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 1173

District of Waimate Plains Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar J.W. Collier

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

28 May 1919

Joseph Harold York
Myra Ruth Spiers

Joseph Harold Yorke Sheerin
Myra Ruth Spiers
💍 1919/3456

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home Duties

24
22

Aurora Road, Manaia
Kapuni

14 Days
6 years

Church of England, Manaia

3401

28 May 1919

Rev W Tye, Church of England

No	3
Date of Notice	28 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Harold York	Myra Ruth Spiers
BDM Match (83%)	Joseph Harold Yorke Sheerin	Myra Ruth Spiers
	💍 1919/3456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home Duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Aurora Road, Manaia	Kapuni
Length of Residence	14 Days	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Manaia
Folio	3401
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev W Tye, Church of England

30 May 1919

Thomas Howarth
Beta Clarice Euronomy Henderson

Thomas Haworth
Beta Clarise Euronomy Henderson
💍 1919/1329

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home Duties

30
22

Manaia
Hawera

4 years
2 years

Dwelling of Brides Parents, High Street, Hawera

3123

30 May 1919

Rev A B Gray, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	30 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Howarth	Beta Clarice Euronomy Henderson
BDM Match (91%)	Thomas Haworth	Beta Clarise Euronomy Henderson
	💍 1919/1329
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home Duties
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Hawera
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Brides Parents, High Street, Hawera
Folio	3123
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev A B Gray, Presbyterian

10 June 1919

James Albert Gane
Minnie Jones

James Albert Jane
Minnie Jones
💍 1919/3462

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

36
18

Manaia
Manaia

4 years
5 years

Registrars Office, Manaia

3402

Ralph Jones

10 June 1919

J.W. Collier, Registrar

No	5
Date of Notice	10 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Albert Gane	Minnie Jones
BDM Match (97%)	James Albert Jane	Minnie Jones
	💍 1919/3462
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	18
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Manaia
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Manaia
Folio	3402
Consent	Ralph Jones
Date of Certificate	10 June 1919
Officiating Minister	J.W. Collier, Registrar

23 June 1919

John Joseph Landers
Frances Josephine Doyle

John Joseph Landers
Frances Josephine Doyle
💍 1919/3465

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
25

Manaia
Manaia

25 years
20 years

R C Church, Manaia

3405

23 June 1919

Rev W J Saunderson, R.C.

No	6
Date of Notice	23 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Landers	Frances Josephine Doyle
	💍 1919/3465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Manaia
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	R C Church, Manaia
Folio	3405
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev W J Saunderson, R.C.

23 June 1919

James Gordon Craig
Mabel Isabel Gilmour

James Gordon Craig
Mabel Isabel Gilmour
💍 1919/3463

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist
Domestic Duties

33
26

Manaia
Manaia

10 years
26 years

Presbyterian Church, Manaia

3403

23 June 1919

Rev John Craig, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	23 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Gordon Craig	Mabel Isabel Gilmour
	💍 1919/3463
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist	Domestic Duties
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Manaia
Length of Residence	10 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Manaia
Folio	3403
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev John Craig, Presbyterian

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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).