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 1387

District of Pahiatua Quarter ending 31 December 1914 Registrar Daniel O'Rourke

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

2 October 1914

Edward Beattie Brewer
Mary Ellen Thomas

Edward Beattie Brewer
Mary Ellen Thomas
💍 1914/3878

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Domestic Duties

21
18

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

5 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Pahiatua

7732

Lucy Furnell, mother

2 October 1914

D. O'Rourke, Registrar

No	37
Date of Notice	2 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Beattie Brewer	Mary Ellen Thomas
	💍 1914/3878
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Pahiatua
Folio	7732
Consent	Lucy Furnell, mother
Date of Certificate	2 October 1914
Officiating Minister	D. O'Rourke, Registrar

28 October 1914

Charles Clarence Hiscock
Marjorie Frances Pine

Charles Clarence Hercock
Marjorie Frances Pine
💍 1914/3879

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

21
21

Mangamaire
Mangamaire

4 years
6 months

Registrar's Office, Pahiatua

7733

28 October 1914

D. O'Rourke, Registrar

No	38
Date of Notice	28 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Clarence Hiscock	Marjorie Frances Pine
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Clarence Hercock	Marjorie Frances Pine
	💍 1914/3879
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Mangamaire	Mangamaire
Length of Residence	4 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Pahiatua
Folio	7733
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1914
Officiating Minister	D. O'Rourke, Registrar

28 October 1914

Robert Henry Taylor
Margaret Ellen Browne

Robert Henry Taylor
Margaret Ellen Browne
💍 1914/3754

Divorced
Spinster

Hairdresser
Housekeeper

37
25

Pahiatua
Dannevirke

13 years
11 days

Registrar's Office, Dannevirke

7607

28 October 1914

The Registrar, Dannevirke

No	39
Date of Notice	28 October 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Taylor	Margaret Ellen Browne
	💍 1914/3754
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser	Housekeeper
Age	37	25
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	13 years	11 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dannevirke
Folio	7607
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1914
Officiating Minister	The Registrar, Dannevirke

3 November 1914

Leonard David Carey
Ann Dick

Leonard David Carey
Ann Dick
💍 1914/3881

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

30
36

Pahiatua
Ngaturi

3 days
20 years

Residence of William Dick, Pahiatua

7735

3 November 1914

Rev. G. Bawden Harris

No	40
Date of Notice	3 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard David Carey	Ann Dick
	💍 1914/3881
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	30	36
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Ngaturi
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of William Dick, Pahiatua
Folio	7735
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Bawden Harris

20 November 1914

Albert Monzie Pearcey
Amy Hall

Albert Alonza Pearcey
Amy Hall
💍 1914/3877

Bachelor
Spinster

Gas Works Stoker
Domestic Servant

24
19

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

3 days
12 years

Methodist Church, Pahiatua

7731

Newman Hall, father

20 November 1914

Rev. R. Richards

No	41
Date of Notice	20 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Monzie Pearcey	Amy Hall
BDM Match (91%)	Albert Alonza Pearcey	Amy Hall
	💍 1914/3877
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gas Works Stoker	Domestic Servant
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pahiatua
Folio	7731
Consent	Newman Hall, father
Date of Certificate	20 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Richards

25 November 1914

Kenneth Groves
Laurie Kathleen Hughes

Kenneth Graves
Laurie Kathleen Hughes
💍 1914/3880

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic Duties

24
26

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

3 days
26 years

St Peter's Church, Pahiatua

7734

25 November 1914

Rev. L. H. Fenn

No	42
Date of Notice	25 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Groves	Laurie Kathleen Hughes
BDM Match (96%)	Kenneth Graves	Laurie Kathleen Hughes
	💍 1914/3880
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Pahiatua
Folio	7734
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. H. Fenn

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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).