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 715

District of Ohinemuri Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar Joseph Garroway McDougall

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

27 October 1919

Joseph Croker
Margaret Eleanor

Joseph Croker
Margaret Treanor
💍 1919/8643

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Domestic duties

33
28

Paeroa
Paeroa

10 years
20 years

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church Paeroa

8298

27 October 1919

Rev. J. M. Dunphy

No	11
Date of Notice	27 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Croker	Margaret Eleanor
BDM Match (94%)	Joseph Croker	Margaret Treanor
	💍 1919/8643
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Domestic duties
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Paeroa
Length of Residence	10 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Roman Catholic Church Paeroa
Folio	8298
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Dunphy

04 November 1919

Angus John Campbell
Cora Alice Walden

Angus John Campbell
Cora Alice Walden
💍 1919/8644

Divorced Decree Absolute 5th December 1917
Widow (Husband died 11 November 1911)

Farmer
Domestic duties

47
52

Paeroa
Paeroa

2 months
4 months

Residence of Bridegroom Tirohia Paeroa

8299

16 November 1919

Frank McDonald

No	12
Date of Notice	04 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Angus John Campbell	Cora Alice Walden
	💍 1919/8644
Condition	Divorced Decree Absolute 5th December 1917	Widow (Husband died 11 November 1911)
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	47	52
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Paeroa
Length of Residence	2 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Bridegroom Tirohia Paeroa
Folio	8299
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Frank McDonald

15 November 1919

Frederick Greig
Elsie Christina Johnson

Frederick Greig
Elsie Christina Johnson
💍 1919/8602

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

27
22

Paeroa
Netherton

1 week
22 years

Residence of Thomas Johnson Netherton

8300

15 November 1919

Frank McDonald

No	13
Date of Notice	15 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Greig	Elsie Christina Johnson
	💍 1919/8602
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Netherton
Length of Residence	1 week	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Johnson Netherton
Folio	8300
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Frank McDonald

20 November 1919

Rowley Herbert Griffin
Ellen Elizabeth O'Brien

Rowley Herbert Griffin
Ellen Elizabeth O'Brien
💍 1919/8613

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

22
21

Karangahake
Karangahake

20 years
12 years

Roman Catholic Church Karangahake

8301

20 November 1919

Rev. J. M. Dunphy

No	14
Date of Notice	20 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rowley Herbert Griffin	Ellen Elizabeth O'Brien
	💍 1919/8613
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Karangahake	Karangahake
Length of Residence	20 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Karangahake
Folio	8301
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Dunphy

23 December 1919

Charles David Rolton
Ellen Victoria Moylan

Charles David Rolton
Ellen Victoria Moylan
💍 1919/8620

Bachelor
Divorced Decree Absolute 5-11-18

Labourer
Domestic duties

37
37

Paeroa
Paeroa

17 years
3 years

Residence of Walter James Enticott Thames Road Paeroa

8302

23 December 1919

W. J. Enticott

No	15
Date of Notice	23 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles David Rolton	Ellen Victoria Moylan
	💍 1919/8620
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree Absolute 5-11-18
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	37	37
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Paeroa
Length of Residence	17 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Walter James Enticott Thames Road Paeroa
Folio	8302
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1919
Officiating Minister	W. J. Enticott

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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).