Intentions to Marry, 1919 Whakatane to Mangaweka

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840483, 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.

1919c contains pages 1005-1502, covering districts from Whakatane to Mangaweka

Page 1085

District of Inglewood Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar W. L. Foote

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

16 August 1919

William Henry Whittaker
Muriel Ellen Askew

William Henry Whittaker
Muriel Ellen Askew
💍 1919/6197

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

31
20

Tarata
Tarata

7 days
6 years

Residence James Askew Tarata

5599

James Askew Father

16 August 1919

Rev. Howard

No	32
Date of Notice	16 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Whittaker	Muriel Ellen Askew
	💍 1919/6197
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Tarata	Tarata
Length of Residence	7 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence James Askew Tarata
Folio	5599
Consent	James Askew Father
Date of Certificate	16 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Howard

18 August 1919

Bryant Vercoe
Jnr
Lilian Alice Bathurst

Bryant Vercoe Junior
Lilian Alice Bathurst
💍 1919/6198

Bachelor
Spinster

Road Former
Domestic

29
25

Kaimata
Kaimata

6 months
10 years

Residence of J. A. Bashford Kaimata

5600

18 August 1919

Rev. Stanton

No	33
Date of Notice	18 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bryant Vercoe Jnr	Lilian Alice Bathurst
BDM Match (83%)	Bryant Vercoe Junior	Lilian Alice Bathurst
	💍 1919/6198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Road Former	Domestic
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Kaimata	Kaimata
Length of Residence	6 months	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. A. Bashford Kaimata
Folio	5600
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Stanton

18 August 1919

Edward John Perrott
Rose Monica Skeller

Edward John Perrett
Rose Monica Stieller
💍 1919/6206

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

22
20

Kaimata
Kaimata

22 years
20 years

Residence of R. Skeller Kaimata

5601

Rose Skeller Mother

18 August 1919

Rev. Howard

No	34
Date of Notice	18 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Perrott	Rose Monica Skeller
BDM Match (92%)	Edward John Perrett	Rose Monica Stieller
	💍 1919/6206
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Kaimata	Kaimata
Length of Residence	22 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of R. Skeller Kaimata
Folio	5601
Consent	Rose Skeller Mother
Date of Certificate	18 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Howard

10 September 1919

Norman Victor Terrill
Elsie Hunt

Norman Victor Terrill
Elsie Hunt
💍 1919/6289

Bachelor
Spinster

Casein maker

24
25

Tikorangi
Waiongona

24 years
25 years

Church of England Waitara

5693

10 September 1919

G. H. Gavin Church of England

No	35
Date of Notice	10 September 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Victor Terrill	Elsie Hunt
	💍 1919/6289
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Casein maker
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Tikorangi	Waiongona
Length of Residence	24 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Waitara
Folio	5693
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 September 1919
Officiating Minister	G. H. Gavin Church of England

11 September 1919

Lance Vernon Gibson
Nellie Humphrey

Lance Vernon Gibson
Nellie Humphrey
💍 1919/6217

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy factory manager

22
21

Tarata
Inglewood

22 years
21 years

Church of England Inglewood

5602

11 September 1919

R. J. Stanton Church of England

No	36
Date of Notice	11 September 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lance Vernon Gibson	Nellie Humphrey
	💍 1919/6217
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy factory manager
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Tarata	Inglewood
Length of Residence	22 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Inglewood
Folio	5602
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 September 1919
Officiating Minister	R. J. Stanton Church of England

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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).