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 1183

District of Waitara Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar J. Boland

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

27 June 1919

Frederick Rudolph Voitrékovsky
Florinda Louisa Journeaux

Frederick Rudolph Voitrekovsky
Florinda Louisa Journeaux
💍 1919/6280

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Dressmaker

27
26

Waitara
Waitara

6 days
14 days

Methodist Church, Waitara

5684

3 July 1919

Rev. William Gatman, Methodist Minister, Waitara

No	9
Date of Notice	27 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Rudolph Voitrékovsky	Florinda Louisa Journeaux
BDM Match (97%)	Frederick Rudolph Voitrekovsky	Florinda Louisa Journeaux
	💍 1919/6280
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Dressmaker
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	6 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Waitara
Folio	5684
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Gatman, Methodist Minister, Waitara

5 July 1919

William Burnett
Jane Maunder Whittaker

William Burnett
Jane Maunder Whittaker
💍 1919/6281

Widower
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

50
21

Okoke
Okoke

5 years
11 years

Registrar's Office, Waitara

5685

5 July 1919

T. Cole, Registrar, Waitara

No	10
Date of Notice	5 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Burnett	Jane Maunder Whittaker
	💍 1919/6281
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	50	21
Dwelling Place	Okoke	Okoke
Length of Residence	5 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Waitara
Folio	5685
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1919
Officiating Minister	T. Cole, Registrar, Waitara

18 August 1919

Francis Dewhirst
Myra May Foreman

Francis Dewhirst
Myra May Foreman
💍 1919/6282

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk
Clerk

29
23

Eltham
Tikorangi

3 weeks
23 years

Church of England, Tikorangi

5686

18 August 1919

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Anglican, Waitara

No	11
Date of Notice	18 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Dewhirst	Myra May Foreman
	💍 1919/6282
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk	Clerk
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Tikorangi
Length of Residence	3 weeks	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tikorangi
Folio	5686
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Anglican, Waitara

20 August 1919

Ivan Michael Antunovic
Beatrice Watemburg

Ivan Michael Antunovic
Beatrice Watemburg
💍 1919/6283

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

22
20

Waitara
Waitara

5 months
3 years

Roman Catholic Church, Waitara

5687

Martha Watemburg

20 August 1919

Rev. Vincent Kelly, Roman Catholic, Waitara

No	12
Date of Notice	20 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan Michael Antunovic	Beatrice Watemburg
	💍 1919/6283
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	5 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Waitara
Folio	5687
Consent	Martha Watemburg
Date of Certificate	20 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Vincent Kelly, Roman Catholic, Waitara

22 August 1919

Benjamin Waterland
Euphemia Beattie McLean

Benjamin Waterland
Euphemia Beattie McLean
💍 1919/6284

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
27

Waitara
Waitara

1 week
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Waitara

5688

22 August 1919

Mr. Chas. E. Perkins, Presbyterian

No	13
Date of Notice	22 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Waterland	Euphemia Beattie McLean
	💍 1919/6284
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	1 week	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Waitara
Folio	5688
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Mr. Chas. E. Perkins, 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).