Intentions to Marry, 1919 Herekino to Wairewa

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840482, 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.

1919b contains pages 501-1004, covering districts from Herekino to Wairewa

Page 533

District of Huntly Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar J Ramsay

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

25 January 1919

David Whyte
Agnes Mary Massey

David Whyte
Agnes Mary Massey
💍 1919/1042

Bachelor
Spinster

Mine Employee
Shop Assistant

28
22

Huntly
Huntly

6 years
18 years

Presbyterian Church Huntly

946

25 January 1919

Rev R Mackie, Presbyterian Minister

No	1
Date of Notice	25 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Whyte	Agnes Mary Massey
	💍 1919/1042
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mine Employee	Shop Assistant
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Huntly	Huntly
Length of Residence	6 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Huntly
Folio	946
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev R Mackie, Presbyterian Minister

28 January 1919

William Smith
Eileen Amy Mathews

William Smith
Eileen Amy Mathews
💍 1919/1043

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

30
21

Huntly
Huntly

5 days
6 years

Church of England Huntly

947

28 January 1919

Rev C F R Harrison, Church of England

No	2
Date of Notice	28 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Smith	Eileen Amy Mathews
	💍 1919/1043
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Huntly	Huntly
Length of Residence	5 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Huntly
Folio	947
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev C F R Harrison, Church of England

12 February 1919

William Glass
Phyllis Etheline Pearson

William Glass
Phyllis Etheline Pearson
💍 1919/1044

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

36
20

Ohinewai
Ohinewai

6 years
2 months

Dwelling House of William Glass Ohinewai

948

Agnes Augustus Lord, mother

12 February 1919

Rev C F R Harrison, Church of England

No	3
Date of Notice	12 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Glass	Phyllis Etheline Pearson
	💍 1919/1044
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	20
Dwelling Place	Ohinewai	Ohinewai
Length of Residence	6 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Dwelling House of William Glass Ohinewai
Folio	948
Consent	Agnes Augustus Lord, mother
Date of Certificate	12 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev C F R Harrison, Church of England

18 February 1919

Tawera Te Whaiohia
Urupikia Te Whiu

Tawera Te Wherowhero
Urupikia Te Whiu
💍 1919/1045

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

38
26

Waahi Huntly
Waahi Huntly

38 years
26 years

Church of the Latter Day Saints Waahi Huntly

949

18 February 1919

J N Lambert, Church of the Latter Day Saints

No	4
Date of Notice	18 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Tawera Te Whaiohia	Urupikia Te Whiu
BDM Match (85%)	Tawera Te Wherowhero	Urupikia Te Whiu
	💍 1919/1045
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	38	26
Dwelling Place	Waahi Huntly	Waahi Huntly
Length of Residence	38 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Latter Day Saints Waahi Huntly
Folio	949
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1919
Officiating Minister	J N Lambert, Church of the Latter Day Saints

7 March 1919

Robert Pringle Rennie
Evelyn Audrey Carter

Robert Pringle Rennie
Evelyn Audrey Carter
💍 1919/1046

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician
Domestic Duties

17
19

Huntly
Huntly

3 days
3 weeks

at the residence of W. J. Thompson Hakanoa St Huntly

950

Alexander Rennie Father, Harry Carter Father

7 March 1919

Mr Peter J Main, Methodist

No	5
Date of Notice	7 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Pringle Rennie	Evelyn Audrey Carter
	💍 1919/1046
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician	Domestic Duties
Age	17	19
Dwelling Place	Huntly	Huntly
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	at the residence of W. J. Thompson Hakanoa St Huntly
Folio	950
Consent	Alexander Rennie Father, Harry Carter Father
Date of Certificate	7 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Mr Peter J Main, Methodist

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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).