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 1433

District of Foxton Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar A. Hawke

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

22 April 1915

Robert Laing Heath
Isabella White

Robert Laing Heath
Isabella White
💍 1915/1742

Bachelor
Spinster

Cordial Manufacturer
Domestic Duties

27
25

Foxton
Foxton

3 years
2 years

Private Residence of George Henderson, Johnston St, Foxton

3614

22 April 1915

Rev. J. M. Thomson, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	22 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Laing Heath	Isabella White
	💍 1915/1742
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cordial Manufacturer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence of George Henderson, Johnston St, Foxton
Folio	3614
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Thomson, Presbyterian

7 May 1915

Johnston Rountree
Louisa Maisey

Johnston Rountree
Louisa Maisey
💍 1915/1741

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

45
37

Foxton
Foxton

2 years
5 years

Residence Mrs W. H. Hurst, Thynne St, Foxton

3613

8 May 1915

Rev. Wm Rowe, Methodist

No	6
Date of Notice	7 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Johnston Rountree	Louisa Maisey
	💍 1915/1741
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	45	37
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence Mrs W. H. Hurst, Thynne St, Foxton
Folio	3613
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm Rowe, Methodist

15 May 1915

Richard Walden
Ada Evelyn Fitzgerald

Richard Walden
Ada Evelyn Fitzgerald
💍 1915/1738

Widower
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

35
24

Maro Tiri
Maro Tiri

25 years
2 years

Office Registrar, Foxton

3610

15 May 1915

Registrar A. Hawke

No	7
Date of Notice	15 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Walden	Ada Evelyn Fitzgerald
	💍 1915/1738
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Maro Tiri	Maro Tiri
Length of Residence	25 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Office Registrar, Foxton
Folio	3610
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar A. Hawke

28 May 1915

James Buglass
Jessie Munro

James Buglass
Jessie Munro
💍 1915/1740

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Bookkeeper

39
32

Foxton
Foxton

5 1/2 years
1 1/4 years

Presbyterian Church, Foxton

3612

28 May 1915

J. M. Thomson, Presbyterian

No	8
Date of Notice	28 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Buglass	Jessie Munro
	💍 1915/1740
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Bookkeeper
Age	39	32
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	5 1/2 years	1 1/4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Foxton
Folio	3612
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1915
Officiating Minister	J. M. Thomson, Presbyterian

8 June 1915

Samuel Henry Signal
Hilda Hetty Barber

Samuel Henry Signal
Hilda Hetty Barber
💍 1915/1801

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic Duties

28
23

Foxton
Te Horo

1 1/2 years
2 3/4 years

English Church, Otaki

3622

8 June 1915

Revs G. F. Petrie & Rev G. Y. Woodward, Anglican

No	9
Date of Notice	8 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Henry Signal	Hilda Hetty Barber
	💍 1915/1801
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Te Horo
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	2 3/4 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Otaki
Folio	3622
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Revs G. F. Petrie & Rev G. Y. Woodward, Anglican

10 June 1915

Errol Hamilton Healy
Mary Bell Robertson

Eroll Hamilton Healey
Mary Dell Robertson
💍 1915/1739

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
20

Himatangi
Himatangi

3 months
14 years

Church of England, Foxton

3611

James Robertson, Father

10 June 1915

Rev. Wm Raine, Anglican

No	10
Date of Notice	10 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Errol Hamilton Healy	Mary Bell Robertson
BDM Match (90%)	Eroll Hamilton Healey	Mary Dell Robertson
	💍 1915/1739
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Himatangi	Himatangi
Length of Residence	3 months	14 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Foxton
Folio	3611
Consent	James Robertson, Father
Date of Certificate	10 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm Raine, 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).