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 March 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

1 February 1912

Arthur Potter
Bertha Agnes Bennett

Arthur Potter
Bertha Agnes Bennett
💍 1912/1334

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Laundress

32
21

Napier
Napier

5 years
21 years

St. Augustines Church, Napier

12/1011

1 February 1912

Rev. Canon Luke

No	15
Date of Notice	1 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Potter	Bertha Agnes Bennett
	💍 1912/1334
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Laundress
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	5 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustines Church, Napier
Folio	12/1011
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

1 February 1912

Aubrey Theodore Godfrey
Teresa Mary Hogan

Aubrey Theodore Godfrey
Teresa May Hogan
💍 1912/693

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Tailoress

21
21

Napier
Napier

3 days
3 days

In Office of Registrar of Marriages

12/366

1 February 1912

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	16
Date of Notice	1 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aubrey Theodore Godfrey	Teresa Mary Hogan
BDM Match (97%)	Aubrey Theodore Godfrey	Teresa May Hogan
	💍 1912/693
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Tailoress
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In Office of Registrar of Marriages
Folio	12/366
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1912
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

2 February 1912

Alfred James Cable
Bessie Inoswell

Alfred James Cable
Bessie Snoswell
💍 1912/1687

Bachelor
Spinster

Monoline Operator
Domestic Duties

25
22

Napier
Napier

2½ years
18 years

In house of Mrs. Kaye, Hastings St. Napier

12/1423

2 February 1912

Rev. A. Hodge

No	17
Date of Notice	2 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred James Cable	Bessie Inoswell
BDM Match (97%)	Alfred James Cable	Bessie Snoswell
	💍 1912/1687
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Monoline Operator	Domestic Duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	2½ years	18 years
Marriage Place	In house of Mrs. Kaye, Hastings St. Napier
Folio	12/1423
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Hodge

3 February 1912

Ernest Radford Hodgkinson
Jessie Rolph

Ernest Radford Hodgkinson
Jessie Rolph
💍 1912/1915

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner
Domestic Duties

27
24

Napier
Napier

27 years
5 years

St. Andrews Church, Port Ahuriri

12/1528

3 February 1912

Rev. Oliver Dean

No	18
Date of Notice	3 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Radford Hodgkinson	Jessie Rolph
	💍 1912/1915
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner	Domestic Duties
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	27 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Port Ahuriri
Folio	12/1528
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Oliver Dean

7 February 1912

William John Chambers
May Frances Trask

William John Chambers
May Frances Trask
💍 1912/1332

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

25
20

Port Ahuriri
Port Ahuriri

25 years
20 years

House of G. F. Trask, Port Ahuriri

12/1001

G. F. Trask, Father

7 February 1912

Rev. Charles Connor

No	19
Date of Notice	7 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Chambers	May Frances Trask
	💍 1912/1332
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Port Ahuriri	Port Ahuriri
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of G. F. Trask, Port Ahuriri
Folio	12/1001
Consent	G. F. Trask, Father
Date of Certificate	7 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Charles Connor

10 February 1912

Joseph Ashton Parker
Hannah Maud Ashworth

Joseph Ashton Parker
Hannah Maud Ashworth
💍 1912/1335

Bachelor
Spinster

Spring Maker
Domestic Duties

35
25

Napier
Napier

2 years
3 days

St. Augustines Church, Napier

12/1012

10 February 1912

Rev. Canon B. L. Luke

No	20
Date of Notice	10 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Ashton Parker	Hannah Maud Ashworth
	💍 1912/1335
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Spring Maker	Domestic Duties
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	2 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Augustines Church, Napier
Folio	12/1012
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon B. L. Luke

16 February 1912

James Reynolds
Emily Tame

James Reynolds
Emily Tame
💍 1912/1937

Widower
Spinster

Teacher retired
Domestic Duties

84
35

Napier
Napier

53 years
2 years

Cathedral, Napier

12/1649

16 February 1912

Rev. Canon Mayne

No	21
Date of Notice	16 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Reynolds	Emily Tame
	💍 1912/1937
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Teacher retired	Domestic Duties
Age	84	35
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	53 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Cathedral, Napier
Folio	12/1649
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Mayne

