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 1365

District of Ohakune Quarter ending 30 June 1914 Registrar J. A. Herd

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

8 April 1914

William Alfred Hounsell
Ethel Ray McIntosh

William Alfred Hounsell
Ethel Ray McIntosh
💍 1914/9012

Bachelor
Spinster

Chainman P.W. Dept
Milliner

47
28

Ohakune
Ohakune

14 Months
6 weeks

Residence of Harold Prentice, Titiroa Street, Ohakune

4074

8 April 1914

Rev Ernest Edward Smith

No	6
Date of Notice	8 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alfred Hounsell	Ethel Ray McIntosh
	💍 1914/9012
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chainman P.W. Dept	Milliner
Age	47	28
Dwelling Place	Ohakune	Ohakune
Length of Residence	14 Months	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Harold Prentice, Titiroa Street, Ohakune
Folio	4074
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev Ernest Edward Smith

2 June 1914

John Schrieber
Winifred Louisa McShippe

John Schrieber
Winifred Louisa McIntyre
💍 1914/9023

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill hand
Waitress

29
23

Ohakune
Ohakune

6 years
3 years

Ruapehu Coffee Palace, Ohakune

4075

2 June 1914

Rev James Fordyce

No	7
Date of Notice	2 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Schrieber	Winifred Louisa McShippe
BDM Match (90%)	John Schrieber	Winifred Louisa McIntyre
	💍 1914/9023
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill hand	Waitress
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Ohakune	Ohakune
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Ruapehu Coffee Palace, Ohakune
Folio	4075
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev James Fordyce

8 June 1914

Norman Victor Wotton
Elizabeth Violet May Jansey

Norman Victor Wotton
Elizabeth Violet May Tansey
💍 1914/9004

Bachelor
Divorced

Asst Town Clerk Napier
Domestic duties

29
27

Ohakune
Ohakune

3 days
2 years

Mrs Elizabeth Harrison's House, Ohakune

4073

8 June 1914

Rev A. A. Bensley

No	8
Date of Notice	8 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Victor Wotton	Elizabeth Violet May Jansey
BDM Match (98%)	Norman Victor Wotton	Elizabeth Violet May Tansey
	💍 1914/9004
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Asst Town Clerk Napier	Domestic duties
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Ohakune	Ohakune
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Mrs Elizabeth Harrison's House, Ohakune
Folio	4073
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev A. A. Bensley

20 June 1914

Willie Tomlinson
Annie Jane Mitchell

Willie Tomlinson
Annie Jane Mitchell
💍 1914/6018

Bachelor
Spinster

Saw doctor
Domestic duties

29
22

Rangataua
Rangataua

2 years
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Rangataua

3229

20 June 1914

Rev Louis Joseph Menard

No	9
Date of Notice	20 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Willie Tomlinson	Annie Jane Mitchell
	💍 1914/6018
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saw doctor	Domestic duties
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Rangataua	Rangataua
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Rangataua
Folio	3229
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev Louis Joseph Menard

20 June 1914

David Mortimer
Margaret Hilliar

David Mortimer
Margaret Hilliar
💍 1914/6017

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill hand
Drapers Assistant

27
20

Rangataua
Rangataua

3 years
5 years

Frank Hilliar's residence, Rangataua

3228

20 June 1914

Rev Louis Joseph Menard

No	10
Date of Notice	20 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Mortimer	Margaret Hilliar
	💍 1914/6017
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill hand	Drapers Assistant
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Rangataua	Rangataua
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Frank Hilliar's residence, Rangataua
Folio	3228
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev Louis Joseph Menard

3 July 1914

Isaac Henry Carter
Edith Laura Thompson

Isaac Henry Carter
Edith Laura Thompson
💍 1914/1912

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Shop Assistant

34
18

Ohakune
Ohakune

1 year
4 years

John Thompson's Residence, Ohakune

5562

3 July 1914

Rev James Fordyce

No	11
Date of Notice	3 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Henry Carter	Edith Laura Thompson
	💍 1914/1912
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Shop Assistant
Age	34	18
Dwelling Place	Ohakune	Ohakune
Length of Residence	1 year	4 years
Marriage Place	John Thompson's Residence, Ohakune
Folio	5562
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev James Fordyce

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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).