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 Charles 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

115

4 November 1912

Percy Edward Adams
Eva May Baker

Percy Edward Adams
Eva May Baker
💍 1912/7215

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

26
21

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
21 years

Wesley Church, Feilding

12/7709

4 November 1912

Rev. A. B. Chappell

No	115
Date of Notice	4 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Edward Adams	Eva May Baker
	💍 1912/7215
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Feilding
Folio	12/7709
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Chappell

116

4 November 1912

Herbert Frederic Chandler
Martha Hunter

Herbert Frederic Chandler
Martha Hunter
💍 1912/7218

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

27
18

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
4 weeks

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

12/7712

John Hunter, father

4 November 1912

Rev. Geo. Budd

No	116
Date of Notice	4 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Frederic Chandler	Martha Hunter
	💍 1912/7218
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	27	18
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	12/7712
Consent	John Hunter, father
Date of Certificate	4 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Budd

117

8 November 1912

James Henry Terry
Amy Ellen Strangways Niccolls

James Henry Terry
Lucy Ellen Strangward Niccolls
💍 1912/5497

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

26
27

Yokohama
Feilding

1 week
8 years

Church of England, Feilding

12/9033

8 November 1912

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

No	117
Date of Notice	8 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Terry	Amy Ellen Strangways Niccolls
BDM Match (92%)	James Henry Terry	Lucy Ellen Strangward Niccolls
	💍 1912/5497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Yokohama	Feilding
Length of Residence	1 week	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	12/9033
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

118

20 November 1912

Leslie Ernest McAuley Matthews
Olive Nellie Hart

Leslie Ernest McAulley Matthews
Olive Nellie Hart
💍 1912/7216

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker

22
22

Feilding
Marton

13 years
13 years

Wesleyan Church

12/7710

20 November 1912

Rev. A. B. Chappell

No	118
Date of Notice	20 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Ernest McAuley Matthews	Olive Nellie Hart
BDM Match (98%)	Leslie Ernest McAulley Matthews	Olive Nellie Hart
	💍 1912/7216
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Marton
Length of Residence	13 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	12/7710
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Chappell

119

6 December 1912

Edgar Percival Hosking
Amy Margaret Maud Burks

Edgar Percival Hosking
Amy Margaret Maude Curtis
💍 1912/5498

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

25
28

Feilding
Colyton

25 years
3 days

Church of England, Colyton

12/9034

6 December 1912

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

No	119
Date of Notice	6 December 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Percival Hosking	Amy Margaret Maud Burks
BDM Match (92%)	Edgar Percival Hosking	Amy Margaret Maude Curtis
	💍 1912/5498
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Colyton
Length of Residence	25 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Colyton
Folio	12/9034
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

120

12 December 1912

Charles Francis Hooper
Sophy Gladys Terrington Pedder

Charles Francis Cooper
Sophy Gladys Ferrington Pedder
💍 1913/1410

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist
Assistant

34
20

Feilding
Feilding

3 years
5 years

St. John's Church, Feilding

13/920

Cyril Newland Pedder, father

12 December 1912

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

No	120
Date of Notice	12 December 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Francis Hooper	Sophy Gladys Terrington Pedder
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Francis Cooper	Sophy Gladys Ferrington Pedder
	💍 1913/1410
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Assistant
Age	34	20
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Feilding
Folio	13/920
Consent	Cyril Newland Pedder, father
Date of Certificate	12 December 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

121

16 December 1912

Joseph Henry Gray
Florence Annette Longdill

Joseph Henry Gray
Florence Annette Tong
💍 1912/7217

Widower
Spinster

School Teacher

49
32

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
6 years

Wesley Church, Feilding

12/7711

16 December 1912

Rev. C. K. Beecroft

No	121
Date of Notice	16 December 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Henry Gray	Florence Annette Longdill
BDM Match (90%)	Joseph Henry Gray	Florence Annette Tong
	💍 1912/7217
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	49	32
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Feilding
Folio	12/7711
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 December 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. K. Beecroft

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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).