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 September 1912 Registrar A. Tilsley

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

2 July 1912

Isaac Last
Marjory McMillan

Isaac Last
Marguerite McMillan
💍 1912/9536

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
22

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Dannevirke

12/4557

3 July 1912

A. Tilsley, Registrar

No	25
Date of Notice	2 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Last	Marjory McMillan
BDM Match (84%)	Isaac Last	Marguerite McMillan
	💍 1912/9536
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dannevirke
Folio	12/4557
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1912
Officiating Minister	A. Tilsley, Registrar

2 July 1912

Frederick Day
Mabel Woolnoth Otton

Frederick Day
Mabel Woolnoth Otton
💍 1912/6409

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

48
33

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
4 years

Presbyterian Manse, Dannevirke

12/6096

2 July 1912

Rev. A. Grant

No	26
Date of Notice	2 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Day	Mabel Woolnoth Otton
	💍 1912/6409
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	48	33
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Dannevirke
Folio	12/6096
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant

6 July 1912

Robert Wilson Baxter
Edna Sarah Meaxed

Robert Wilson Baxter
Edna Sarah Mexted
💍 1912/8003

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
24

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
14 years

Anglican Church, Dannevirke

12/6439

6 July 1912

Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

No	27
Date of Notice	6 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Wilson Baxter	Edna Sarah Meaxed
BDM Match (94%)	Robert Wilson Baxter	Edna Sarah Mexted
	💍 1912/8003
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	14 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Dannevirke
Folio	12/6439
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

9 July 1912

John Anderson Anderson
Elsie Gibbs

John Anderson Anderson
Elsie Gibbs
💍 1912/8006

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

28
19

Kiritaki, D'oke
Te Rehunga

11 years
1 year

Anglican Church, Dannevirke

12/6449

Gibbs, Father

9 July 1912

Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

No	28
Date of Notice	9 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Anderson Anderson	Elsie Gibbs
	💍 1912/8006
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Kiritaki, D'oke	Te Rehunga
Length of Residence	11 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Dannevirke
Folio	12/6449
Consent	Gibbs, Father
Date of Certificate	9 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

12 July 1912

William McMichael
Mary Hansen

William McMichael
Mary Hansen
💍 1912/9537

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
22

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Dannevirke

12/4558

12 July 1912

A. Tilsley, Registrar

No	29
Date of Notice	12 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William McMichael	Mary Hansen
	💍 1912/9537
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dannevirke
Folio	12/4558
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1912
Officiating Minister	A. Tilsley, Registrar

13 July 1912

Alfred Gordon Cambridge
Margaret Caroline Haines

Alfred Gordon Cambridge
Margaret Caroline Haines
💍 1912/8004

Bachelor
Spinster

Watchmaker

26
24

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
11 years

Anglican Church, Dannevirke

12/6440

13 July 1912

Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

No	30
Date of Notice	13 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Gordon Cambridge	Margaret Caroline Haines
	💍 1912/8004
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Watchmaker
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	11 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Dannevirke
Folio	12/6440
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

18 July 1912

Reinhold Brieskie
Annie Matilda Gleeson

Reinhold Brieskie
Anna Matilda Gleeson
💍 1912/9538

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
19

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Dannevirke

12/4559

John Frederick Gleeson, Father

18 July 1912

A. Tilsley, Registrar

No	31
Date of Notice	18 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reinhold Brieskie	Annie Matilda Gleeson
BDM Match (95%)	Reinhold Brieskie	Anna Matilda Gleeson
	💍 1912/9538
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dannevirke
Folio	12/4559
Consent	John Frederick Gleeson, Father
Date of Certificate	18 July 1912
Officiating Minister	A. Tilsley, Registrar

20 July 1912

Reginald Craven
Delia Mary Sullivan

Reginald Craven
Delia Mary Sullivan
💍 1912/8023

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
22

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

11 years
3 years

Dwelling House of John Sullivan, Rua Roa, Dannevirke

12/6435

20 July 1912

Rev. J. J. Cahill

No	32
Date of Notice	20 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Craven	Delia Mary Sullivan
	💍 1912/8023
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	11 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling House of John Sullivan, Rua Roa, Dannevirke
Folio	12/6435
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Cahill

22 July 1912

Frederick William Doble
Eleanor Reade

Frederick William Doble
Eleanor Reade
💍 1912/6410

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

37
28

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
28 years

Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke

12/6097

22 July 1912

Rev. A. Grant

No	33
Date of Notice	22 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Doble	Eleanor Reade
	💍 1912/6410
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	37	28
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke
Folio	12/6097
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant

23 July 1912

Charles Henry Ferris
Euphemia Ivy Hume Cornwall

Charles Henry Ferris
Euphemia Ivy Hume Cornwall
💍 1912/8005

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand

31
21

Oringi, Dannevirke
Oringi, Dannevirke

10 years
18 months

Anglican Church, Dannevirke

12/6441

23 July 1912

Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

No	34
Date of Notice	23 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Ferris	Euphemia Ivy Hume Cornwall
	💍 1912/8005
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Oringi, Dannevirke	Oringi, Dannevirke
Length of Residence	10 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Dannevirke
Folio	12/6441
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. M. Nickle

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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).