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 1268

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar Charles 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

23 February 1914

Frank Cyril Hill
Mary Bridget O'Connor

Frank Cyril Hill
Mary Bridget O'Connor
💍 1914/7288

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Agent

24
25

Feilding
Feilding

2 years
1 year

Roman Catholic Church, Feilding

1148

23 February 1914

Father M. O'Dwyer

No	9
Date of Notice	23 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Cyril Hill	Mary Bridget O'Connor
	💍 1914/7288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Agent
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Feilding
Folio	1148
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Father M. O'Dwyer

24 February 1914

William Thomas Strawbridge
Ivy Winifred Alice Kreagher

William Thomas Strawbridge
Ivy Winifred Alice Kreagher
💍 1914/7289

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
21

Waituna West
Beaconsfield

20 years
5 years

Church of England, Feilding

1149

24 February 1914

Rev. A. Innes Jones

No	10
Date of Notice	24 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Strawbridge	Ivy Winifred Alice Kreagher
	💍 1914/7289
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Waituna West	Beaconsfield
Length of Residence	20 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	1149
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Innes Jones

26 February 1914

Henry George West
Elsie Standen

Henry George West
Elsie Standen
💍 1914/7290

Widower
Spinster

Labourer

34
20

Rata
Feilding

3 days
10 years

Residence of James Thomas Standen, Denbigh Street, Feilding

1150

Maud Alice Miller, Wellington, mother

26 February 1914

Rev. George Budd

No	11
Date of Notice	26 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry George West	Elsie Standen
	💍 1914/7290
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	34	20
Dwelling Place	Rata	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Thomas Standen, Denbigh Street, Feilding
Folio	1150
Consent	Maud Alice Miller, Wellington, mother
Date of Certificate	26 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Budd

28 February 1914

Oliver Sporle Chritchley
Agnes Ann Quaid

Oliver Chritchley Sporle
Agnes Ann Quaid
💍 1914/7291

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
24

Feilding
Feilding

4 years
6 years

Roman Catholic Church, Feilding

1151

28 February 1914

Rev. M. O'Dwyer

No	12
Date of Notice	28 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oliver Sporle Chritchley	Agnes Ann Quaid
BDM Match (71%)	Oliver Chritchley Sporle	Agnes Ann Quaid
	💍 1914/7291
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	4 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Feilding
Folio	1151
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. O'Dwyer

6 March 1914

Henry William Kilgour
Ellen Rhoda Heyward

Henry William Kilgour
Ellen Rhoda Hayward
💍 1914/9288

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer

40
32

Kiwitea
Kiwitea

27 years
9 months

Residence of Mrs. Lydia Kilgour, Kiwitea

4460

6 March 1914

Rev. G. H. Ralph

No	13
Date of Notice	6 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Kilgour	Ellen Rhoda Heyward
BDM Match (97%)	Henry William Kilgour	Ellen Rhoda Hayward
	💍 1914/9288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer
Age	40	32
Dwelling Place	Kiwitea	Kiwitea
Length of Residence	27 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Lydia Kilgour, Kiwitea
Folio	4460
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Ralph

18 March 1914

Edward Quigley
Martha Elizabeth Ann Sunnex

Edward Quigley
Martha Elizabeth Ann Sunnex
💍 1914/7292

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter

27
17

Feilding
Ohakune

3 days
3 days

Methodist Church, Grey Street, Feilding

1152

John Oliver Sunnex, father, Rangataua

18 March 1914

Rev. D. J. Murray

No	14
Date of Notice	18 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Quigley	Martha Elizabeth Ann Sunnex
	💍 1914/7292
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter
Age	27	17
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Ohakune
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Grey Street, Feilding
Folio	1152
Consent	John Oliver Sunnex, father, Rangataua
Date of Certificate	18 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. Murray

20 March 1914

William Dew
Grace Evelyn Ruff

William Dew
Grace Evelyn Ruff
💍 1914/641

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

33
26

Feilding
Feilding

2 years
10 years

Presbyterian Manse, Feilding

2532

28 March 1914

Rev. George Budd

No	15
Date of Notice	20 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Dew	Grace Evelyn Ruff
	💍 1914/641
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Feilding
Folio	2532
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. George 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).