Intentions to Marry, 1919 Albertland to Helensville

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840481, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1919 is bound in seven volumes (a to g) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1919a contains pages 1-500, covering districts from Albertland to Helensville

Page 429

District of Gisborne Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar F. B. L. Wills

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

2 July 1919

James William Hunt
Emma Katherine Walker

James William Hunt
Emma Katherine Walker
💍 1919/5940

Bachelor
Divorced 14 June 1918 Decree expired 14 September 1918

Teamster
Domestic Duties

49
34

Gisborne
Gisborne

12 months
12 months

Private residence of Rev William H. E. Abbey, Methodist Minister, 351 Aberdeen Road, Gisborne

5342

2 July 1919

Rev William H. E. Abbey, Methodist Minister

No	54
Date of Notice	2 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Hunt	Emma Katherine Walker
	💍 1919/5940
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced 14 June 1918 Decree expired 14 September 1918
Profession	Teamster	Domestic Duties
Age	49	34
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	12 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Private residence of Rev William H. E. Abbey, Methodist Minister, 351 Aberdeen Road, Gisborne
Folio	5342
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev William H. E. Abbey, Methodist Minister

3 July 1919

Tomatie Moeau
Angel Toromata

Tamati Moeau
Angel Toromata
💍 1919/5941

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Home Duties

17
18

Manutuke
Manutuke, Poverty Bay

Life
1 year

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne

5343

Kati Moeau (Father) for groom; Kati Toromata (Father) for bride

3 July 1919

Rev Thomas Lane, Catholic Minister

No	55
Date of Notice	3 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Tomatie Moeau	Angel Toromata
BDM Match (92%)	Tamati Moeau	Angel Toromata
	💍 1919/5941
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Home Duties
Age	17	18
Dwelling Place	Manutuke	Manutuke, Poverty Bay
Length of Residence	Life	1 year
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Gisborne
Folio	5343
Consent	Kati Moeau (Father) for groom; Kati Toromata (Father) for bride
Date of Certificate	3 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Thomas Lane, Catholic Minister

5 July 1919

Robert Henry Biggar
Annice Jessie Whyte

Robert Henry Biggar
Annice Jessie Whyte
💍 1919/5942

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Manager
Saleswoman

33
24

Gisborne
Gisborne

2 years 4 months
20 years

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne

5344

5 July 1919

Rev James Aitken, Presbyterian Minister

No	56
Date of Notice	5 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Biggar	Annice Jessie Whyte
	💍 1919/5942
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Manager	Saleswoman
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	2 years 4 months	20 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gisborne
Folio	5344
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev James Aitken, Presbyterian Minister

9 July 1919

Robert Robb
Mary Josephine Mostellar

Robert Robb
Mary Josephine McKellar
💍 1919/5944

Widower (8 March 1916)
Divorced Decree Absolute 19 March 1919

Agent
Nurse

55
41

Gisborne
Gisborne

53 years
4 years

Private residence of Mrs [illegible], Gladstone Road, Gisborne

5345

9 July 1919

Rev William Herbert Emanuel Abbey (Methodist Minister)

No	57
Date of Notice	9 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Robb	Mary Josephine Mostellar
BDM Match (94%)	Robert Robb	Mary Josephine McKellar
	💍 1919/5944
Condition	Widower (8 March 1916)	Divorced Decree Absolute 19 March 1919
Profession	Agent	Nurse
Age	55	41
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	53 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mrs [illegible], Gladstone Road, Gisborne
Folio	5345
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev William Herbert Emanuel Abbey (Methodist Minister)

10 July 1919

Albert Edward White
Daisy Gordon

Albert Edward White
Daisy Gordon
💍 1919/5945

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Home Duties

22
21

Ormond
Waerenga-a-hika

15 years
21 years

St Luke's Church of England, Gisborne

5346

10 July 1919

Rev Gerald Henry Morse (Church of England)

No	58
Date of Notice	10 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward White	Daisy Gordon
	💍 1919/5945
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Home Duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Ormond	Waerenga-a-hika
Length of Residence	15 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church of England, Gisborne
Folio	5346
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Gerald Henry Morse (Church of England)

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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).