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 1153

District of Patea Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar G. Ormsby

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

2 July 1919

Charles McQueen
Lillian Agnes Crawford

Charles McQueen
Lillian Agnes Crawford
💍 1919/6274

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy factory Manager
Domestic duties

41
25

Manutahi
Whenuakura

10 years
5 years

Mr George Geary residence Manutahi

5654

2 July 1919

Rev H. J. Ravn Presbyterian

No	11
Date of Notice	2 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles McQueen	Lillian Agnes Crawford
	💍 1919/6274
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy factory Manager	Domestic duties
Age	41	25
Dwelling Place	Manutahi	Whenuakura
Length of Residence	10 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Mr George Geary residence Manutahi
Folio	5654
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H. J. Ravn Presbyterian

15 July 1919

William Holman
Mary Ann Scott

William Dolman
Mary Ann Scott
💍 1919/6275

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

34
27

Patea
Patea

2 months
2 weeks

Registrars Office Patea

5655

15 July 1919

G. Ormsby Registrar Marriages

No	12
Date of Notice	15 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Holman	Mary Ann Scott
BDM Match (96%)	William Dolman	Mary Ann Scott
	💍 1919/6275
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Patea	Patea
Length of Residence	2 months	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Patea
Folio	5655
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1919
Officiating Minister	G. Ormsby Registrar Marriages

17 July 1919

Francis Henry Goodwin
Ada Evelyn Hill

Francis Henry Goodwin
Ada Evelyn Hill
💍 1919/6276

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

21
22

Patea
Patea

3 years
12 years

St Georges Anglican Church Patea

5656

17 July 1919

Rev N. A. Barnett Church of England

No	13
Date of Notice	17 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Henry Goodwin	Ada Evelyn Hill
	💍 1919/6276
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Patea	Patea
Length of Residence	3 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Anglican Church Patea
Folio	5656
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev N. A. Barnett Church of England

22 July 1919

Edward Albert Hurlimann
Mary Hannah Carradus

Edward Albert Hurlimann
Mary Hannah Carradus
💍 1919/6277

Bachelor
Widow 1-11-16

Blacksmith
Domestic duties

23
22

Patea
Patea

10 months
5 years

Registrars Office Patea

5657

22 July 1919

G. Ormsby Registrar Marriages

No	14
Date of Notice	22 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Albert Hurlimann	Mary Hannah Carradus
	💍 1919/6277
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 1-11-16
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Patea	Patea
Length of Residence	10 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Patea
Folio	5657
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1919
Officiating Minister	G. Ormsby Registrar Marriages

13 August 1919

Robert Joseph Sorenson
Eliza Tanaka

Robert Joseph Sorenson
Eliza Tamaka
💍 1919/6278

Bachelor
Widow 15-11-18

Carpenter
Domestic duties

25
44

Patea
Patea

5 years
7 years

Registrars Office Patea

5658

13 August 1919

G. Ormsby Registrar Marriages

No	15
Date of Notice	13 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Joseph Sorenson	Eliza Tanaka
BDM Match (96%)	Robert Joseph Sorenson	Eliza Tamaka
	💍 1919/6278
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 15-11-18
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	25	44
Dwelling Place	Patea	Patea
Length of Residence	5 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Patea
Folio	5658
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 August 1919
Officiating Minister	G. Ormsby Registrar Marriages

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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).