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 Wairau Quarter ending 30 September 1912 Registrar Stanley Ernest Harrop

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

Frederick Francis Mills
Ethel Maud Thompson

Frederick Francis Mills
Ethel Maud Thompson
💍 1912/7718

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

32
31

Grovetown
Grovetown

32 yrs
31 yrs

English Church, Spring Creek

12/5869

2 July 1912

Rev. W. Wollstein

No	47
Date of Notice	2 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Francis Mills	Ethel Maud Thompson
	💍 1912/7718
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Grovetown	Grovetown
Length of Residence	32 yrs	31 yrs
Marriage Place	English Church, Spring Creek
Folio	12/5869
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Wollstein

4 July 1912

Frank Mogridge
Florence Girling

Frank Mogridge
Florence Girling
💍 1912/5791

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Domestic

26
28

Blenheim
Blenheim

14 yrs
28 yrs

English Church, Blenheim

12/4981

4 July 1912

Ven. Archdeacon Grace

No	48
Date of Notice	4 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Mogridge	Florence Girling
	💍 1912/5791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Domestic
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	14 yrs	28 yrs
Marriage Place	English Church, Blenheim
Folio	12/4981
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Grace

4 July 1912

John Newman
Emma Daken

John Newman
Emma Daken
💍 1912/9359

Widower
Spinster

Accommodation house-keeper
Domestic

44
24

Waihopai
Waihopai

44 yrs
3 yrs

Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim

12/8675

4 July 1912

Rev. P. Fay

No	49
Date of Notice	4 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Newman	Emma Daken
	💍 1912/9359
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Accommodation house-keeper	Domestic
Age	44	24
Dwelling Place	Waihopai	Waihopai
Length of Residence	44 yrs	3 yrs
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim
Folio	12/8675
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Fay

8 July 1912

Philip Joseph Newport
Agnes Mary Duffy

Philip Joseph Newport
Agnes Mary Duffy
💍 1912/9360

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Domestic

24
21

Blenheim
Blenheim

24 yrs
21 yrs

Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim

12/8676

8 July 1912

Rev. J. S. Herbert

No	50
Date of Notice	8 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Joseph Newport	Agnes Mary Duffy
	💍 1912/9360
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Domestic
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	24 yrs	21 yrs
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim
Folio	12/8676
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. Herbert

26 July 1912

Claude Beryal Melville
Louie Dinneen

Claude Bevyal Melville
Louie Dinneen
💍 1912/5787

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Milliner

23
21

Blenheim
Blenheim

4 weeks
4 weeks

Residence of Rev. W. O. Robb, Springlands

12/5000

26 July 1912

Rev. W. O. Robb

No	51
Date of Notice	26 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude Beryal Melville	Louie Dinneen
BDM Match (98%)	Claude Bevyal Melville	Louie Dinneen
	💍 1912/5787
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Milliner
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	4 weeks	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. W. O. Robb, Springlands
Folio	12/5000
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. O. Robb

30 July 1912

Patrick Cahill
Emily Neumann

Patrick Cahill
Emily Newman
💍 1912/9361

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

45
31

Blenheim
Blenheim

3 weeks
4 days

Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim

12/8677

30 July 1912

Rev. P. Fay

No	52
Date of Notice	30 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Cahill	Emily Neumann
BDM Match (92%)	Patrick Cahill	Emily Newman
	💍 1912/9361
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	45	31
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	3 weeks	4 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim
Folio	12/8677
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Fay

30 July 1912

Arthur Peat
Janet Theresa McKenzie

Arthur Reat
Janet Theresa McKenzie
💍 1912/5088

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

30
28

Blenheim
Blenheim

6 days
28 yrs

Residence of John McKenzie, Blenheim

12/6423

30 July 1912

Rev. T. R. Richards

No	53
Date of Notice	30 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Peat	Janet Theresa McKenzie
BDM Match (95%)	Arthur Reat	Janet Theresa McKenzie
	💍 1912/5088
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	6 days	28 yrs
Marriage Place	Residence of John McKenzie, Blenheim
Folio	12/6423
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. R. Richards

30 July 1912

Geoffrey Furness
Veronica Madeline O'Sullivan

Geoffrey Furness
Veronica Madeline OSullivan
💍 1912/9362

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer
Domestic

22
19

Blenheim
Blenheim

22 yrs
19 yrs

Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim

12/8678

John O'Sullivan father of Bride

30 July 1912

Rev. P. Fay

No	54
Date of Notice	30 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Geoffrey Furness	Veronica Madeline O'Sullivan
BDM Match (98%)	Geoffrey Furness	Veronica Madeline OSullivan
	💍 1912/9362
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer	Domestic
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	22 yrs	19 yrs
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim
Folio	12/8678
Consent	John O'Sullivan father of Bride
Date of Certificate	30 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Fay

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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).