Intentions to Marry, 1915 Aria to Masterton

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840459, 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.

1915c contains pages 1021-1500, covering districts from Aria to Masterton

Page 1177

District of Dannevirke Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar [illegible]

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

1 April 1915

Stephen Thomas Eagle
Alice Pickard

Stephen Thomas Eagle
Alice Pickard
💍 1915/1567

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Home duties

22
27

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

6 months
12 months

Registrar's Office, Dannevirke

3412

1 April 1915

Registrar

No	13
Date of Notice	1 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Thomas Eagle	Alice Pickard
	💍 1915/1567
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Home duties
Age	22	27
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	6 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dannevirke
Folio	3412
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar

3 April 1915

James Murray
Maude Eliza Floyd

James Murray
Maude Elizabeth Lloyd
💍 1915/550

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk
Trained Nurse

32
43

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
3 days

Anglican Church, Dannevirke

2602

3 April 1915

Rev. E. Robertshawe, Anglican

No	14
Date of Notice	3 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Murray	Maude Eliza Floyd
BDM Match (88%)	James Murray	Maude Elizabeth Lloyd
	💍 1915/550
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk	Trained Nurse
Age	32	43
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Dannevirke
Folio	2602
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Robertshawe, Anglican

13 April 1915

Frank William Tindall
Edith Ellen Neagle

Frank William Tindall
Edith Ellen Neagle
💍 1915/10883

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable
Home duties

30
29

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 years
19 years

Roman Catholic Church, Dannevirke

3417

13 April 1915

Rev Father J Bowe, Roman Catholic

No	15
Date of Notice	13 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank William Tindall	Edith Ellen Neagle
	💍 1915/10883
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable	Home duties
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Dannevirke
Folio	3417
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Father J Bowe, Roman Catholic

14 April 1915

Alfred Ainslie
Eliza Leander Hanson

Alfred Ainslie
Eliza Leander Hanson
💍 1915/4505

Widower
Widow

Painter
Home duties

64
47

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

12 years
12 years

Hospital, Dannevirke

6696

14 April 1915

Rev A Grant, Presbyterian

No	16
Date of Notice	14 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ainslie	Eliza Leander Hanson
	💍 1915/4505
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Painter	Home duties
Age	64	47
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	12 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Hospital, Dannevirke
Folio	6696
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev A Grant, Presbyterian

19 April 1915

Ernest Edward Mannering
Electa Bolton Conrad

Ernest Edward Mannering
Electa Cotton Conrad
💍 1915/14006

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Home duties

27
20

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

2 years
17 years

Anglican Church, Dannevirke

2603

S Conrad, Mother

19 April 1915

Rev. E. Robertshawe, Anglican

No	17
Date of Notice	19 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Edward Mannering	Electa Bolton Conrad
BDM Match (95%)	Ernest Edward Mannering	Electa Cotton Conrad
	💍 1915/14006
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Home duties
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	2 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Dannevirke
Folio	2603
Consent	S Conrad, Mother
Date of Certificate	19 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Robertshawe, Anglican

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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).