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 1198

District of Hastings Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar Robert Brathwaite

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 June 1915

Eugene Bowen
Violet Ioann Cook

Eugene Bowen
Violet Mann Cook
💍 1915/4509

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Household duties

25
24

Havelock North
Hastings

25
24

Presbyterian Church, Havelock

6734

1 June 1915

Rev. R. Waugh

No	51
Date of Notice	1 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eugene Bowen	Violet Ioann Cook
BDM Match (94%)	Eugene Bowen	Violet Mann Cook
	💍 1915/4509
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Household duties
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Havelock North	Hastings
Length of Residence	25	24
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Havelock
Folio	6734
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Waugh

14 June 1915

James Edward Andrews
Mary White

James Edward Andrews
Mary White
💍 1915/1592

Bachelor
Spinster

Chauffeur
Domestic

45
30

Hastings
Hastings

23 years
29 years

Presbyterian Church Hastings

3437

14 June 1915

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	52
Date of Notice	14 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edward Andrews	Mary White
	💍 1915/1592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chauffeur	Domestic
Age	45	30
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	23 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Hastings
Folio	3437
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

14 June 1915

Lachlan Maclean
Mary Cochrane Overton

Lachlan Maclean
Mary Cochrane Overton
💍 1915/10624

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Household duties

26
34

Maraekakaho
Maraekakaho

14 years
7 years

Maraekakaho Hall

3434

14 June 1915

Rev. W. R. Hutcheson

No	53
Date of Notice	14 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lachlan Maclean	Mary Cochrane Overton
	💍 1915/10624
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Household duties
Age	26	34
Dwelling Place	Maraekakaho	Maraekakaho
Length of Residence	14 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Maraekakaho Hall
Folio	3434
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Hutcheson

8 June 1915

Leslie Arthur Marshall
Daphne Stepharotis Tong

Leslie Arthur Marshall
Daphne Stephanotis Tory
💍 1915/1612

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

23
21

Hastings
Hastings

8 years
21 years

St. Matthews Church Hastings

3433

8 June 1915

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	54
Date of Notice	8 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Arthur Marshall	Daphne Stepharotis Tong
BDM Match (94%)	Leslie Arthur Marshall	Daphne Stephanotis Tory
	💍 1915/1612
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	8 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church Hastings
Folio	3433
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

10 June 1915

Edward Bristowe Waddington
Margaret Hyslop

Edward Bristowe Waddington
Margaret Hyslop
💍 1915/4532

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Official
Domestic duties

25
26

Hastings
Hastings

4 years
3 years

Residence of Mrs. H. Hyslop, Mangateretere

6733

10 June 1915

Rev. R. D. B. Waugh

No	55
Date of Notice	10 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Bristowe Waddington	Margaret Hyslop
	💍 1915/4532
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Official	Domestic duties
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. H. Hyslop, Mangateretere
Folio	6733
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. D. B. Waugh

10 June 1915

James Brunton
Eva Kathleen Vowless

James Brunton
Eva Kathleen Vowless
💍 1915/1610

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

23
18

Paki Paki
Hastings

12 years
18 months

At the Residence of Ensign Wain Hastings

3431

George Vowless (father)

10 June 1915

Ensign Wain

No	56
Date of Notice	10 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Brunton	Eva Kathleen Vowless
	💍 1915/1610
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Paki Paki	Hastings
Length of Residence	12 years	18 months
Marriage Place	At the Residence of Ensign Wain Hastings
Folio	3431
Consent	George Vowless (father)
Date of Certificate	10 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Ensign Wain

14 June 1915

Arthur Erasmus Foothill
Avis Evelyn Thompson

Arthur Erasmus Toothill
Avis Evelyn Thompson
💍 1915/1611

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Typist

37
20

Hastings
Hastings

6 1/2 years
7 1/2 years

St. Matthews Church Hastings

3432

Charles Henry Thompson Father

14 June 1915

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	57
Date of Notice	14 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Erasmus Foothill	Avis Evelyn Thompson
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Erasmus Toothill	Avis Evelyn Thompson
	💍 1915/1611
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Typist
Age	37	20
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	6 1/2 years	7 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church Hastings
Folio	3432
Consent	Charles Henry Thompson Father
Date of Certificate	14 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

14 June 1915

Ernest Frederick Lowe
Alyce Cockery

Ernest Frederick Lowe
Alyce Corkery
💍 1915/2457

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Domestic duties

26
20

Hastings
Hastings

18 months
9 years

Roman Catholic Church Hastings

4365

John Cockery (Father)

14 June 1915

Rev. Father McDonnell

No	58
Date of Notice	14 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Frederick Lowe	Alyce Cockery
BDM Match (96%)	Ernest Frederick Lowe	Alyce Corkery
	💍 1915/2457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Domestic duties
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	18 months	9 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Hastings
Folio	4365
Consent	John Cockery (Father)
Date of Certificate	14 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father McDonnell

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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).