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 697

District of Ngaruawahia Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar J. Russell

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

03 July 1919

Leslie John Hunter
Vera Isabella Fausett

Leslie John Hunter
Vera Isabella Fausett
💍 1919/6008

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Clerk

35
25

Hobsonville
Ngaruawahia

2 months
2 years

Residence of Bride's parents, Ngaruawahia

5435

03 July 1919

Rev. William A. Porter, Methodist

No	8
Date of Notice	03 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie John Hunter	Vera Isabella Fausett
	💍 1919/6008
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Clerk
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Hobsonville	Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	2 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's parents, Ngaruawahia
Folio	5435
Consent
Date of Certificate	03 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. William A. Porter, Methodist

29 July 1919

Andrew Kenneth Bateman
Fanny Elizabeth Neil

Andrew Kenneth Bateman
Fanny Elizabeth Neil
💍 1919/6009

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Housemaid

21
24

Taupiri
Taupiri

2 years
1 year

Residence of P. Drinkwater, Taupiri

5436

29 July 1919

Rev. James Burrows, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	29 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Kenneth Bateman	Fanny Elizabeth Neil
	💍 1919/6009
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Housemaid
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Taupiri	Taupiri
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of P. Drinkwater, Taupiri
Folio	5436
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Burrows, Presbyterian

04 August 1919

John Chandler Hill
Sarah Blanche Pearl Geake

John Chandler Hill
Sarah Blanche Pearl Geake
💍 1919/6010

Bachelor
Widow (25 February 1916)

Farm-hand
Domestic Duties

41
37

Taupiri
Taupiri

39 years
37 years

Church of England, Taupiri

5437

04 August 1919

Rev. Harrison, Church of England

No	10
Date of Notice	04 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Chandler Hill	Sarah Blanche Pearl Geake
	💍 1919/6010
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (25 February 1916)
Profession	Farm-hand	Domestic Duties
Age	41	37
Dwelling Place	Taupiri	Taupiri
Length of Residence	39 years	37 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Taupiri
Folio	5437
Consent
Date of Certificate	04 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Harrison, Church of England

06 September 1919

Robert William Hislop
Dorothy May Thomas

Robert William Hislop
Dorothy May Thomas
💍 1919/6011

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Waitress

21
21

Glenmassey
Waingaro

10 months
9 months

Registrar's Office, Ngaruawahia

5438

06 September 1919

George H. Morrish (Registrar)

No	11
Date of Notice	06 September 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert William Hislop	Dorothy May Thomas
	💍 1919/6011
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Waitress
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Glenmassey	Waingaro
Length of Residence	10 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Ngaruawahia
Folio	5438
Consent
Date of Certificate	06 September 1919
Officiating Minister	George H. Morrish (Registrar)

27 September 1919

John Little
Jessie Lovell

John Little
Jessie Lovell
💍 1919/7144

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

39
27

Ngaruawahia
Whatawhata

39 years
3 years

Anglican Church, Whatawhata

6632

27 September 1919

Rev. Edmund Mortlock Cowie, Church of England

No	12
Date of Notice	27 September 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Little	Jessie Lovell
	💍 1919/7144
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	39	27
Dwelling Place	Ngaruawahia	Whatawhata
Length of Residence	39 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Whatawhata
Folio	6632
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 September 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edmund Mortlock Cowie, 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).