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 Napier Quarter ending 31 December 1912 Registrar William Buchanan

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

162

23 October 1912

Robert James Smith
Annie Josephine Moloney

Robert James Smith
Annie Josephine Moloney
💍 1912/7168

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Cook

41
40

Petane
Petane

5 years
6 weeks

St. Patrick's Church and Wesleyan Church Napier

12/7662

23 October 1912

Rev. Father O'Connor

No	162
Date of Notice	23 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert James Smith	Annie Josephine Moloney
	💍 1912/7168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Cook
Age	41	40
Dwelling Place	Petane	Petane
Length of Residence	5 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church and Wesleyan Church Napier
Folio	12/7662
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father O'Connor

163

23 October 1912

George Henry Colwill
Margaret Victoria Willis

George Henry Colwill
Margaret Victoria Willis
💍 1912/8531

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Domestic Duties

22
22

Napier
Napier

14 years
22 years

St. Augustine's Church Napier

12/7867

23 October 1912

Rev. Canon Luke

No	163
Date of Notice	23 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Colwill	Margaret Victoria Willis
	💍 1912/8531
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Domestic Duties
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	14 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Napier
Folio	12/7867
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

164

25 October 1912

Frederick Sydney Banks
Alice Maud Fenn

Frederick Sydney Banks
Alice Maud Fenn
💍 1912/8532

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver
Cook

27
24

Napier
Napier

20 years
22 years

Church Napier

12/7868

25 October 1912

Rev. Canon Luke

No	164
Date of Notice	25 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Sydney Banks	Alice Maud Fenn
	💍 1912/8532
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver	Cook
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	20 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Church Napier
Folio	12/7868
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

165

29 October 1912

Edwin Potter
Annie Crocker

Edwin Potter
Annie Crocker
💍 1912/5436

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic Duties

39
23

Puketitiri
Napier

17 years
23 years

Baptist Church Napier

12/7899

29 October 1912

Rev. J. K. Archer

No	165
Date of Notice	29 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Potter	Annie Crocker
	💍 1912/5436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	39	23
Dwelling Place	Puketitiri	Napier
Length of Residence	17 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church Napier
Folio	12/7899
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Archer

166

29 October 1912

John Slater
Bessie Agnes Garbutt

John Slater
Bessie Agnes Garbutt
💍 1912/8533

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward
Domestic Duties

37
28

Napier
Napier

7 years
6 years

St. Augustine's Church Napier

12/7869

29 October 1912

Rev. Canon Luke

No	166
Date of Notice	29 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Slater	Bessie Agnes Garbutt
	💍 1912/8533
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward	Domestic Duties
Age	37	28
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	7 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Napier
Folio	12/7869
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

167

29 October 1912

John Cairns Laverock
Mary Livingstone Johnson

John Cairns Laverock
Mary Livingstone Johnson
💍 1912/6761

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Laundress

27
37

Napier
Napier

4 years
2 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages Napier

12/6824

29 October 1912

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	167
Date of Notice	29 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Cairns Laverock	Mary Livingstone Johnson
	💍 1912/6761
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Laundress
Age	27	37
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages Napier
Folio	12/6824
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1912
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

168

31 October 1912

Benjamin Dalton Raleigh Clive Sprange
Elizabeth McColl Lee

Benjamin Dalton Raleigh Clive Sprange
Elizabeth McColl Lee
💍 1912/8489

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic Duties

21
18

Napier
Napier

12 months
2 years

St. Paul's Church Napier

12/7648

George McColl Lee, Father

31 October 1912

Rev. J. A. Asher

No	168
Date of Notice	31 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Dalton Raleigh Clive Sprange	Elizabeth McColl Lee
	💍 1912/8489
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	12 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church Napier
Folio	12/7648
Consent	George McColl Lee, Father
Date of Certificate	31 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher

169

2 November 1912

Harry William Clark
Elizabeth Millar

Harry William Clark
Elizabeth Millar
💍 1912/8488

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Surfaceman
Dressmaker

30
21

Otane
Napier

8 weeks
12 months

St. Paul's Church Napier

12/7647

2 November 1912

Rev. J. A. Asher

No	169
Date of Notice	2 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry William Clark	Elizabeth Millar
	💍 1912/8488
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Surfaceman	Dressmaker
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Otane	Napier
Length of Residence	8 weeks	12 months
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church Napier
Folio	12/7647
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher

170

5 November 1912

John Alexander Ross
Jessica Hilda Mathilda Williams

John Alexander Ross
Jessie Hilda Mathilda Williams
💍 1912/8535

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller
Household Duties

39
34

Napier
Wellington

8 years
34 years

St. Augustine's Church Napier

12/7850

5 November 1912

Rev. Canon Luke

No	170
Date of Notice	5 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alexander Ross	Jessica Hilda Mathilda Williams
BDM Match (97%)	John Alexander Ross	Jessie Hilda Mathilda Williams
	💍 1912/8535
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller	Household Duties
Age	39	34
Dwelling Place	Napier	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	34 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Napier
Folio	12/7850
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

171

11 November 1912

Francis Joseph Lawrence
Mary McCallum Dunbar

Francis Joseph Lawrence
Mary McCallum Dunbar
💍 1912/7171

Bachelor
Spinster

Fish Salesman
Household Duties

32
26

Napier
Napier

4 years
4 years

Trinity Methodist Church Napier

12/7665

11 November 1912

Rev. H. L. Blamires

No	171
Date of Notice	11 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Joseph Lawrence	Mary McCallum Dunbar
	💍 1912/7171
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fish Salesman	Household Duties
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Methodist Church Napier
Folio	12/7665
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Blamires

172

12 November 1912

Ernest Lazenby
Emily Eliza Jefferys Kitt

Ernest Lazenby
Emily Eliza Jeffereys Kitt
💍 1912/8536

Bachelor
Spinster

Nurseryman
Domestic Duties

31
24

Napier
Napier

8 months
1 week

St. Augustine's Church Napier

12/7871

12 November 1912

Rev. Canon Luke

No	172
Date of Notice	12 November 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Lazenby	Emily Eliza Jefferys Kitt
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Lazenby	Emily Eliza Jeffereys Kitt
	💍 1912/8536
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Nurseryman	Domestic Duties
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	8 months	1 week
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Napier
Folio	12/7871
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

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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).