Intentions to Marry, 1918 Aria to Hunterville

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840477, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1918 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.

1918c contains pages 865-1248, covering districts from Aria to Hunterville

Page 1209

District of Feilding Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar E. G. Staff

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

5 July 1918

Thomas Ruthven
Lynda Mary Hubner

Thomas Ruthven
Lynda Mary Hubner
💍 1918/4972

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

28
18

Feilding
Feilding

18 months
18 years

Residence of J. A. Hubner, West Street, Feilding

4395

John Albert Hubner, Father

5 July 1918

Rev. S. J. Stockwell, Methodist

No	21
Date of Notice	5 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Ruthven	Lynda Mary Hubner
	💍 1918/4972
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	18 months	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. A. Hubner, West Street, Feilding
Folio	4395
Consent	John Albert Hubner, Father
Date of Certificate	5 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Stockwell, Methodist

6 July 1918

Richard John Moore
Jessie Elizabeth Smith Fisher

Richard John Morre
Jessie Elizabeth Smith Fisher
💍 1918/4973

Bachelor
Widow

Taxi Proprietor
Domestic Duties

45
32

Feilding
Feilding

10 years
5 months

Roman Catholic Church, Feilding

4396

6 July 1918

Rev. Father N. M. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic

No	22
Date of Notice	6 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard John Moore	Jessie Elizabeth Smith Fisher
BDM Match (97%)	Richard John Morre	Jessie Elizabeth Smith Fisher
	💍 1918/4973
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Taxi Proprietor	Domestic Duties
Age	45	32
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	10 years	5 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Feilding
Folio	4396
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father N. M. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic

12 July 1918

Courtnay Walter Solomon
Charlotte Harriette Keir

Courtnay Walter Solomon
Charlotte Harriette Keir
💍 1918/4974

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk in Holy Orders
School Teacher

47
37

Feilding
Feilding

5 years
5 years

Anglican Church, Feilding

4397

12 July 1918

Archdeacon J. D. Russell, Anglican

No	23
Date of Notice	12 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Courtnay Walter Solomon	Charlotte Harriette Keir
	💍 1918/4974
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk in Holy Orders	School Teacher
Age	47	37
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Feilding
Folio	4397
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon J. D. Russell, Anglican

15 July 1918

Charles Alexander Sanson
Doris Gertrude Hale

Charles Alexander Sanson
Doris Gertrude Hale
💍 1918/4975

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

18
16

Feilding
Feilding

10 days
10 days

Registrar's Office, Post Office, Feilding

4398

Alexander Sanson, Father; Stephen Hale, Father

15 July 1918

Ernest George Staff, Registrar

No	24
Date of Notice	15 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alexander Sanson	Doris Gertrude Hale
	💍 1918/4975
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	18	16
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	10 days	10 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Post Office, Feilding
Folio	4398
Consent	Alexander Sanson, Father; Stephen Hale, Father
Date of Certificate	15 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Ernest George Staff, Registrar

22 July 1918

William Reamayne
Gladys Marion Mitchell

William Redmayne
Gladys Marion Mitchell
💍 1918/4838

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
22

Feilding
Feilding

5 days
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

4399

25 July 1918

Rev. Thomas Miller, Presbyterian

No	25
Date of Notice	22 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Reamayne	Gladys Marion Mitchell
BDM Match (97%)	William Redmayne	Gladys Marion Mitchell
	💍 1918/4838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	5 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	4399
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Miller, Presbyterian

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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).