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 1275

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 December 1914 Registrar Chas. C. Halliday

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

5 October 1914

Richard Henry Worsfold
Clara Eva Thompson

Richard Henry Worsfold
Clara Eva Thompson
💍 1914/3732

Richard Henry McGregor
Sarah Thompson
💍 1914/7369

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk General Post Office
Dressmaker

25
23

Wellington
Feilding

6 days
9 years

Methodist Church, Grey St, Feilding

7685

5 October 1914

Rev. P. W. Jones

No	44
Date of Notice	5 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Henry Worsfold	Clara Eva Thompson
	💍 1914/3732
BDM Match (67%)	Richard Henry McGregor	Sarah Thompson
	💍 1914/7369
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk General Post Office	Dressmaker
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Feilding
Length of Residence	6 days	9 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grey St, Feilding
Folio	7685
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Jones

16 November 1914

William Theodore Culpitt
Winifred Doris Mary Lambert

William Theodore Culpitt
Winifred Doris Mary Lambert
💍 1914/3722

Bachelor
Spinster

Harnessmaker

30
23

Feilding
Feilding

2 years
6 years

Church of England, Feilding

7676

16 November 1914

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

No	45
Date of Notice	16 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Theodore Culpitt	Winifred Doris Mary Lambert
	💍 1914/3722
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Harnessmaker
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	7676
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

28 November 1914

Harry Gill
Annie Johnston

Harry Gill
Annie Johnston
💍 1914/3729

William Harry Osborne
Annie Johnston
💍 1914/5000

Bachelor
Spinster

Chef

33
30

Feilding
Feilding

14 days
3 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Feilding

7682

28 November 1914

The Registrar

No	46
Date of Notice	28 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Gill	Annie Johnston
	💍 1914/3729
BDM Match (64%)	William Harry Osborne	Annie Johnston
	💍 1914/5000
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chef
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	14 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Feilding
Folio	7682
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1914
Officiating Minister	The Registrar

2 December 1914

Horace Thomas McFarlane
Emily Mary Jenkins

Horace Thomas McFarlane
Emily Mary Jenkins
💍 1914/3728

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

20
18

Kiwitea
Feilding

20 years
18 years

Baptist Church, Feilding

7681

Thomas John McFarlane, Father; Frederick Jenkins, Father

2 December 1914

Rev. Ernest Nicholls

No	47
Date of Notice	2 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Thomas McFarlane	Emily Mary Jenkins
	💍 1914/3728
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Kiwitea	Feilding
Length of Residence	20 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Feilding
Folio	7681
Consent	Thomas John McFarlane, Father; Frederick Jenkins, Father
Date of Certificate	2 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ernest Nicholls

8 December 1914

Frederick Richard Hills
Isabel Kate Curtis

Frederick Richard Hills
Isabel Kate Curtis
💍 1914/3727

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
26

Colyton
Colyton

3 days
3 days

Church of England, Feilding

7680

8 December 1914

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

No	48
Date of Notice	8 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Richard Hills	Isabel Kate Curtis
	💍 1914/3727
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Colyton	Colyton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	7680
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

10 December 1914

Albert Henry Hawk
Margaret Isabel Carmichael

Albert Henry Hawk
Margaret Isabel Carmichael
💍 1914/5374

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Nurse

30
28

Feilding
Auckland

3 years

St Stephens Presbyterian Church, Auckland

9304

10 December 1914

Rev. Isaac Jolly

No	49
Date of Notice	10 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Hawk	Margaret Isabel Carmichael
	💍 1914/5374
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Nurse
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years
Marriage Place	St Stephens Presbyterian Church, Auckland
Folio	9304
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Isaac Jolly

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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).