Intentions to Marry, 1913 Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840452, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1913 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1913a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1913b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1913c).

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District of Masterton Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar William Miller Easthope

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

3 January 1913

Eric McKenzie
Maud O'Neal

Eric McKenzie
Maud O'Neal
💍 1913/1007

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

20
19

Masterton
Masterton

20 years
19 years

The Registrar's Office Masterton

13/362

W.M. McKenzie, father; No one authorized to consent

7 January 1913

W.M. Easthope, Registrar

No	1
Date of Notice	3 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric McKenzie	Maud O'Neal
	💍 1913/1007
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	20 years	19 years
Marriage Place	The Registrar's Office Masterton
Folio	13/362
Consent	W.M. McKenzie, father; No one authorized to consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1913
Officiating Minister	W.M. Easthope, Registrar

4 January 1913

John Ritchie
Amy Grace Mortimer

John Ritchie
Amy Grace Mortimer
💍 1913/1006

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

33
25

Masterton
Masterton

2 months
3 days

The Registrar's Office Masterton

13/364

4 January 1913

W.M. Easthope, Registrar

No	2
Date of Notice	4 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ritchie	Amy Grace Mortimer
	💍 1913/1006
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	2 months	3 days
Marriage Place	The Registrar's Office Masterton
Folio	13/364
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1913
Officiating Minister	W.M. Easthope, Registrar

8 January 1913

William Stanley Currie
Elsie Annie Brown

William Stanley Currie
Elsie Annie Brown
💍 1913/1433

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

31
28

Masterton
Masterton

3 days
3 days

The house of R. Durant, Olive Street Masterton

13/944

8 January 1913

Rev. S.J. Serpell, Wesleyan

No	3
Date of Notice	8 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Stanley Currie	Elsie Annie Brown
	💍 1913/1433
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	The house of R. Durant, Olive Street Masterton
Folio	13/944
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S.J. Serpell, Wesleyan

13 January 1913

Samuel Bartlett
Betsy Elder

Samuel Bartlett
Betsy Elder
💍 1913/1003

Widower
Widow

Bricklayer
Domestic duties

54
60

Masterton
Masterton

20 years
4 years

The Registrar's Office Masterton

13/361

13 January 1913

W.M. Easthope, Registrar

No	4
Date of Notice	13 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Bartlett	Betsy Elder
	💍 1913/1003
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Bricklayer	Domestic duties
Age	54	60
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	20 years	4 years
Marriage Place	The Registrar's Office Masterton
Folio	13/361
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1913
Officiating Minister	W.M. Easthope, Registrar

15 January 1913

William Day
Ellen Selina Connell

William Fay
Ellen Celia Connell
💍 1913/4548

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

35
19

Masterton
Masterton

3 days
25 years

St. Patrick's Church Masterton

13/4124

15 January 1913

Rev. Dean McKenna, Roman Catholic

No	5
Date of Notice	15 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Day	Ellen Selina Connell
BDM Match (90%)	William Fay	Ellen Celia Connell
	💍 1913/4548
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	35	19
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church Masterton
Folio	13/4124
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean McKenna, Roman Catholic

28 January 1913

Harry West
Reine Winifred Foreman

Harry West
Renie Winifred Foreman
💍 1913/1435

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

31
23

Masterton
Masterton

3 days
5 years

Knox Church Masterton

13/946

18 January 1913

Rev. A.J. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	6
Date of Notice	28 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry West	Reine Winifred Foreman
BDM Match (95%)	Harry West	Renie Winifred Foreman
	💍 1913/1435
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church Masterton
Folio	13/946
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A.J. Thompson, Presbyterian

10 February 1913

Stanley Hutchison
Emily Julia Mace

Stanley Hutchison
Emily Julia Mace
💍 1913/1440

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep-farmer
Domestic duties

30
18

Masterton
Taueru

4 days
20 years

St. Albans Church Taueru

13/951

10 February 1913

Rev. H. Watson, Anglican

No	7
Date of Notice	10 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Hutchison	Emily Julia Mace
	💍 1913/1440
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep-farmer	Domestic duties
Age	30	18
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Taueru
Length of Residence	4 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Albans Church Taueru
Folio	13/951
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson, Anglican

12 February 1913

Lewis Welch
Olive Tufnell Thompson

Lewis Welch
Olive Tufnell Thompson
💍 1913/1448

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic duties

26
21

Masterton
Masterton

26 years
10 years

St. Matthews Church Masterton

13/952

12 February 1913

Rev. H. Watson, Anglican

No	8
Date of Notice	12 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Welch	Olive Tufnell Thompson
	💍 1913/1448
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	26 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church Masterton
Folio	13/952
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson, Anglican

15 February 1913

Herbert Studley
Elizabeth Bailey

Herbert Studley
Elizabeth Bailey
💍 1913/1466

Widower
Spinster

Storeman
Housekeeper

40
43

Masterton
Masterton

2 years
3 weeks

St. Matthews Church Masterton

13/954

15 February 1913

Rev. H. Watson, Anglican

No	9
Date of Notice	15 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Studley	Elizabeth Bailey
	💍 1913/1466
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Housekeeper
Age	40	43
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	2 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church Masterton
Folio	13/954
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson, Anglican

18 February 1913

Alfred Rippon
Ellen Elizabeth Reid

Alfred Rippon
Ellen Elizabeth Reid
💍 1913/1432

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Clerk

29
25

Masterton
Masterton

3 years
25 years

The Methodist Church Masterton

13/943

18 February 1913

Rev. S.J. Serpell, Wesleyan

No	10
Date of Notice	18 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Rippon	Ellen Elizabeth Reid
	💍 1913/1432
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Clerk
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	3 years	25 years
Marriage Place	The Methodist Church Masterton
Folio	13/943
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S.J. Serpell, Wesleyan

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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).