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 Feilding Quarter ending 31 December 1912 Registrar C. 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

108

18 October 1912

Harolds Egerton
Louise Annie Milburn

Harold Egerton
Louise Annie Milburn
💍 1912/6723

Bachelor
Spinster

Land agent

33
32

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
3 days

Registrars Office, Feilding

12/671

18 October 1912

C. C. Halliday, Registrar

No	108
Date of Notice	18 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harolds Egerton	Louise Annie Milburn
BDM Match (97%)	Harold Egerton	Louise Annie Milburn
	💍 1912/6723
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land agent
Age	33	32
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Feilding
Folio	12/671
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 October 1912
Officiating Minister	C. C. Halliday, Registrar

109

21 October 1912

Caleb Absalom Davies
Edith Ellen Brungar

Caleb Absalom Davies
Edith Ellen Brungar
💍 1912/7237

Bachelor
Spinster

Herdsman

32
22

Feilding
Feilding

2 years
4 months

Residence of Martin Hubner, Makino Road, Feilding

12/7707

21 October 1912

Rev. Joseph Sharp

No	109
Date of Notice	21 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Caleb Absalom Davies	Edith Ellen Brungar
	💍 1912/7237
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Herdsman
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Martin Hubner, Makino Road, Feilding
Folio	12/7707
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph Sharp

110

22 October 1912

Charles Hudson Thorby
Mary Harriett Hilton James

Charles Hudson Thorby
Mary Harriet Hilton James
💍 1912/5496

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
24

Bulls
Feilding

3 days

Church of England, Bulls

12/903

22 October 1912

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

No	110
Date of Notice	22 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Hudson Thorby	Mary Harriett Hilton James
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Hudson Thorby	Mary Harriet Hilton James
	💍 1912/5496
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Bulls	Feilding
Length of Residence		3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Bulls
Folio	12/903
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

111

28 October 1912

Sidney Louis Anderson
Lilian Geraldine Thompson

Sidney Louis Anderson
Lilian Geraldine Thompson
💍 1912/7219

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

23
26

Feilding
Feilding

3 years
22 years

Residence of R. J. Thompson, The Hill, Feilding

12/7713

28 October 1912

Rev. Geo. Budd

No	111
Date of Notice	28 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Louis Anderson	Lilian Geraldine Thompson
	💍 1912/7219
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of R. J. Thompson, The Hill, Feilding
Folio	12/7713
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Budd

112

29 October 1912

John Cheyne Riddell
Eveline Maud Carthew

John Cheyne Riddell
Eveline Maud Carthew
💍 1912/7238

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmaker

28
25

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
25 years

Wesley Church, Feilding

12/7708

29 October 1912

Rev. A. B. Chappell

No	112
Date of Notice	29 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Cheyne Riddell	Eveline Maud Carthew
	💍 1912/7238
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmaker
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Feilding
Folio	12/7708
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Chappell

113

29 October 1912

Claus Alfred Mai
Elizabeth Wallbank

Claus Alfred Mai
Elizabeth Wallbank
💍 1912/58

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
25

Feilding
Feilding

22 years
4 years

Gospel Hall, Warwick, St. Feilding

12/7706

29 October 1912

Rev. Henry Curran

No	113
Date of Notice	29 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claus Alfred Mai	Elizabeth Wallbank
	💍 1912/58
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	22 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Gospel Hall, Warwick, St. Feilding
Folio	12/7706
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry Curran

114

31 October 1912

Hector Francis Brooks
Rowena Jessie Howe

Hector Francis Brooks
Rowena Jessie Howe
💍 1912/9063

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager

29
20

Palmerston North
Makino, Feilding

6 months

Church of England, Palmerston North

12/82

Mary Emily Cockburn

31 October 1912

Rev. G. G. Rosher

No	114
Date of Notice	31 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Francis Brooks	Rowena Jessie Howe
	💍 1912/9063
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Makino, Feilding
Length of Residence		6 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Palmerston North
Folio	12/82
Consent	Mary Emily Cockburn
Date of Certificate	31 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Rosher

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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).