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).

Page 264

District of Mangaweka Quarter ending 30 June 1911 Registrar J. Chas. Bennett

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

10 April 1911

Ferdniard Gus Kreegher
Ada Margaret Travis

Ferdinand Gus Krugher
Ada Margaret Travis
💍 1911/6203

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmhand
Domestic

28
21

Mangaweka
Rawhata

3 days
10 days

Mr. Chas. Travis' private house, Rawhata, Mangaweka

11/6067

10 April 1911

Rev. T. G. Thomas, Mangaweka

No	4
Date of Notice	10 April 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ferdniard Gus Kreegher	Ada Margaret Travis
BDM Match (89%)	Ferdinand Gus Krugher	Ada Margaret Travis
	💍 1911/6203
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmhand	Domestic
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Mangaweka	Rawhata
Length of Residence	3 days	10 days
Marriage Place	Mr. Chas. Travis' private house, Rawhata, Mangaweka
Folio	11/6067
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. G. Thomas, Mangaweka

10 April 1911

Joseph Dryden
Ellen Doole

Joseph Dryden
Ellen Dook
💍 1911/3224

Widower
Spinster

Sawmiller
Domestic

37
21

Ohingaiti
Ohingaiti

9 months
12 months

Mangaweka Presbyterian Church

11/2890

10 April 1911

Rev. John Chisholm, Mangaweka

No	5
Date of Notice	10 April 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Dryden	Ellen Doole
BDM Match (91%)	Joseph Dryden	Ellen Dook
	💍 1911/3224
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Domestic
Age	37	21
Dwelling Place	Ohingaiti	Ohingaiti
Length of Residence	9 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Mangaweka Presbyterian Church
Folio	11/2890
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Chisholm, Mangaweka

1 May 1911

Henry Thomas
Ada Floyd

Henry Thomas Uncles
Ada Floyd
💍 1911/3206

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

23
21

Oteteko
Oteteko

6 weeks
6 days

Registrar's Office, Mangaweka

11/2869

1 May 1911

Chas. Jas. Bennett, Registrar of Marriages, Mangaweka

No	6
Date of Notice	1 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas	Ada Floyd
BDM Match (82%)	Henry Thomas Uncles	Ada Floyd
	💍 1911/3206
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Oteteko	Oteteko
Length of Residence	6 weeks	6 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Mangaweka
Folio	11/2869
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1911
Officiating Minister	Chas. Jas. Bennett, Registrar of Marriages, Mangaweka

19 May 1911

Francis Hillery Thompson
Emily Meads

Francis Hillery Thompson
Emily Meads
💍 1911/6204

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
24

Ruahine
Ruahine

15 years
4 years

Dwelling place of the Bride's parents

11/6068

19 May 1911

Rev. T. G. Thomas, Mangaweka

No	7
Date of Notice	19 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Hillery Thompson	Emily Meads
	💍 1911/6204
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Ruahine	Ruahine
Length of Residence	15 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling place of the Bride's parents
Folio	11/6068
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 May 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. G. Thomas, Mangaweka

26 June 1911

John Stewart
Mary Anderson Robb

John Stewart
Mary Anderson Robb
💍 1911/3225

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Manager
Domestic

34
24

Ohingaiti
Ohingaiti

3 days
14 years

Ohingaiti Presbyterian Church

11/2891

26 June 1911

Rev. John Chisholm, Mangaweka

No	8
Date of Notice	26 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Stewart	Mary Anderson Robb
	💍 1911/3225
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Manager	Domestic
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Ohingaiti	Ohingaiti
Length of Residence	3 days	14 years
Marriage Place	Ohingaiti Presbyterian Church
Folio	11/2891
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 June 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Chisholm, Mangaweka

29 June 1911

Henry Pritchard
Sarah Ellen Goodwin

Henry Pritchard
Sarah Ellen Goodwin
💍 1911/6202

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

25
27

Ohingaiti
Hinau

3 years
20 years

Mrs. Goodwin's private house, Hinau

11/6066

29 June 1911

Rev. T. G. Thomas, Mangaweka

No	9
Date of Notice	29 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Pritchard	Sarah Ellen Goodwin
	💍 1911/6202
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Ohingaiti	Hinau
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Mrs. Goodwin's private house, Hinau
Folio	11/6066
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 June 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. G. Thomas, Mangaweka

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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).