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 Takaka Quarter ending 31 December 1912 Registrar George Haynes Morrish

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

14 October 1912

Aurangi Meihana
Bertha Coppell

Aurangi Meihana
Bertha Coppell
💍 1912/7382

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

21
23

Takaka
Motupipi

21 years
23 years

Private Residence of the Brides Parents at Motupipi

12/7953

14 October 1912

Rev. G. A. Crossman

No	14
Date of Notice	14 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aurangi Meihana	Bertha Coppell
	💍 1912/7382
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Takaka	Motupipi
Length of Residence	21 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence of the Brides Parents at Motupipi
Folio	12/7953
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Crossman

21 October 1912

Clifford Lea Petterson
Harriett Elizabeth Galey

Clifford Lea Petterson
Harriett Elizabeth Galey
💍 1912/7383

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

22
20

Hamama
Takaka

22 years
20 years

Church of England, Takaka

12/7954

George Bishop Galey, Father of minor

21 October 1912

Rev. G. A. Crossman

No	15
Date of Notice	21 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clifford Lea Petterson	Harriett Elizabeth Galey
	💍 1912/7383
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Hamama	Takaka
Length of Residence	22 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Takaka
Folio	12/7954
Consent	George Bishop Galey, Father of minor
Date of Certificate	21 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Crossman

29 October 1912

James David Barnett
Wilhelmena Lavina McLean

James David Barnett
Wilhelmena Lavina McLean
💍 1912/7384

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic

38
21

East Takaka
Takaka

38 years
6 months

Church of England, Takaka

12/7955

29 October 1912

Rev. G. A. Crossman

No	16
Date of Notice	29 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James David Barnett	Wilhelmena Lavina McLean
	💍 1912/7384
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic
Age	38	21
Dwelling Place	East Takaka	Takaka
Length of Residence	38 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Takaka
Folio	12/7955
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Crossman

2 December 1912

Walter Ronald Willmot
Grace Beveridge Hambrook

Walter Ronald Willmot
Grace Beveridge Hambrook
💍 1912/7385

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Domestic

33
25

Nelson
Nelson

3 days
7 days

Private Residence of the Brides Parents, Rototai

12/7956

2 December 1912

Rev. G. A. Crossman

No	17
Date of Notice	2 December 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Ronald Willmot	Grace Beveridge Hambrook
	💍 1912/7385
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Domestic
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Private Residence of the Brides Parents, Rototai
Folio	12/7956
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Crossman

2 December 1912

Percy Harold Manson
Hilda Aveline Solly

Percy Harold Manson
Hilda Aveline Solly
💍 1912/8169

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Dressmaker

26
21

Takaka
Takaka

26 years
21 years

Registrars Office, Takaka

12/6877

2 December 1912

George Haynes Morrish, Registrar

No	18
Date of Notice	2 December 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Harold Manson	Hilda Aveline Solly
	💍 1912/8169
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Dressmaker
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Takaka	Takaka
Length of Residence	26 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Takaka
Folio	12/6877
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1912
Officiating Minister	George Haynes Morrish, Registrar

10 December 1912

Clifford Allan Robertson
Mina Amelia Charles

Clifford Allen Robertson
Mina Amelia Charles
💍 1912/7386

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

25
25

Wainui
Motupipi

25 years
25 years

Church of England, Takaka

12/7957

10 December 1912

Rev. G. A. Crossman

No	19
Date of Notice	10 December 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clifford Allan Robertson	Mina Amelia Charles
BDM Match (98%)	Clifford Allen Robertson	Mina Amelia Charles
	💍 1912/7386
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Wainui	Motupipi
Length of Residence	25 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Takaka
Folio	12/7957
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 December 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Crossman

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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).