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 1257

District of Napier Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar W. Buchanan

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

7 April 1919

Gerald Wilfrid Matthews
Ruby Miriam Crawford

Gerald Wilfred Matthews
Ruby Miriam Crawford
💍 1919/3383

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
School Teacher

34
27

Napier
Napier

4 days
2 weeks

St. John's Cathedral Napier

3320

17 April 1919

Rev. Dean Mayne, Church of England

No	37
Date of Notice	7 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gerald Wilfrid Matthews	Ruby Miriam Crawford
BDM Match (98%)	Gerald Wilfred Matthews	Ruby Miriam Crawford
	💍 1919/3383
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	School Teacher
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St. John's Cathedral Napier
Folio	3320
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean Mayne, Church of England

7 April 1919

John Thomas Miller
Mary Reid Adams

John Thomas Miller
Mary Reid Adams
💍 1919/3384

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic Duties

25
21

Port Ahuriri
Napier

25 years
21 years

St. Patrick's Church Napier

3321

17 April 1919

Rev. Father Dowling, Roman Catholic

No	38
Date of Notice	7 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Miller	Mary Reid Adams
	💍 1919/3384
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Port Ahuriri	Napier
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church Napier
Folio	3321
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Dowling, Roman Catholic

19 April 1919

John Hunt
Hipora Lynda Hall

John Hunt
Hipora Lynda Hall
💍 1919/3385

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Nurse

39
27

Napier
Napier

18 months
6 years

St. Johns Cathedral Napier

3322

19 April 1919

Rev. Dean Mayne, Church of England

No	39
Date of Notice	19 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hunt	Hipora Lynda Hall
	💍 1919/3385
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Nurse
Age	39	27
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	18 months	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Johns Cathedral Napier
Folio	3322
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean Mayne, Church of England

22 April 1919

Herbert Wilson
Annie Christina Noble

Herbert Wilson
Annie Christina Noble
💍 1919/1402

Bachelor
Spinster

Slaughterman
Teacher

31
28

Hastings
Napier

24 years
5 days

St. Johns Cathedral Napier

3280

22 April 1919

Rev. Dean Mayne, Church of England

No	40
Date of Notice	22 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Wilson	Annie Christina Noble
	💍 1919/1402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Slaughterman	Teacher
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Napier
Length of Residence	24 years	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Johns Cathedral Napier
Folio	3280
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean Mayne, Church of England

22 April 1919

Percival Andrea Morganti
Teresa Ann Powell Parsons

Percival Andrea Morganti
Teresa Ann Powell Parsons
💍 1919/3387

Bachelor
Spinster

Land & Estate Agent
Schoolmistress

24
22

Napier
Napier

3 days
3 days

St. Patrick's Church Napier

3324

22 April 1919

Rev. Father Dowling, Roman Catholic

No	41
Date of Notice	22 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Andrea Morganti	Teresa Ann Powell Parsons
	💍 1919/3387
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land & Estate Agent	Schoolmistress
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church Napier
Folio	3324
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Dowling, Roman Catholic

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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).