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 943

District of Tokatoka Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar A. Graham

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

17 April 1919

Wi Hare Patihana
Mate Huirua Piri Paora

Wi Hare Patihana
Matehuirua Piri Paora
💍 1919/3300

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand

32
22

Ripia
Ripia

9 years
22 years

Ripia Church, Ripia

3085

17 April 1919

Rev. Wike Te Paa, Anglican

No	4
Date of Notice	17 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wi Hare Patihana	Mate Huirua Piri Paora
BDM Match (95%)	Wi Hare Patihana	Matehuirua Piri Paora
	💍 1919/3300
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Ripia	Ripia
Length of Residence	9 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Ripia Church, Ripia
Folio	3085
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wike Te Paa, Anglican

13 May 1919

Joseph Clarence Brown
Gladys Hamlin

Joseph Clarence Brown
Gladys Hamlin
💍 1919/3301

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Draper

23
20

Ruawai
Naumai

3 years
3 years

Ruawai Church, Ruawai

3086

Arthur Hamlin, father

13 May 1919

Rev. W. B. Black, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	13 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Clarence Brown	Gladys Hamlin
	💍 1919/3301
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Draper
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Ruawai	Naumai
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Ruawai Church, Ruawai
Folio	3086
Consent	Arthur Hamlin, father
Date of Certificate	13 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. B. Black, Presbyterian

16 May 1919

Thomas Ringrose
Florence Alice Mort

Thomas Ringrose
Florence Alice Mort
💍 1919/3302

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

56
27

Tokatoka
Tokatoka

26 years
27 years

Residence of Albert Mort, Rehia

3087

16 May 1919

Rev. J. Southern, Methodist

No	6
Date of Notice	16 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Ringrose	Florence Alice Mort
	💍 1919/3302
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	56	27
Dwelling Place	Tokatoka	Tokatoka
Length of Residence	26 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Albert Mort, Rehia
Folio	3087
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Southern, Methodist

2 June 1919

Ernest John Davidson
Priscilla Vine Wade

Ernest John Davidson
Priscilla Verne Wade
💍 1919/3303

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Music teacher

19
19

Te Kopuru
Te Kopuru

19 years
15 years

Registrar's Office, Te Kopuru

3088

John Davidson, father; Edmund Wade, father

2 June 1919

H. Seabourn, Registrar

No	7
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest John Davidson	Priscilla Vine Wade
BDM Match (95%)	Ernest John Davidson	Priscilla Verne Wade
	💍 1919/3303
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Music teacher
Age	19	19
Dwelling Place	Te Kopuru	Te Kopuru
Length of Residence	19 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Te Kopuru
Folio	3088
Consent	John Davidson, father; Edmund Wade, father
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	H. Seabourn, Registrar

14 June 1919

Thomas Henry Newport
Gertrude Olive Taylor

Thomas Henry Newport
Gertrude Olive Taylor
💍 1919/3304

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
25

Tatarariki
Tatarariki

1 month
4 years

Residence, James Hill Taylor, Tatarariki

3089

14 June 1919

Rev. J. Southern, Methodist

No	8
Date of Notice	14 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Newport	Gertrude Olive Taylor
	💍 1919/3304
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Tatarariki	Tatarariki
Length of Residence	1 month	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence, James Hill Taylor, Tatarariki
Folio	3089
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Southern, 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).