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 207

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar Clear. C. Halliday

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 January 1911

Harold Hayward
Edith Louisa Trevena

Harold Hayward
Edith Louisa Irensen
💍 1911/1181

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

24
24

Feilding
Feilding

10 years
22 years

Residence of Harold Hayward, Giesen's Road, Feilding

11/456

26 January 1911

Rev. P. W. Jones

No	9
Date of Notice	26 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Hayward	Edith Louisa Trevena
BDM Match (90%)	Harold Hayward	Edith Louisa Irensen
	💍 1911/1181
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	10 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Harold Hayward, Giesen's Road, Feilding
Folio	11/456
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Jones

31 January 1911

Frederick Benjamin Bliss
Caroline Emma Boyd

Frederick Benjamin Bliss
Caroline Emma Boyd
💍 1911/1838

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
30

Feilding
Feilding

4 months
3 days

Residence of William Charles Boyd, Denbigh Street, Feilding

11/956

31 January 1911

Rev. G. G. Cule

No	10
Date of Notice	31 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Benjamin Bliss	Caroline Emma Boyd
	💍 1911/1838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	4 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of William Charles Boyd, Denbigh Street, Feilding
Folio	11/956
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Cule

1 February 1911

Aymer Woolfield Mountfort
Mary Adnan Mountfort

Aymer Woolfield Mountfort
Mary Adnam Mountfort
💍 1911/1487

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

46
30

Kawhia
Feilding

4 days
20 years

Church of England

11/980

1 February 1911

Rev. A. S. Innes-Jones

No	11
Date of Notice	1 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aymer Woolfield Mountfort	Mary Adnan Mountfort
BDM Match (98%)	Aymer Woolfield Mountfort	Mary Adnam Mountfort
	💍 1911/1487
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	46	30
Dwelling Place	Kawhia	Feilding
Length of Residence	4 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	11/980
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes-Jones

15 February 1911

James Herbert Anshis
Isobell May Clara Belle Kirkwood

James Herbert Anstis
Isobell May Clara Kirkwood
💍 1911/1826

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

23
23

Feilding
Feilding

3 weeks
3 weeks

Registrars Office, Feilding

11/945

15 February 1911

The Registrar

No	12
Date of Notice	15 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Herbert Anshis	Isobell May Clara Belle Kirkwood
BDM Match (88%)	James Herbert Anstis	Isobell May Clara Kirkwood
	💍 1911/1826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Feilding
Folio	11/945
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1911
Officiating Minister	The Registrar

21 February 1911

Andrew Baxter
Jane Ferguson Murdoch

Andrew Baxter
Jane Ferguson Murdoch
💍 1911/1470

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

22
20

Feilding
Feilding

1 year
4 years

Residence of Rev. P. W. Jones, Kimbolton Road, Feilding

11/865

Gavin Murdoch, Father

21 February 1911

Rev. P. W. Jones

No	13
Date of Notice	21 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Baxter	Jane Ferguson Murdoch
	💍 1911/1470
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	1 year	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. P. W. Jones, Kimbolton Road, Feilding
Folio	11/865
Consent	Gavin Murdoch, Father
Date of Certificate	21 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Jones

27 February 1911

John Francis Hunter
Edith Maggie Taylor

John Francis Hunter
Edith Maggie Taylor
💍 1911/1097

Bachelor
Spinster

Artilleryman

30
27

Wellington
Makino

3 days
27 years

Residence of James Henry Taylor, Makino

11/431

27 February 1911

Rev. Michael O'Dwyer

No	14
Date of Notice	27 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Francis Hunter	Edith Maggie Taylor
	💍 1911/1097
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artilleryman
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Makino
Length of Residence	3 days	27 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Henry Taylor, Makino
Folio	11/431
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Michael O'Dwyer

2 March 1911

Dudley Sainsbury Goodwin
Eva Hall

Dudley Sainsbury Goodwin
Eva Hall
💍 1911/1481

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

23
22

Feilding
Feilding

22 years
22 years

Residence of Thomas Hall, Makino, near Feilding

11/975

2 March 1911

Rev. A. S. Innes-Jones

No	15
Date of Notice	2 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dudley Sainsbury Goodwin	Eva Hall
	💍 1911/1481
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	22 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Hall, Makino, near Feilding
Folio	11/975
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes-Jones

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).