Intentions to Marry, 1914 Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840455, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1914 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1914a), Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1914b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1914c).

Page 1081

District of Hastings Quarter ending 30 June 1914 Registrar Robert Brathwaite

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

29 May 1914

Cuthbert Raymond
Elsie Macfarlane

Cuthbert Raymond
Elsie Macfarlane
💍 1914/8679

Bachelor
Spinster

Doctor
Household duties

32
21

Havelock North
Clive

2 months
10 years

St. Marks Clive

2448

29 May 1914

Rev. L. J. K. Mackay

No	38
Date of Notice	29 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cuthbert Raymond	Elsie Macfarlane
	💍 1914/8679
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Doctor	Household duties
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Havelock North	Clive
Length of Residence	2 months	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Clive
Folio	2448
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. J. K. Mackay

30 May 1914

Charles William Martin
Hilda Kathleen Apperley

Charles William Martin
Hilda Kathleen Apperley
💍 1914/7784

Bachelor
Spinster

Flourmiller
Domestic duties

26
26

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
26 years

Wesleyan Church Hastings

2423

30 May 1914

Rev. L. J. Wallis

No	39
Date of Notice	30 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Martin	Hilda Kathleen Apperley
	💍 1914/7784
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flourmiller	Domestic duties
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church Hastings
Folio	2423
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. J. Wallis

1 June 1914

Horace Edwin Wall
Edna Baker

Horace Edwin Wall
Edna Baker
💍 1914/7792

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Milliner

28
30

Hastings
Hastings

7 years
15 months

Registrars Office Hastings

2408

1 June 1914

Robert Brathwaite

No	40
Date of Notice	1 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Edwin Wall	Edna Baker
	💍 1914/7792
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Milliner
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	7 years	15 months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Hastings
Folio	2408
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite

2 June 1914

Samuel Milligan
Henrietta Brunton

Samuel Milligan
Henrietta Brunton
💍 1914/7770

Bachelor
Spinster

Winchman
Domestic

25
26

Hastings
Hastings

4 days
15 years

Presbyterian Church Hastings

2410

2 June 1914

Rev. Hutcheson

No	41
Date of Notice	2 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Milligan	Henrietta Brunton
	💍 1914/7770
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Winchman	Domestic
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 days	15 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Hastings
Folio	2410
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Hutcheson

2 June 1914

Charles Aubrey Morgan
Jessie Dorothy Plant

Charles Aubrey Morgan
Jessie Dorothy Plant
💍 1914/7824

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Household duties

25
24

Hastings
Hastings

4 weeks
1 week

St. Matthews Hastings

2464

2 June 1914

Rev. Noel Robertshawe

No	42
Date of Notice	2 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Aubrey Morgan	Jessie Dorothy Plant
	💍 1914/7824
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Household duties
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 weeks	1 week
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Hastings
Folio	2464
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Noel Robertshawe

12 June 1914

John James Fritchley
Lavinia Ethel Grenham

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Domestic

33
30

Hastings
Hastings

15 years
1 year

St. Matthews Hastings

Not Done? See attached

12 June 1914

Rev. R. Robertshawe

No	43
Date of Notice	12 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Fritchley	Lavinia Ethel Grenham
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Domestic
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	15 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Hastings
Folio	Not Done? See attached
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Robertshawe

16 June 1914

Frank Howard Toms
Mary Isabella Nicols

Frank Howard Torns
Mary Isabella Nicols
💍 1914/7791

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic duties

27
24

Hastings
Hastings

6 weeks
3 days

Registrars Office Hastings

2407

16 June 1914

Robert Brathwaite

No	44
Date of Notice	16 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Howard Toms	Mary Isabella Nicols
BDM Match (94%)	Frank Howard Torns	Mary Isabella Nicols
	💍 1914/7791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	6 weeks	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Hastings
Folio	2407
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite

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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).