16 February 1912

Bertie Ormonde Player
Florence Clemens

Bertie Ormonde Player
Florence Clemens
💍 1912/1336

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

24
26

Napier
Napier

5 years
2 months

St. Augustines Church, Napier

12/1013

16 February 1912

Rev. Canon Luke

No	22
Date of Notice	16 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie Ormonde Player	Florence Clemens
	💍 1912/1336
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	5 years	2 months
Marriage Place	St. Augustines Church, Napier
Folio	12/1013
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

20 February 1912

Thomas Francis Long
Grace Clarinda Williamson

Thomas Francis Long
Grace Clarinda Williamson
💍 1912/1313

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic Duties

22
16

Pukahu
Farndon

22 years
6 months

House of John Williamson, Hastings, Farndon

12/990

John Williamson, Father

20 February 1912

Rev. Patterson

No	23
Date of Notice	20 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Francis Long	Grace Clarinda Williamson
	💍 1912/1313
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic Duties
Age	22	16
Dwelling Place	Pukahu	Farndon
Length of Residence	22 years	6 months
Marriage Place	House of John Williamson, Hastings, Farndon
Folio	12/990
Consent	John Williamson, Father
Date of Certificate	20 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patterson

21 February 1912

Edward Alfred James Carmichael Banks
Prudence Woods Josephs

Edward Alfred James Carmichael Banks
Prudence Woods Josephs
💍 1912/694

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Domestic Duties

36
18

Napier
Napier

20 years
1 year

Office of Registrar of Marriages

12/364

Beatrice Josephs, Mother

21 February 1912

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	24
Date of Notice	21 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Alfred James Carmichael Banks	Prudence Woods Josephs
	💍 1912/694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Domestic Duties
Age	36	18
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	20 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages
Folio	12/364
Consent	Beatrice Josephs, Mother
Date of Certificate	21 February 1912
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

23 February 1912

Ernest Herbert Willis
Jane Vaughan

Ernest Herbert Willis
Jane Vaughan
💍 1912/1337

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Milliner

25
26

Napier
Napier

10 days
2 years

St. Augustines Church, Napier

12/1014

23 February 1912

Rev. Canon Luke

No	25
Date of Notice	23 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Herbert Willis	Jane Vaughan
	💍 1912/1337
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Milliner
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	10 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustines Church, Napier
Folio	12/1014
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon Luke

23 February 1912

Herbert Charles Sturm
Ethel Burley

Herbert Charles Sturm
Ethel Burley
💍 1912/1686

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic Duties

23
30

Havelock N.
Napier

4 days
15 days

House of J. Sheakstone, Roslyn Road, Napier

12/1422

23 February 1912

Rev. A. Hodge

No	26
Date of Notice	23 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Charles Sturm	Ethel Burley
	💍 1912/1686
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic Duties
Age	23	30
Dwelling Place	Havelock N.	Napier
Length of Residence	4 days	15 days
Marriage Place	House of J. Sheakstone, Roslyn Road, Napier
Folio	12/1422
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Hodge

26 February 1912

Thomas Hartley Morrow
Mabel Mary Elizabeth Kind

Thomas Hartley Morrow
Mabel Mary Elizabeth Hind
💍 1912/695

Bachelor
Spinster

Ploughman
Domestic Duties

40
23

Napier & Hawkes Bay
Napier

6 years
2 years

In Office of Registrar of Marriages, Napier

12/368

26 February 1912

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	27
Date of Notice	26 February 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hartley Morrow	Mabel Mary Elizabeth Kind
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Hartley Morrow	Mabel Mary Elizabeth Hind
	💍 1912/695
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ploughman	Domestic Duties
Age	40	23
Dwelling Place	Napier & Hawkes Bay	Napier
Length of Residence	6 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In Office of Registrar of Marriages, Napier
Folio	12/368
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1912
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

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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).