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 1235

District of Hastings Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar R. Brathwaite

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

13 August 1919

Albert Arthur Price
Margaret Annie Collins

Albert Arthur Price
Margaret Annie Collins
💍 1919/4402

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

26
24

Hastings
Hastings

5 years
14 years

Catholic Church, Hastings

5732

13 August 1919

Rev. Father Mahoney

No	66
Date of Notice	13 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Arthur Price	Margaret Annie Collins
	💍 1919/4402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	5 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Hastings
Folio	5732
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Mahoney

14 August 1919

George Robert Cockburn
Edith Vernon Fulford

George Robert Cockburn
Edith Vernon Fulford
💍 1919/7158

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic duties

26
25

Havelock North
Havelock North

3 days
25 years

Presbyterian Church, Havelock North

5632

14 August 1919

Rev. R. Waugh

No	67
Date of Notice	14 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Robert Cockburn	Edith Vernon Fulford
	💍 1919/7158
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic duties
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Havelock North	Havelock North
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Havelock North
Folio	5632
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Waugh

15 August 1919

Humphrey James Barnicoat
Susie Amy Crosse

Humphrey James Barnicoal
Susie Amy Crosse
💍 1919/4403

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner
Domestic duties

32
32

Mangonui
Hastings

8 months
15 years

St Matthews Hastings

5733

15 August 1919

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	68
Date of Notice	15 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Humphrey James Barnicoat	Susie Amy Crosse
BDM Match (98%)	Humphrey James Barnicoal	Susie Amy Crosse
	💍 1919/4403
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner	Domestic duties
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Mangonui	Hastings
Length of Residence	8 months	15 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Hastings
Folio	5733
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

16 August 1919

Theodore Bader
Margaret Berge

Theodore Bader
Margaret Berge
💍 1919/4404

Bachelor
Widow 27-1-19

Labourer
Waitress

31
25

Hastings
Hastings

3 1/4 years
9 years

Presbyterian Manse, Hastings

5734

16 August 1919

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	69
Date of Notice	16 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Theodore Bader	Margaret Berge
	💍 1919/4404
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 27-1-19
Profession	Labourer	Waitress
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 1/4 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Hastings
Folio	5734
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

18 August 1919

William Platt
Catherine Grace Codlin

William Platt
Catherine Grace Edlin
💍 1919/4381

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

41
27

Hastings
Hastings

1 year
6 months

Roman Catholic Church, Hastings

5735

18 August 1919

Rev. Father Mahoney

No	70
Date of Notice	18 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Platt	Catherine Grace Codlin
BDM Match (95%)	William Platt	Catherine Grace Edlin
	💍 1919/4381
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	41	27
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	1 year	6 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hastings
Folio	5735
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Mahoney

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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).