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 Pahiatua Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar Daniel Monthe

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

4 January 1913

William George Howat
Mary Ellen Berry

William George Howat
Mary Ellen Berry
💍 1913/2472

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
22

Marima
Kohinui

3 months
22 years

Residence of Wm Berry

13/2041

4 January 1913

Rev. R. M. Hermon

No	1
Date of Notice	4 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Howat	Mary Ellen Berry
	💍 1913/2472
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Marima	Kohinui
Length of Residence	3 months	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Wm Berry
Folio	13/2041
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Hermon

6 January 1913

Stanley Hart Morris
Alice Lillian Pitt

Stanley Hart Morris
Alice Lillian Pitt
💍 1913/4813

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm-hand
Domestic Duties

24
20

Mangahao
Mangahao

19 years
8 years

Residence of Wm Morris

13/4315

Wm Pitt, father

6 January 1913

Rev. J. J. Pendray

No	2
Date of Notice	6 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Hart Morris	Alice Lillian Pitt
	💍 1913/4813
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm-hand	Domestic Duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Mangahao	Mangahao
Length of Residence	19 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Wm Morris
Folio	13/4315
Consent	Wm Pitt, father
Date of Certificate	6 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Pendray

13 January 1913

Ernest Edward Darlington
Jessie May Catherine Mason

Ernest Edward Darlington
Jessie May Catherine Mason
💍 1913/906

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

23
22

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

4 days
4 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Pahiatua

13/313

13 January 1913

D. O. Monthe, Registrar

No	3
Date of Notice	13 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Edward Darlington	Jessie May Catherine Mason
	💍 1913/906
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Pahiatua
Folio	13/313
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1913
Officiating Minister	D. O. Monthe, Registrar

21 January 1913

Charles Frederick Mills
Rosina Maria Keeble

Charles Frederick Mills
Rosina Maria Keeble
💍 1913/1451

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Hairdress

27
25

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

26 years
4 years

Presbyterian Church

13/963

21 January 1913

Rev. W. Bawden Harris

No	4
Date of Notice	21 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Frederick Mills	Rosina Maria Keeble
	💍 1913/1451
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Hairdress
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	26 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	13/963
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Bawden Harris

24 January 1913

William Alfred McDonald
Ruth Dorothy Daphne Hunt

William Alfred McDonald
Ruth Dorothy Daphne Hunt
💍 1913/907

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Post Office Clerk

29
22

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

3 days
3 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Pahiatua

13/314

24 January 1913

D. O. Monthe, Registrar

No	5
Date of Notice	24 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alfred McDonald	Ruth Dorothy Daphne Hunt
	💍 1913/907
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Post Office Clerk
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Pahiatua
Folio	13/314
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1913
Officiating Minister	D. O. Monthe, Registrar

30 January 1913

Thomas O'Dea
Frances Parker Woodville

Thomas O'Dea
Frances Parker
💍 1913/5040

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Manager
Domestic

26
25

Ballance
Woodville

2 years
5 years

Roman Catholic Church, Woodville

13/4195

30 January 1913

Rev. J. McKenna

No	6
Date of Notice	30 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas O'Dea	Frances Parker Woodville
BDM Match (79%)	Thomas O'Dea	Frances Parker
	💍 1913/5040
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Manager	Domestic
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Ballance	Woodville
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Woodville
Folio	13/4195
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McKenna

10 March 1913

Samuel George Wallis
Catherine Baxter

Samuel George Hughes
Catherine Elizabeth Roberts
💍 1913/4875

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker
Domestic

39
25

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

16 years
10 years

Church of England

13/962

10 March 1913

Rev. C. H. Leason

No	7
Date of Notice	10 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel George Wallis	Catherine Baxter
BDM Match (63%)	Samuel George Hughes	Catherine Elizabeth Roberts
	💍 1913/4875
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker	Domestic
Age	39	25
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	16 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	13/962
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Leason

17 March 1913

Donald M. Lennan
Robina Reid

Donald McLennan
Robina Reid
💍 1913/908

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
22

Mangamaire
Mangamaire

5 days
22 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Pahiatua

13/315

12 March 1913

D. O. Monthe, Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	17 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald M. Lennan	Robina Reid
BDM Match (94%)	Donald McLennan	Robina Reid
	💍 1913/908
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Mangamaire	Mangamaire
Length of Residence	5 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Pahiatua
Folio	13/315
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1913
Officiating Minister	D. O. Monthe, 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).