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 1303

District of Waipawa Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar John James

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

03 April 1915

Alfred Tam Pritchard
Winifred Helen Langridge

Alfred Sam Pritchard
Winifred Helen Langridge
💍 1915/1699

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway employee
Domestic

24
22

Waipawa
Waipawa

5 days
2 years

St Peters Church Waipawa

3552

03 April 1915

Rev. T. C. Cullwick, Waipawa

No	4
Date of Notice	03 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Tam Pritchard	Winifred Helen Langridge
BDM Match (98%)	Alfred Sam Pritchard	Winifred Helen Langridge
	💍 1915/1699
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway employee	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	5 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church Waipawa
Folio	3552
Consent
Date of Certificate	03 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. C. Cullwick, Waipawa

11 May 1915

Sydney Charles Pepper
Kathleen Ellen Hay

Sydney Charles Pepper
Kathleen Ellen Hay
💍 1915/1688

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook
Domestic

29
20

Tirohino
Waipawa

5 months
2 years

St Peters Church Waipawa

3551

Adeline Mary Hay (mother)

11 May 1915

Rev. T. C. Cullwick, Waipawa

No	5
Date of Notice	11 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Charles Pepper	Kathleen Ellen Hay
	💍 1915/1688
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook	Domestic
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Tirohino	Waipawa
Length of Residence	5 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church Waipawa
Folio	3551
Consent	Adeline Mary Hay (mother)
Date of Certificate	11 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. C. Cullwick, Waipawa

29 May 1915

Harold Joseph Susans
Ellen O'Brien

Harold Joseph Suzans
Ellen O'Brien
💍 1915/10960

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Schoolteacher

21
24

Ongaonga
Ongaonga

4 days
4 years

Roman Catholic Church Ongaonga

3546

29 May 1915

Rev. E. J. Bergin, Waipawa

No	6
Date of Notice	29 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Joseph Susans	Ellen O'Brien
BDM Match (98%)	Harold Joseph Suzans	Ellen O'Brien
	💍 1915/10960
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Schoolteacher
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Ongaonga	Ongaonga
Length of Residence	4 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Ongaonga
Folio	3546
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Bergin, Waipawa

07 June 1915

Edgar Joseph Whelby Hallett
Aileen Evelyn Wilson

Edgar Joseph Whebby Hallett
Aileen Evelyn Wilson
💍 1915/1680

Bachelor
Spinster

Barrister & Solicitor
Domestic

33
25

Ongaonga
Ongaonga

3 days
25 years

St Peters Church Waipawa

3550

07 June 1915

Rev. T. C. Cullwick, Waipawa

No	7
Date of Notice	07 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Joseph Whelby Hallett	Aileen Evelyn Wilson
BDM Match (98%)	Edgar Joseph Whebby Hallett	Aileen Evelyn Wilson
	💍 1915/1680
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barrister & Solicitor	Domestic
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Ongaonga	Ongaonga
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church Waipawa
Folio	3550
Consent
Date of Certificate	07 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. C. Cullwick, Waipawa

15 June 1915

Howard Richard Irving
Isabella McKinnon Fleming

Howard Richard Irving
Isabella McKinnon Fleming
💍 1915/1679

Bachelor
Spinster

Station manager
Domestic

23
31

Tamumu
Tamumu

3 days
30 years

St Albans Church Tamumu

3549

15 June 1915

Rev. T. C. Cullwick, Waipawa

No	8
Date of Notice	15 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Howard Richard Irving	Isabella McKinnon Fleming
	💍 1915/1679
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station manager	Domestic
Age	23	31
Dwelling Place	Tamumu	Tamumu
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	St Albans Church Tamumu
Folio	3549
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. C. Cullwick, Waipawa

16 June 1915

Robert Charles Hogg
Annie Earley

Robert Charles Hogg
Annie Earley
💍 1915/1677

Bachelor
Spinster

Ploughman
Domestic

22
30

Pukehou
Pukehou

3 days
18 months

Roman Catholic Church, Waipawa

3547

16 June 1915

Rev. E. J. Bergin, Waipawa

No	9
Date of Notice	16 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Charles Hogg	Annie Earley
	💍 1915/1677
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ploughman	Domestic
Age	22	30
Dwelling Place	Pukehou	Pukehou
Length of Residence	3 days	18 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Waipawa
Folio	3547
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Bergin, Waipawa

22 June 1915

David Henry Edwardo
Frances Moroney

David Henry Edwards
Frances Moroney
💍 1915/1678

Bachelor
Spinster

Clothier
Domestic

26
23

Waipawa
Waipawa

2 years
23 years

St Patricks Church, Waipawa

3548

22 June 1915

Rev. E. J. Bergin, Waipawa

No	10
Date of Notice	22 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Henry Edwardo	Frances Moroney
BDM Match (97%)	David Henry Edwards	Frances Moroney
	💍 1915/1678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clothier	Domestic
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	2 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St Patricks Church, Waipawa
Folio	3548
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Bergin, Waipawa

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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).