Intentions to Marry, 1912 Hawkes Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840449, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1912 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Gisborne (1912a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1912b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1912c).

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District of Dannevirke Quarter ending 30 June 1912 Registrar Hugh Tilley

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

1 April 1912

Frank Holland
Helen Jones

Frank Law Holland
Helen Jones
💍 1912/3345

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmillhand

26
23

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
8 years

Dwelling House of Arthur Jones, York St, Dannevirke

12/3123

1 April 1912

Rev. A. Grant

No	5
Date of Notice	1 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Holland	Helen Jones
BDM Match (88%)	Frank Law Holland	Helen Jones
	💍 1912/3345
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmillhand
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	8 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling House of Arthur Jones, York St, Dannevirke
Folio	12/3123
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant

2 April 1912

William John Rowe
Mildred Valentine Ryan

William John Rowe
Mildred Valentine Ryan
💍 1912/3336

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Officer

33
26

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

5 years
5 years

Anglican Church, Dannevirke

12/3115

2 April 1912

Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

No	6
Date of Notice	2 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Rowe	Mildred Valentine Ryan
	💍 1912/3336
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Officer
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Dannevirke
Folio	12/3115
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

3 April 1912

James Alexander White
Hetty Parkinson

James Alexander White
Hetty Parkinson
💍 1912/3342

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

29
23

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

4 days
4 years

Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke

12/3127

3 April 1912

Rev. A. Grant

No	7
Date of Notice	3 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Alexander White	Hetty Parkinson
	💍 1912/3342
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke
Folio	12/3127
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant

4 April 1912

Mancel John Cooper
Caroline Christina Skjoth

Mancel John Cooper
Caroline Christina Skjoth
💍 1912/3343

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmillhand

22
22

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
13 years

Dwelling House of Mr. P. H. Skjoth, McPhee St, Dannevirke

12/3124

4 April 1912

Rev. A. Grant

No	8
Date of Notice	4 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mancel John Cooper	Caroline Christina Skjoth
	💍 1912/3343
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmillhand
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	13 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling House of Mr. P. H. Skjoth, McPhee St, Dannevirke
Folio	12/3124
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant

4 April 1912

Thomas Edward Drake
May Lascelles Long

Thomas Edward Drake
May Lascelles Long
💍 1912/3337

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

34
27

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
3 months

Anglican Church, Dannevirke

12/3116

4 April 1912

Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

No	9
Date of Notice	4 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edward Drake	May Lascelles Long
	💍 1912/3337
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Dannevirke
Folio	12/3116
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

6 April 1912

Daniel McPhail
Jane Hitchcox

Daniel McPhail
Jane Hitchcox
💍 1912/3346

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

37
35

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
24 years

Salvation Army Hall, Dannevirke

12/3124

6 April 1912

Adjt. A. Greene

No	10
Date of Notice	6 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel McPhail	Jane Hitchcox
	💍 1912/3346
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	37	35
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Hall, Dannevirke
Folio	12/3124
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Adjt. A. Greene

10 April 1912

Arthur Wilfred Thorstensen
Mary Amelia Davies

Arthur Wilfred Thorstensen
Mary Amelia Davies
💍 1912/3527

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

30
21

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

6 years
6 years

Dwelling House of Mr. Ellen Davies, Tipapakuku, Dannevirke

12/3182

10 April 1912

Rev. J. H. Cahill

No	11
Date of Notice	10 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Wilfred Thorstensen	Mary Amelia Davies
	💍 1912/3527
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling House of Mr. Ellen Davies, Tipapakuku, Dannevirke
Folio	12/3182
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Cahill

15 April 1912

Albert Brown
Elsie May Nash

Albert Brown
Elsie May Nash
💍 1912/3335

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
21

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

18 months
14 years

Anglican Church, Dannevirke

12/3114

15 April 1912

Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

No	12
Date of Notice	15 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Brown	Elsie May Nash
	💍 1912/3335
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	18 months	14 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Dannevirke
Folio	12/3114
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

16 April 1912

George Peter Adler
Mary Kathleen Curtis

George Peter Adler
Mary Kathleen Curtis
💍 1912/3528

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Builder

31
23

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

8 years
23 years

Roman Catholic Church, Dannevirke

12/3183

16 April 1912

Rev. J. J. Cahill

No	13
Date of Notice	16 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Peter Adler	Mary Kathleen Curtis
	💍 1912/3528
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Builder
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	8 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Dannevirke
Folio	12/3183
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Cahill

19 April 1912

Erwin Ashton
Gertrude Mary Boswell

Erwin Ashton
Gertrude Mary Boswell
💍 1912/3341

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

21
19

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

6 years
6 years

Dwelling House of Mr. A. Boswell, Tennyson St, Dannevirke

12/3120

Mr. A. Boswell, Mother

19 April 1912

Rev. A. Grant

No	14
Date of Notice	19 April 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Erwin Ashton	Gertrude Mary Boswell
	💍 1912/3341
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling House of Mr. A. Boswell, Tennyson St, Dannevirke
Folio	12/3120
Consent	Mr. A. Boswell, Mother
Date of Certificate	19 April 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant

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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).