Intentions to Marry, 1915 Albertland to Hamilton

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840457, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1915 is bound in six volumes (a to f) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1915a contains pages 1-518, covering districts from Albertland to Hamilton

Page 455

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar H. S. File

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

16 June 1915

Cornile John Benjamin
Solsie May Weale

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
18

Matawai Poverty Bay
Matawai

About 2 years
About 10 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.

3109

Charles Weale (Father)

16 June 1915

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

No	92
Date of Notice	16 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cornile John Benjamin	Solsie May Weale
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Matawai Poverty Bay	Matawai
Length of Residence	About 2 years	About 10 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.
Folio	3109
Consent	Charles Weale (Father)
Date of Certificate	16 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

16 June 1915

William Moore Gillies
Delma Evangeline Plowman

William Moore Gillice
Selina Evangline Plowman
💍 1915/1234

Bachelor
Spinster

General Farm Hand
Domestic Duties

29
22

Actoria Mayapapa
Maharaui

Life
8 years

Private residence of Mrs. G. Parson 52 Herbert Road Gisborne.

3124

16 June 1915

Rev S. T. Brown Presbyterian Minister

No	93
Date of Notice	16 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Moore Gillies	Delma Evangeline Plowman
BDM Match (87%)	William Moore Gillice	Selina Evangline Plowman
	💍 1915/1234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	General Farm Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Actoria Mayapapa	Maharaui
Length of Residence	Life	8 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mrs. G. Parson 52 Herbert Road Gisborne.
Folio	3124
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev S. T. Brown Presbyterian Minister

19 June 1915

Codine Tapue Turei
Maria McC. Cartney

Hotene Tapine Turei
Maria McCartney
💍 1915/1243

Bachelor
Widow

General Station Hand.
Cook.

39
46

Whatatutu
Whatatutu Poverty Bay

Life
20 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

3110

19 June 1915

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

No	94
Date of Notice	19 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Codine Tapue Turei	Maria McC. Cartney
BDM Match (79%)	Hotene Tapine Turei	Maria McCartney
	💍 1915/1243
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	General Station Hand.	Cook.
Age	39	46
Dwelling Place	Whatatutu	Whatatutu Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	Life	20 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne
Folio	3110
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

19 June 1915

Twentyman Jackson
Maude Elizabeth Ashworth

Twentyman Jackson
Maude Elizabeth Ashworth
💍 1915/1220

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Employee.
Housemaid

28
19

Motu (Gisborne)
Gisborne

4 1/2 years
6 years

The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.

3111

Edmund Angell Ashworth (Father)

19 June 1915

Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

No	95
Date of Notice	19 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Twentyman Jackson	Maude Elizabeth Ashworth
	💍 1915/1220
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Employee.	Housemaid
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Motu (Gisborne)	Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 1/2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar of Marriages Gisborne.
Folio	3111
Consent	Edmund Angell Ashworth (Father)
Date of Certificate	19 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Gisborne

21 June 1915

Edwin Newland Bostock.
Henrietta Mary Veale

Edwin Newland Bostock
Henrietta Mary Veale
💍 1915/10366

Bachelor
Widow

Commercial Traveller.
Household Duties

52
52

Gisborne
Gisborne

1 year
About 16 years

Private residence of Mrs. E. Grundel Mayapapa Gisborne.

3121

21 June 1915

Rev Robert Raine Methodist Minister

No	96
Date of Notice	21 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Newland Bostock.	Henrietta Mary Veale
BDM Match (98%)	Edwin Newland Bostock	Henrietta Mary Veale
	💍 1915/10366
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Commercial Traveller.	Household Duties
Age	52	52
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	1 year	About 16 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mrs. E. Grundel Mayapapa Gisborne.
Folio	3121
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Robert Raine Methodist Minister

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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).