No	6
Date of Notice	16 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Smith	Ethel Abigail Sarah Clapham
	💍 1911/1170
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Shop Assistant
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Mrs. Clapham's House, Southampton St., Hastings
Folio	11/455
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. J. Wallis

19 January 1911

Henry Painter
Mary Floriam Elizabeth Petts

Henry Painter
Mary Florian Elizabeth Peters
💍 1911/954

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Driver
Domestic duties

25
20

Hastings
Hastings

10 months
8 years

Presbyterian Church, Hastings

11/305

19 January 1911

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	7
Date of Notice	19 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Painter	Mary Floriam Elizabeth Petts
BDM Match (95%)	Henry Painter	Mary Florian Elizabeth Peters
	💍 1911/954
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Driver	Domestic duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	10 months	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hastings
Folio	11/305
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

21 January 1911

Andrew Hudson
Eliza Jane Hindess

Amos Hudson
Eliza Jane Cann
💍 1912/4517

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

36
27

Hastings
Napier

8 years
8 years

Mrs. George Hindess' House, Napier

11/497

21 January 1911

Rev. J. A. Ashes

No	8
Date of Notice	21 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Hudson	Eliza Jane Hindess
BDM Match (64%)	Amos Hudson	Eliza Jane Cann
	💍 1912/4517
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Napier
Length of Residence	8 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Mrs. George Hindess' House, Napier
Folio	11/497
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Ashes

23 January 1911

Alfred William Hamilton
Maud Beatrice Bates

Alfred William Hamilton
Maud Beatrice Waters
💍 1911/1000

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Secretary
Domestic duties

29
26

Hastings
Hastings

2 1/2 years
2 1/2 years

St. Matthew's, Hastings

11/385

23 January 1911

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	9
Date of Notice	23 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred William Hamilton	Maud Beatrice Bates
BDM Match (95%)	Alfred William Hamilton	Maud Beatrice Waters
	💍 1911/1000
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Secretary	Domestic duties
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's, Hastings
Folio	11/385
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

6 February 1911

Henry Sydney Buller Ribbands
Mary Agnes Craven

Henry Sydney Buttle Ribbands
Mary Agnes Craven
💍 1911/1161

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Agent
Domestic duties

38
35

Hastings
Hastings

2 years
2 months

Registrar's Office, Hastings

11/328

6 February 1911

Registrar, Hastings

No	10
Date of Notice	6 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Sydney Buller Ribbands	Mary Agnes Craven
BDM Match (95%)	Henry Sydney Buttle Ribbands	Mary Agnes Craven
	💍 1911/1161
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Agent	Domestic duties
Age	38	35
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	2 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hastings
Folio	11/328
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Hastings

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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).