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 860

District of Tauranga Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar A. G. Beswick

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

6 December 1919

Bert Jury
Orion Garmont

Bert Jury
Orion Carniout
💍 1919/8671

Bachelor
Spinster

Taxi Proprietor
Domestic duties

22
21

Omanawa
Omanawa

4 days
4 days

Registrar's Office Tauranga

8353

6 December 1919

A. G. Beswick, Registrar

No	22
Date of Notice	6 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bert Jury	Orion Garmont
BDM Match (86%)	Bert Jury	Orion Carniout
	💍 1919/8671
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Taxi Proprietor	Domestic duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Omanawa	Omanawa
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Tauranga
Folio	8353
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1919
Officiating Minister	A. G. Beswick, Registrar

13 December 1919

Gilbert Scott
Lilla Amelia Vyse Haddrell

Gilbert Scott
Lilla Amelia Vyze Haddrell
💍 1919/8672

Bachelor
Widow

Clerk
Domestic duties

35
27

Auckland
Tauranga (usually Auckland)

11 years
5 days

Presbyterian Church Tauranga

8354

13 December 1919

W. J. Smyth, Presbyterian

No	23
Date of Notice	13 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Scott	Lilla Amelia Vyse Haddrell
BDM Match (98%)	Gilbert Scott	Lilla Amelia Vyze Haddrell
	💍 1919/8672
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Tauranga (usually Auckland)
Length of Residence	11 years	5 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Tauranga
Folio	8354
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1919
Officiating Minister	W. J. Smyth, Presbyterian

16 December 1919

John Norris Kiwi Kiwi James Bryers
Letitia Rolfe

John Norris Kiwikiwi James Bryes
Letitia Ralfe
💍 1919/8673

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill hand
Domestic

35
20

Whakamarama Tauranga
Tauranga

7 years
20 years

Anglican Church Tauranga

8355

Arthur John Rolfe, Father

16 December 1919

C. L. Tuke, Anglican

No	24
Date of Notice	16 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Norris Kiwi Kiwi James Bryers	Letitia Rolfe
BDM Match (92%)	John Norris Kiwikiwi James Bryes	Letitia Ralfe
	💍 1919/8673
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill hand	Domestic
Age	35	20
Dwelling Place	Whakamarama Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	7 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church Tauranga
Folio	8355
Consent	Arthur John Rolfe, Father
Date of Certificate	16 December 1919
Officiating Minister	C. L. Tuke, Anglican

20 December 1919

Conrad John Kirk
Holly Helen Hanson Badger

Conrad John Kirk
Holly Helen Hanson Badger
💍 1919/8674

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect
School Teacher

35
32

Tauranga
Tauranga

6 years
1 Week

In the residence of Robert Badger 'Taporofit' Tauranga

8356

20 December 1919

W. J. Smyth, Presbyterian

No	25
Date of Notice	20 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Conrad John Kirk	Holly Helen Hanson Badger
	💍 1919/8674
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect	School Teacher
Age	35	32
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	6 years	1 Week
Marriage Place	In the residence of Robert Badger 'Taporofit' Tauranga
Folio	8356
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1919
Officiating Minister	W. J. Smyth, Presbyterian

23 December 1919

Allen Ward Oliver
Catherine Gladys Alison London

Allen Ward Oliver
Catherine Gladys Alison London
💍 1919/8675

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic

23
20

Tauranga
Tauranga

18 years
6 years

Methodist Church Tauranga

8357

Charles London, Father

23 December 1919

W. A. Kendon, Methodist

No	26
Date of Notice	23 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allen Ward Oliver	Catherine Gladys Alison London
	💍 1919/8675
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	18 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Tauranga
Folio	8357
Consent	Charles London, Father
Date of Certificate	23 December 1919
Officiating Minister	W. A. Kendon, 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).