Intentions to Marry, 1916 Aria to Masterton

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840465, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1916 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.

1916c contains pages 931-1380, covering districts from Aria to Masterton

Page 1095

District of Hastings Quarter ending 30 June 1916 Registrar Robert Braithwaite

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

14 April 1916

Henry Charles William Jarvis
Henrietta Kate Hewett

Henry Charles William Jarvis
Henrietta Kate Hewett
💍 1916/6248

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic duties

33
34

Hastings
Hastings

5 years
10 days

Registrars Office Hastings

3740

14 April 1916

Robert Braithwaite

No	32
Date of Notice	14 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Charles William Jarvis	Henrietta Kate Hewett
	💍 1916/6248
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic duties
Age	33	34
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	5 years	10 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Hastings
Folio	3740
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Robert Braithwaite

4 April 1916

George Keills
Mary McDowell

George Mills
Mary McDowell
💍 1916/6496

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic

24
25

Palmerston North
Hastings

2 years
4 weeks

Presbyterian Church Palmerston North

3955

4 April 1916

Rev. A. Doull

No	33
Date of Notice	4 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Keills	Mary McDowell
BDM Match (92%)	George Mills	Mary McDowell
	💍 1916/6496
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Hastings
Length of Residence	2 years	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Palmerston North
Folio	3955
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Doull

5 April 1916

Norman John Gilbert
Claire Mary Sinclair

Norman John Gilbert
Claire Mary Sinclair
💍 1916/6297

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

33
38

Hastings
Hastings

4 days
4 days

Presbyterian Church Hastings

3771

5 April 1916

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	34
Date of Notice	5 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman John Gilbert	Claire Mary Sinclair
	💍 1916/6297
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	33	38
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Hastings
Folio	3771
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

6 April 1916

Noel Oxnam
Rosa Elsie D'Anvers

Noel Oxnam
Rena Elsie D'anvers
💍 1916/12492

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

30
29

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
29 years

St. Matthews Hastings

3770

6 April 1916

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	35
Date of Notice	6 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Noel Oxnam	Rosa Elsie D'Anvers
BDM Match (92%)	Noel Oxnam	Rena Elsie D'anvers
	💍 1916/12492
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	29 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Hastings
Folio	3770
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

12 April 1916

Harry Drayson Kemp
Bella Copeland Mitchell

Harry Drayson Kemp
Bella Copeland Mitchell
💍 1916/6303

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic duties

30
30

Hastings
Hastings

10 years
12 years

Presbyterian Church Hastings

3776

12 April 1916

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	36
Date of Notice	12 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Drayson Kemp	Bella Copeland Mitchell
	💍 1916/6303
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic duties
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	10 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Hastings
Folio	3776
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

13 April 1916

Andrew Dysart
Annie Florence Roundey

Andrew Dysart
Annie Florence Mouldey
💍 1916/6304

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachbuilder
Household duties

24
24

Hastings
Hastings

9 years
23 years

Presbyterian Church Hastings

3777

13 April 1916

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	37
Date of Notice	13 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Dysart	Annie Florence Roundey
BDM Match (95%)	Andrew Dysart	Annie Florence Mouldey
	💍 1916/6304
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachbuilder	Household duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	9 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Hastings
Folio	3777
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

15 April 1916

Callum Campbell
Cathrine Elizabeth Gardiner

Callum Campbell
Catherine Elizabeth Gardiner
💍 1916/6305

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachbuilder
Domestic

28
23

Hastings
Hastings

12 years
4 years

St. Andrews Church Hastings

3778

15 April 1916

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	38
Date of Notice	15 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Callum Campbell	Cathrine Elizabeth Gardiner
BDM Match (98%)	Callum Campbell	Catherine Elizabeth Gardiner
	💍 1916/6305
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachbuilder	Domestic
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	12 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church Hastings
Folio	3778
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

19 April 1916

Leslie Norman Rogers
Eva Blanche Kemp

Leslie Norman Rogers
Eva Blanche Kemp
💍 1916/6290

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

24
26

Hastings
Hastings

24 years
12 years

Registrars Office Hastings

3753

19 April 1916

Robert Braithwaite

No	39
Date of Notice	19 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Norman Rogers	Eva Blanche Kemp
	💍 1916/6290
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	24 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Hastings
Folio	3753
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Robert Braithwaite

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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).