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 889

District of Te Awamutu Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar A. S. Johnston

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

1 July 1919

Gerald William Perley
Violet Louisa Pickett

Gerald William Petley
Violet Louisa Pickett
💍 1919/6072

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Agent
Domestic

29
23

Ohaupo
Ohaupo

7 years
3 years

St Johns Anglican Church, Te Awamutu

5499

1 July 1919

Rev. W. Lambert, Anglican

No	10
Date of Notice	1 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gerald William Perley	Violet Louisa Pickett
BDM Match (98%)	Gerald William Petley	Violet Louisa Pickett
	💍 1919/6072
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Agent	Domestic
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Ohaupo	Ohaupo
Length of Residence	7 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Anglican Church, Te Awamutu
Folio	5499
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Lambert, Anglican

1 July 1919

Llewellyn Nicholas
Ella Linton Kay

Llewellyn Nicholas
Ella Linton Kay
💍 1919/6073

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Householders duties

43
32

Parawera
Parawera

3 days
32 years

Presbyterian Church, Kihikihi

5500

1 July 1919

Rev. D. J. A. Shaw, Presbyterian

No	11
Date of Notice	1 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Llewellyn Nicholas	Ella Linton Kay
	💍 1919/6073
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Householders duties
Age	43	32
Dwelling Place	Parawera	Parawera
Length of Residence	3 days	32 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kihikihi
Folio	5500
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. A. Shaw, Presbyterian

16 July 1919

Ernest Edward Hindmarsh Gilbertson
Laurie Isabella Lethbridge

Ernest Edward Hindmarsh Gilbertson
Laurie Isabella Lethbridge
💍 1919/6081

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

29
25

Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu

3 days
3 days

Anglican Church, Te Awamutu

5501

16 July 1919

Rev. W. Lambert, Anglican

No	12
Date of Notice	16 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Edward Hindmarsh Gilbertson	Laurie Isabella Lethbridge
	💍 1919/6081
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Te Awamutu
Folio	5501
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Lambert, Anglican

18 July 1919

Thomas Hampton
Ann Cockburn Mitchell

Thomas Hampton
Ann Cockburn Mitchell
💍 1919/6092

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

29
25

Pukeatua
Pukeatua

1 week
1 week

Tautari Hall, Pukeatua

5502

18 July 1919

Rev. D. J. A. Shaw, Presbyterian

No	13
Date of Notice	18 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hampton	Ann Cockburn Mitchell
	💍 1919/6092
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Pukeatua	Pukeatua
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	Tautari Hall, Pukeatua
Folio	5502
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. A. Shaw, Presbyterian

22 July 1919

John Milburn Stewart
Gladys Elizabeth Cullen

John Milburn Stewart
Gladys Elizabeth Cullen
💍 1919/6099

Bachelor
Spinster

Minister of Religion
Domestic

31
29

Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu

3 days
14 years

Methodist Church, Te Awamutu

5503

22 July 1919

Rev. F. Warner, Methodist

No	14
Date of Notice	22 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Milburn Stewart	Gladys Elizabeth Cullen
	💍 1919/6099
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Minister of Religion	Domestic
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	3 days	14 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Te Awamutu
Folio	5503
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Warner, 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).