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 Pahiatua Quarter ending 31 March 1912 Registrar Daniel

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

30 January 1912

Alexander John Crombie
Elsie Thacker

Alexander John Crombie
Elsie Thacker
💍 1912/1788

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Home duties

28
21

Levin
Pahiatua

5 years
4 months

Church of England, Levin

12/1456

30 January 1912

Rev. C. H. Isaacson

No	1
Date of Notice	30 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander John Crombie	Elsie Thacker
	💍 1912/1788
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Home duties
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Levin	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	5 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Levin
Folio	12/1456
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Isaacson

23 February 1912

Malcolm Holdsworth
Emma May Lange

Malcolm Holdsworth
Emma May Lange
💍 1912/1777

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawyer
Tailoress

32
25

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

3 days
3 days

Church of England, Pahiatua

12/1455

23 February 1912

Rev. C. H. Isaacson

No	2
Date of Notice	23 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Malcolm Holdsworth	Emma May Lange
	💍 1912/1777
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawyer	Tailoress
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Pahiatua
Folio	12/1455
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Isaacson

7 March 1912

Daniel Rayner Croad
Evelyn Olive Rousell Jones

Baziel Rayner Croad
Evelyn Olive Rousell Jones
💍 1912/1744

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duty

26
24

Ballance
Ballance

21 years
14 years

Church of England, Pahiatua

12/1454

7 March 1912

Rev. C. H. Isaacson

No	3
Date of Notice	7 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Rayner Croad	Evelyn Olive Rousell Jones
BDM Match (95%)	Baziel Rayner Croad	Evelyn Olive Rousell Jones
	💍 1912/1744
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duty
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Ballance	Ballance
Length of Residence	21 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Pahiatua
Folio	12/1454
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Isaacson

16 March 1912

Otto Sonntag
Alice Groves

Otto Sonntag
Alice Groves
💍 1912/4068

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

28
21

Mahomaho
Mahomaho

2 years
15 years

Residence of Frank Groves, Mahomaho

12/3887

16 March 1912

Rev. W. H. Speer

No	4
Date of Notice	16 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Otto Sonntag	Alice Groves
	💍 1912/4068
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Mahomaho	Mahomaho
Length of Residence	2 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Frank Groves, Mahomaho
Folio	12/3887
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Speer

19 March 1912

Patrick Ryan
Emily Hewitt

Patrick Ryan
Emily Hewitt
💍 1912/1795

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Surface man
Domestic Duties

35
24

Mangaramarama
Mangaramarama

3 days
3 months

Residence of William Stuart, Mangaramarama

12/1457

19 March 1912

Rev. W. H. Speer

No	5
Date of Notice	19 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Ryan	Emily Hewitt
	💍 1912/1795
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Surface man	Domestic Duties
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Mangaramarama	Mangaramarama
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of William Stuart, Mangaramarama
Folio	12/1457
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Speer

20 March 1912

Bernard Horace Mills
Eva Ruth Rintoul

Bernard Horace Wills
Eva Ruth Rintoul
💍 1912/1081

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Engineer
Domestic Duties

25
21

Pahiatua
Wellington

4 months
12 years

Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington

12/1458

20 March 1912

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	6
Date of Notice	20 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bernard Horace Mills	Eva Ruth Rintoul
BDM Match (98%)	Bernard Horace Wills	Eva Ruth Rintoul
	💍 1912/1081
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 months	12 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington
Folio	12/1458
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

25 March 1912

Joseph Morling
Mabel May Allen

Joseph Morleig
Mabel May Allen
💍 1912/3349

Bachelor
Spinster

Barrister & Solicitor
Domestic Duties

30
28

Napier
Pahiatua

5 years
9 years

St. Peter's Church, Napier

12/3127

25 March 1912

Rev. C. H. Isaacson

No	7
Date of Notice	25 March 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Morling	Mabel May Allen
BDM Match (93%)	Joseph Morleig	Mabel May Allen
	💍 1912/3349
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barrister & Solicitor	Domestic Duties
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Napier	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	5 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Napier
Folio	12/3127
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Isaacson

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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).