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 1422

District of Feilding Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar Charles Christian 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

8 May 1915

Leslie Garfield Fisher
Daisy Maddaford

Leslie Garfield Fisher
Daisy Maddaford
💍 1915/1724

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Household duties

19
19

Colyton
Feilding

19 years
7 years

Presbyterian Manse Feilding

3595

James Fisher Father. Bertram Maddaford Father.

8 May 1915

Rev. Geo. Budd

No	25
Date of Notice	8 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Garfield Fisher	Daisy Maddaford
	💍 1915/1724
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Household duties
Age	19	19
Dwelling Place	Colyton	Feilding
Length of Residence	19 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse Feilding
Folio	3595
Consent	James Fisher Father. Bertram Maddaford Father.
Date of Certificate	8 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Budd

21 May 1915

William Malcolm McLennan
Daisy Elizabeth Ballingham

William Malcolm McLennan
Daisy Elizabeth Callingham
💍 1915/1728

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

30
30

Halcombe
Stanway

20 years
3 days

St Johns Church Halcombe

3599

21 May 1915

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

No	26
Date of Notice	21 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Malcolm McLennan	Daisy Elizabeth Ballingham
BDM Match (98%)	William Malcolm McLennan	Daisy Elizabeth Callingham
	💍 1915/1728
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Halcombe	Stanway
Length of Residence	20 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St Johns Church Halcombe
Folio	3599
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

31 May 1915

George Crossley Firth
Emma Evelyn Wratt

George Crossley Firth
Emma Evelyn Wratt
💍 1915/1716

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver

31
25

Taonui
Taonui

3 days
24 years

Baptist Church Feilding

3588

31 May 1915

Pastor E. Nicholls

No	27
Date of Notice	31 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Crossley Firth	Emma Evelyn Wratt
	💍 1915/1716
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Taonui	Taonui
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church Feilding
Folio	3588
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Pastor E. Nicholls

31 May 1915

Alfred Ernest Bailey
Mary Florence Sutcliffe

Alfred Ernest Bailey
Mary Florence Sutcliffe
💍 1915/1837

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer
Household duties

36
36

Kawatau
Palmerston North

3 weeks
21 years

Church of England Palmerston North

3702

31 May 1915

Rev. W. F. Grove

No	28
Date of Notice	31 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest Bailey	Mary Florence Sutcliffe
	💍 1915/1837
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Household duties
Age	36	36
Dwelling Place	Kawatau	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 weeks	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Palmerston North
Folio	3702
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Grove

1 June 1915

Errol Vernon Duffy
Theresa Giesen

Errol Vernon Duffy
Theresa Giesen
💍 1915/1799

Bachelor
Widow

Motor Proprietor
Dressmaker

34
35

Feilding
Feilding

2 1/2 years
37 years

Roman Catholic Church Feilding

3670

1 June 1915

Rev. Father M. O'Dwyer

No	29
Date of Notice	1 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Errol Vernon Duffy	Theresa Giesen
	💍 1915/1799
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Motor Proprietor	Dressmaker
Age	34	35
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	37 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Feilding
Folio	3670
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father M. O'Dwyer

4 June 1915

Miles Jukes
Ethel Alice Hopping

Miles Jukes
Ethel Alice Hopping
💍 1915/1727

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Manager

29
23

Maharahara
Feilding

3 days
2 years

Church of England Feilding

3598

4 June 1915

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

No	30
Date of Notice	4 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Miles Jukes	Ethel Alice Hopping
	💍 1915/1727
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Manager
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Maharahara	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Feilding
Folio	3598
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

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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).