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 1273

District of Feilding Quarter ending 30 September 1914 Registrar C. E. Saunders

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 July 1914

Edward George Rollo
Fannie Maria Clapham

Edward George Rollo
Fanny Maria Clapham
💍 1914/1860

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
29

Palmerston North
Colyton

3 days
8 years

Church of England, Colyton

5508

4 July 1914

Rev. Alan S. Innes Jones

No	32
Date of Notice	4 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward George Rollo	Fannie Maria Clapham
BDM Match (95%)	Edward George Rollo	Fanny Maria Clapham
	💍 1914/1860
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Colyton
Length of Residence	3 days	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Colyton
Folio	5508
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alan S. Innes Jones

6 July 1914

George William Cameron
Gertrude Emily Bismarck

George William Cameron
Gertrude Emily Bismark
💍 1914/2850

Bachelor
Spinster

Shearer

26
21

Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield

6 years
21 years

Presbyterian Manse, Feilding

6678

6 July 1914

Rev. Geo. Budd

No	33
Date of Notice	6 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Cameron	Gertrude Emily Bismarck
BDM Match (98%)	George William Cameron	Gertrude Emily Bismark
	💍 1914/2850
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shearer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Beaconsfield	Beaconsfield
Length of Residence	6 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Feilding
Folio	6678
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Budd

14 July 1914

Albert Green
Clara Helen Tucker

Albert Green
Clara Helen Tucker
💍 1914/2851

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

29
19

Bulls
Bulls

3 days
14 days

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

6679

David Insoll Tucker, Father

14 July 1914

Rev. Geo. Budd

No	34
Date of Notice	14 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Green	Clara Helen Tucker
	💍 1914/2851
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Bulls	Bulls
Length of Residence	3 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	6679
Consent	David Insoll Tucker, Father
Date of Certificate	14 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Budd

20 July 1914

Frederick James Shirley
Katie Elizabeth Wratt

Frederick James Shirley
Katie Elizabeth Wratt
💍 1914/1841

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
20

Taonui
Taonui

5 years
20 years

Baptist Church, Feilding

5513

John McArthur Wratt, Father

20 July 1914

Rev. Ernest Nicholls

No	35
Date of Notice	20 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick James Shirley	Katie Elizabeth Wratt
	💍 1914/1841
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Taonui	Taonui
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Feilding
Folio	5513
Consent	John McArthur Wratt, Father
Date of Certificate	20 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ernest Nicholls

21 July 1914

Rowland Baldock
Annie Caroline Law

Rowland Baldock
Louie Caroline Law
💍 1914/42

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

24
22

Feilding
Feilding

6 months
6 months

Residence of Harry Hunt, Prince St, Feilding

5512

21 July 1914

Rev. P. W. Jones

No	36
Date of Notice	21 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rowland Baldock	Annie Caroline Law
BDM Match (92%)	Rowland Baldock	Louie Caroline Law
	💍 1914/42
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Harry Hunt, Prince St, Feilding
Folio	5512
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Jones

25 July 1914

Frederic Arthur Bates
Mary Hannah Hoult

Frederic Arthur Bates
Mary Hannah Hoult
💍 1914/1839

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

34
19

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
15 years

Methodist Church, Grey St, Feilding

5511

Thomas Hoult, Father

25 July 1914

Rev. P. W. Jones

No	37
Date of Notice	25 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederic Arthur Bates	Mary Hannah Hoult
	💍 1914/1839
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	34	19
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grey St, Feilding
Folio	5511
Consent	Thomas Hoult, Father
Date of Certificate	25 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Jones

4 August 1914

Alexander Robert Wynne Scott
Kate Christina Fowler

Alexander Robert Wynne Scott
Kate Christina Fowles
💍 1914/2852

Widower
Spinster

Tailor

35
31

Feilding
Feilding

12 months
31 years

Presbyterian Manse, Feilding

6680

4 August 1914

Rev. Geo. Budd

No	38
Date of Notice	4 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Robert Wynne Scott	Kate Christina Fowler
BDM Match (98%)	Alexander Robert Wynne Scott	Kate Christina Fowles
	💍 1914/2852
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	35	31
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	12 months	31 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Feilding
Folio	6680
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Budd

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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).