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 1096

District of Hastings Quarter ending 30 June 1916 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

19 April 1916

Francis Michael Quinn
Gertrude Emily Heeney

Francis Michael Quinn
Gertrude Emily Heeney
💍 1916/6302

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner
Tailoress

31
23

Hastings
Hastings

2 years
23 years

Catholic Church Hastings

3775

19 April 1916

Rev. Father McDonell

No	40
Date of Notice	19 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Michael Quinn	Gertrude Emily Heeney
	💍 1916/6302
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner	Tailoress
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	2 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church Hastings
Folio	3775
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father McDonell

20 April 1916

Albert William Napier
Clara Louisa Orchard

Albert William Napier
Clara Louisa Orchard
💍 1916/6298

Bachelor
Spinster

Nurseryman
Saleswoman

26
24

Hastings
Hastings

3 years
22 years

St. Matthews Hastings

3772

20 April 1916

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	41
Date of Notice	20 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert William Napier	Clara Louisa Orchard
	💍 1916/6298
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Nurseryman	Saleswoman
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Hastings
Folio	3772
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

20 April 1916

George Edgar O'Connell
Mary Crowley

George Edgar O'Connell
Mary Crowley
💍 1916/6300

Bachelor
Spinster

Corporal N.Z. Reinforcement
Domestic duties

38
35

Hastings
Hastings

48 hours
30 years

Catholic Church Hastings

3774

20 April 1916

Rev. Father McDonell

No	42
Date of Notice	20 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edgar O'Connell	Mary Crowley
	💍 1916/6300
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Corporal N.Z. Reinforcement	Domestic duties
Age	38	35
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	48 hours	30 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church Hastings
Folio	3774
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father McDonell

22 April 1916

Arthur Lewis Upchurch
Daisy Elizabeth Marchant

Arthur Lewis Upchurch
Daisy Elizabeth Marchant
💍 1916/6299

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic

28
23

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
23 years

St. Matthews Hastings

3773

22 April 1916

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	43
Date of Notice	22 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Lewis Upchurch	Daisy Elizabeth Marchant
	💍 1916/6299
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Hastings
Folio	3773
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

25 April 1916

Charles Tucker Dampney
Amy Rhoda Harper

Charles Tucker Dampney
Amy Rhoda Harper
💍 1916/12438

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School Teacher

39
33

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
10 years

St. Matthews Church Hastings

3741

25 April 1916

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	44
Date of Notice	25 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Tucker Dampney	Amy Rhoda Harper
	💍 1916/12438
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School Teacher
Age	39	33
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church Hastings
Folio	3741
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

25 April 1916

Oscar Garfield Win
Angelia McPhee

Oscar Garfield Win
Angelina McPhun
💍 1916/6252

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
29

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
3 weeks

Residence of A. E. Joll Havelock North

3746

25 April 1916

Rev. R. Waugh

No	45
Date of Notice	25 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oscar Garfield Win	Angelia McPhee
BDM Match (90%)	Oscar Garfield Win	Angelina McPhun
	💍 1916/6252
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of A. E. Joll Havelock North
Folio	3746
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Waugh

26 April 1916

Henry Thomas Henderson
Mary Ann Henderson

Henry Thomas
Mary Ann Henderson
💍 1916/6258

Divorced
Widow

Labourer
Household duties

37
29

Hastings
Hastings

8 years
8 years

Registrar's Office Hastings

3752

26 April 1916

Robert Brathwaite

No	46
Date of Notice	26 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Henderson	Mary Ann Henderson
BDM Match (77%)	Henry Thomas	Mary Ann Henderson
	💍 1916/6258
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Household duties
Age	37	29
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	8 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Hastings
Folio	3752
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite

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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).