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 1341

District of Masterton Quarter ending 30 September 1914 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

29 July 1914

Thomas Edwin Ray
Lilian Alma Robinson

Thomas Edwin Ray
Lilian Alma Robinson
💍 1914/3113

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

26
26

Masterton
Masterton

3 days
3 days

The house of H. Walton, Hogg Crescent, Masterton

6915

29 July 1914

Rev. S. J. Serpell, Wesleyan

No	45
Date of Notice	29 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edwin Ray	Lilian Alma Robinson
	💍 1914/3113
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	The house of H. Walton, Hogg Crescent, Masterton
Folio	6915
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Serpell, Wesleyan

10 August 1914

James Alexander Hughan
Helen Grace Ewart

James Alexander Hughan
Helen Grace Ewart
💍 1914/1878

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Officer
Domestic duties

29
21

At Sea
Masterton

Masterton
21 years

St. Matthews Church, Masterton

5549

10 August 1914

Rev. H. Watson, Anglican

No	46
Date of Notice	10 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Alexander Hughan	Helen Grace Ewart
	💍 1914/1878
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Officer	Domestic duties
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	At Sea	Masterton
Length of Residence	Masterton	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Masterton
Folio	5549
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson, Anglican

15 August 1914

Wallace Henson
Jane Elizabeth Ray

Wallace Henson
Jane Elizabeth Ray
💍 1914/1909

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

31
30

Masterton
Masterton

4 days
4 days

The Office of the Registrar, Masterton

5557

15 August 1914

Wm. M. Easthope, Registrar

No	47
Date of Notice	15 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wallace Henson	Jane Elizabeth Ray
	💍 1914/1909
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar, Masterton
Folio	5557
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Wm. M. Easthope, Registrar

22 August 1914

Walter McAliece
Annie Carlson

Walter McAliece
Annie Carlson
💍 1914/1908

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

32
24

Masterton
Masterton

5 years
24 years

The Office of the Registrar, Masterton

5556

22 August 1914

Wm. M. Easthope, Registrar

No	48
Date of Notice	22 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter McAliece	Annie Carlson
	💍 1914/1908
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	5 years	24 years
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar, Masterton
Folio	5556
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Wm. M. Easthope, Registrar

25 August 1914

Walter Charles Curry
Hilda Mary Moore

Walter Charles Curry
Hilda Mary Moore
💍 1914/3114

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Shop assistant

24
23

Masterton
Masterton

3 years
23 years

The house of James Moore, Archer Street, Masterton

6916

25 August 1914

Rev. S. J. Serpell, Wesleyan

No	49
Date of Notice	25 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Charles Curry	Hilda Mary Moore
	💍 1914/3114
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Shop assistant
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	3 years	23 years
Marriage Place	The house of James Moore, Archer Street, Masterton
Folio	6916
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Serpell, Wesleyan

3 September 1914

William Henry Foot
Mary Dinah Gulbransen

William Henry Foot
Mary Dina Gulbransen
💍 1914/1877

Widower
Spinster

Sawmiller
Housekeeper

40
39

Masterton
Masterton

2 months
2 months

The Anglican Vicarage, Masterton

5548

3 September 1914

Rev. H. Watson, Anglican

No	50
Date of Notice	3 September 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Foot	Mary Dinah Gulbransen
BDM Match (98%)	William Henry Foot	Mary Dina Gulbransen
	💍 1914/1877
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Housekeeper
Age	40	39
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	The Anglican Vicarage, Masterton
Folio	5548
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 September 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson, Anglican

12 September 1914

Tiki Anaru
Elizabeth Mary Baker

Tiki Anaru
Elizabeth Mary Baker
💍 1914/1907

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

40
38

Taueru, Masterton
Taueru, Masterton

6 years
6 years

The Office of the Registrar, Masterton

5555

12 September 1914

Wm. M. Easthope, Registrar

No	51
Date of Notice	12 September 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Tiki Anaru	Elizabeth Mary Baker
	💍 1914/1907
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	40	38
Dwelling Place	Taueru, Masterton	Taueru, Masterton
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar, Masterton
Folio	5555
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 September 1914
Officiating Minister	Wm. M. Easthope, Registrar

16 September 1914

Michael Martin
Myra Abbott

Michael Martin
Myra Abbott
💍 1914/1906

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

21
21

Masterton
Masterton

5 days
6 months

The Office of the Registrar, Masterton

5554

16 September 1914

Wm. M. Easthope, Registrar

No	52
Date of Notice	16 September 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Martin	Myra Abbott
	💍 1914/1906
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	5 days	6 months
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar, Masterton
Folio	5554
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 September 1914
Officiating Minister	Wm. M. Easthope, Registrar

21 September 1914

Walter Edwin Beale
Lily Jelf

Walter Edwin Beale
Lily Jelf
💍 1914/1899

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Cook

36
28

Masterton
Masterton

3 days
3 days

The Office of the Registrar, Masterton

5553

21 September 1914

Wm. M. Easthope, Registrar

No	53
Date of Notice	21 September 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Edwin Beale	Lily Jelf
	💍 1914/1899
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Cook
Age	36	28
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar, Masterton
Folio	5553
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 September 1914
Officiating Minister	Wm. M. Easthope, Registrar

23 September 1914

Richard Kerr Hogg
Marguerite Cora Baker

Richard Kerr Hogg
Marguerite Cora Baker
💍 1914/1888

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic duties

23
21

Masterton
Masterton

3 days
7 days

The Office of the Registrar, Masterton

5552

23 September 1914

Wm. M. Easthope, Registrar

No	54
Date of Notice	23 September 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Kerr Hogg	Marguerite Cora Baker
	💍 1914/1888
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Masterton
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar, Masterton
Folio	5552
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 September 1914
Officiating Minister	Wm. M. Easthope, 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).