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 1196

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

8 April 1915

Oliver Anderton
Ivy Pritchard

Oliver Anderton
Ivy Pritchard
💍 1915/1576

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

24
23

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
3 days

Registrars Office, Hastings

15/3420

8 April 1915

Robert Brathwaite

No	35
Date of Notice	8 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oliver Anderton	Ivy Pritchard
	💍 1915/1576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Hastings
Folio	15/3420
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite

10 April 1915

Norman Harvey Beatson
Elsie Newbigin

Norman Harvey Beatson
Elsie Newbign
💍 1915/11081

Bachelor
Spinster

Law Student
Household duties

28
28

Hastings
Hastings

28 years
28 years

St. Matthews Hastings

3444

10 April 1915

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	36
Date of Notice	10 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Harvey Beatson	Elsie Newbigin
BDM Match (96%)	Norman Harvey Beatson	Elsie Newbign
	💍 1915/11081
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Law Student	Household duties
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	28 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Hastings
Folio	3444
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

13 April 1915

Harold Walker Symes
Elsie Kathleen Beale

Harold Walter Symes
Elsie Kathleen Beate
💍 1915/1598

Bachelor
Spinster

Auctioneer
Household duties

37
21

Hastings
Hastings

10 years
10 years

St. Matthews Hastings

3443

13 April 1915

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	37
Date of Notice	13 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Walker Symes	Elsie Kathleen Beale
BDM Match (95%)	Harold Walter Symes	Elsie Kathleen Beate
	💍 1915/1598
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Auctioneer	Household duties
Age	37	21
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	10 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Hastings
Folio	3443
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

14 April 1915

James McCann
Kathleen Bridget Lynam

James McCann
Kathleen Bridget Lynam
💍 1915/2455

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

30
24

Hastings
Hastings

3 years
3 years

Sacred Heart Church Hastings

4363

14 April 1915

Rev. Father Mahony

No	38
Date of Notice	14 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McCann	Kathleen Bridget Lynam
	💍 1915/2455
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church Hastings
Folio	4363
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Mahony

24 April 1915

Frank Short
Lily Young

Frank Short
Lily Young
💍 1915/1601

Bachelor
Widow

Railway Employee
Domestic

32
30

Hastings
Hastings

10 months
7 months

St. Matthews Hastings

3445

24 April 1915

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	39
Date of Notice	24 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Short	Lily Young
	💍 1915/1601
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Railway Employee	Domestic
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	10 months	7 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Hastings
Folio	3445
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

26 April 1915

John Leckie
Charlotte Ellen Carrington

John Leckie
Charlotte Ellen Carrington
💍 1915/1602

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Dressmaker

25
27

Hastings
Hastings

15 months
2 years

At the house of Mrs. Waugh Hastings

3446

26 April 1915

Rev. A. R. Pratt

No	40
Date of Notice	26 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Leckie	Charlotte Ellen Carrington
	💍 1915/1602
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Dressmaker
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	15 months	2 years
Marriage Place	At the house of Mrs. Waugh Hastings
Folio	3446
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. R. Pratt

1 May 1915

Harry William Abbott
Ivylien Urquhart

Harry William Abbott
Ivylien Urquhart
💍 1915/10608

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Household duties

32
23

Hastings
Hastings

4 years
3 months

St. Matthews Church Hastings

3441

1 May 1915

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	41
Date of Notice	1 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry William Abbott	Ivylien Urquhart
	💍 1915/10608
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Household duties
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 years	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church Hastings
Folio	3441
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

3 May 1915

William Patrick Monteith
Ida Whiting

William Patrick Monteith
Ida Whiting
💍 1915/1594

Bachelor
Spinster

Brewer
Domestic duties

31
22

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
5 weeks

St. Matthews Church Hastings

3439

3 May 1915

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	42
Date of Notice	3 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Patrick Monteith	Ida Whiting
	💍 1915/1594
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brewer	Domestic duties
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	5 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church Hastings
Folio	3439
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

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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).