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 536

District of Huntly Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar A. S. Matthews

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

05 May 1919

Alfred Edward Woiwod
Margaret Dean

Alfred Edward Woiwod
Margaret Dean
💍 1919/3181

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Waitress

28
29

Huntly
Huntly

4 years
6 years

St Anthony's Roman Catholic Church Huntly

2941

05 May 1919

Rev J P O'Hara, Roman Catholic Church

No	11
Date of Notice	05 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Edward Woiwod	Margaret Dean
	💍 1919/3181
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Waitress
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Huntly	Huntly
Length of Residence	4 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Anthony's Roman Catholic Church Huntly
Folio	2941
Consent
Date of Certificate	05 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J P O'Hara, Roman Catholic Church

06 May 1919

George Reid
Rose Elizabeth Frewin

George Reid
Rose Elizabeth Frewin
💍 1919/3044

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Boot Machinist

35
43

Ruaruhia
Huntly

7 months
3 weeks

Presbyterian Church Huntly

2903

06 May 1919

Rev J T Burrows, Presbyterian Church (Hamilton)

No	12
Date of Notice	06 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Reid	Rose Elizabeth Frewin
	💍 1919/3044
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Boot Machinist
Age	35	43
Dwelling Place	Ruaruhia	Huntly
Length of Residence	7 months	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Huntly
Folio	2903
Consent
Date of Certificate	06 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J T Burrows, Presbyterian Church (Hamilton)

31 May 1919

Andrew Thomson Telfer
Margaret McLean Brown

Andrew Thomson Telfer
Margaret McLean Brown
💍 1919/3182

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic Servant

30
25

Pukemiro
Pukemiro

5 days
3 months

Private dwelling House of Mrs Brown, Pukemiro

2942

31 May 1919

Rev J T Burrows, Presbyterian Church

No	13
Date of Notice	31 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Thomson Telfer	Margaret McLean Brown
	💍 1919/3182
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Servant
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Pukemiro	Pukemiro
Length of Residence	5 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Private dwelling House of Mrs Brown, Pukemiro
Folio	2942
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J T Burrows, Presbyterian Church

16 June 1919

Benjamin Samuel Ruston
Beatrice Ann Green

Benjamin Samuel Ruston
Beatrice Ann Green
💍 1919/3183

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
23

Huntly
Pukemiro

26 years
5 years

Methodist Church Huntly

2943

16 June 1919

Rev Jas Glover, Methodist Church

No	14
Date of Notice	16 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Samuel Ruston	Beatrice Ann Green
	💍 1919/3183
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Huntly	Pukemiro
Length of Residence	26 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Huntly
Folio	2943
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Jas Glover, Methodist Church

17 June 1919

Clarence Smith
Mary Jane Jackson

Clarence Smith
Mary Jane Jackson
💍 1919/3185

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

29
26

Huntly
Parnell Auckland (Huntly)

29 years
3 years (4 days)

Methodist Church Huntly

2944

17 June 1919

Rev Jas Glover, Methodist Church

No	15
Date of Notice	17 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Smith	Mary Jane Jackson
	💍 1919/3185
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Huntly	Parnell Auckland (Huntly)
Length of Residence	29 years	3 years (4 days)
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Huntly
Folio	2944
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Jas Glover, Methodist Church

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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).