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 1155

District of Patea Quarter ending 31 December 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

14 October 1919

Edward Osborne Horner
Margaret Annie Thompson

Edward Osborne Horner
Margaret Annie Thompson
💍 1919/8804

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic duties

28
25

Patea
Patea

28 years
1/4 year

Presbyterian Church, Patea

8514

14 October 1919

Rev. A. J. Reed, Presbyterian Minister, Patea

No	21
Date of Notice	14 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Osborne Horner	Margaret Annie Thompson
	💍 1919/8804
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Patea	Patea
Length of Residence	28 years	1/4 year
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Patea
Folio	8514
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Reed, Presbyterian Minister, Patea

29 October 1919

Tairiki Ngapaki
Rose Hinekehu Pullen

Taiariki Ngapaki
Rose Hinekehu Pullen
💍 1919/8805

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

23
22

Whenuakura
Whenuakura

23 years
22 years

Registrar's Office, Patea

8515

29 October 1919

G. Kennedy, Deputy Registrar, Patea

No	22
Date of Notice	29 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Tairiki Ngapaki	Rose Hinekehu Pullen
BDM Match (97%)	Taiariki Ngapaki	Rose Hinekehu Pullen
	💍 1919/8805
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Whenuakura	Whenuakura
Length of Residence	23 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Patea
Folio	8515
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1919
Officiating Minister	G. Kennedy, Deputy Registrar, Patea

13 November 1919

Reginald Herbert Clarke
Olive Evelyn Pearl Johnson

Reginald Herbert Clarke
Olive Evelyn Pearl Johnson
💍 1919/8806

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

28
19

Patea
Patea

20 years
16 days

Registrar's Office, Patea

8516

John Johnson, Father

13 November 1919

G. Ormsby, Registrar, Patea

No	23
Date of Notice	13 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Herbert Clarke	Olive Evelyn Pearl Johnson
	💍 1919/8806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Patea	Patea
Length of Residence	20 years	16 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Patea
Folio	8516
Consent	John Johnson, Father
Date of Certificate	13 November 1919
Officiating Minister	G. Ormsby, Registrar, Patea

22 November 1919

Henry George Read
Maud Gertrude Christiansen

Henry George Read
Maud Gertrude Christiansen
💍 1919/8807

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

23
23

Patea
Patea

1 day
10 years

Methodist Church, Patea

8517

25 November 1919

Rev. Wm Watson, Methodist Minister, Patea

No	24
Date of Notice	22 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry George Read	Maud Gertrude Christiansen
	💍 1919/8807
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Patea	Patea
Length of Residence	1 day	10 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Patea
Folio	8517
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm Watson, Methodist Minister, Patea

27 November 1919

Wi Tamarapa
Waewae Tutange

Wi Tamarapa
Waewae Tutange
💍 1919/8809

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

23
21

Pariroa Pah, Patea
Pariroa Pah, Patea

2 weeks
Since birth

Registrar's Office, Patea

8518

27 November 1919

G. Ormsby, Registrar, Patea

No	25
Date of Notice	27 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wi Tamarapa	Waewae Tutange
	💍 1919/8809
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Pariroa Pah, Patea	Pariroa Pah, Patea
Length of Residence	2 weeks	Since birth
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Patea
Folio	8518
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1919
Officiating Minister	G. Ormsby, Registrar, Patea

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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).