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 785

District of Pukekohe Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar J. H. Waters

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

7 July 1919

Thomas Benjamin Thom
Doris Beryl Osborne Wright

Thomas Benjamin Thorn
Doris Beryl Osborne Wright
💍 1919/6049

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School-teacher

26
24

Mauku
Mauku

3 days
20 years

St Brides Church Mauku

5453

7 July 1919

F. G. Fussell

No	17
Date of Notice	7 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Benjamin Thom	Doris Beryl Osborne Wright
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Benjamin Thorn	Doris Beryl Osborne Wright
	💍 1919/6049
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School-teacher
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Mauku	Mauku
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St Brides Church Mauku
Folio	5453
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1919
Officiating Minister	F. G. Fussell

7 July 1919

Bertie Dale
Alice Lucy Adams

Bertie Dale
Alice Lucy Adams
💍 1919/6050

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer
Domestic duties

34
36

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

16 years
16 years

Registrar's Office Pukekohe

5454

7 July 1919

W. E. Gundy Dep Registrar

No	18
Date of Notice	7 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie Dale	Alice Lucy Adams
	💍 1919/6050
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	34	36
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	16 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Pukekohe
Folio	5454
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1919
Officiating Minister	W. E. Gundy Dep Registrar

7 July 1919

Francis James Treanor
Gwenefer Beatrice Eliza Bilkey

Francis James Treanor
Gwenefer Beatrice Eliza Bilkey
💍 1919/6051

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Cashier
Domestic duties

32
25

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

7 days
25 years

St Andrews Church Pukekohe

5455

7 July 1919

Rev. J. P. Cowie

No	19
Date of Notice	7 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis James Treanor	Gwenefer Beatrice Eliza Bilkey
	💍 1919/6051
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Cashier	Domestic duties
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	7 days	25 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church Pukekohe
Folio	5455
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Cowie

9 July 1919

Frederick Gilbert Gummers
Isabella Mary Eleanor Zehndorf

Frederick Gilbert Gummer
Isabella Mary Eleanor Lehndorf
💍 1919/6052

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
19

Paerata
Paerata

5 years
4 years

The Presbyterian Manse Pukekohe

5456

Charles Frederick William Zehndorf (Father)

9 July 1919

Rev. S. Nixon

No	20
Date of Notice	9 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Gilbert Gummers	Isabella Mary Eleanor Zehndorf
BDM Match (96%)	Frederick Gilbert Gummer	Isabella Mary Eleanor Lehndorf
	💍 1919/6052
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Paerata	Paerata
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Manse Pukekohe
Folio	5456
Consent	Charles Frederick William Zehndorf (Father)
Date of Certificate	9 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Nixon

10 July 1919

John Thomas Mervyn Brewster
Frances Aileen Brown

John Thomas Mervyn Brewster
Frances Aileen Brown
💍 1919/5580

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Engineer
Nurse

27
26

Pukekohe
Auckland

5 months
3 days

St Barnabas Church Mount Eden Auckland

4965

10 July 1919

Rev. E. J. McFarland

No	21
Date of Notice	10 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Mervyn Brewster	Frances Aileen Brown
	💍 1919/5580
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Engineer	Nurse
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	3 days
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church Mount Eden Auckland
Folio	4965
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. McFarland

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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).