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 1259

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

28 April 1919

William Henry Lodge
Maggie Rose Pauling

William Henry Lodge
Maggie Rose Pauling
💍 1919/3393

Bachelor
Spinster

Gasfitter
Saleswoman

23
26

Napier
Napier

4 days
18 months

St. Augustine's Church, Napier

3307

28 March 1919

Rev. J. Hobbs, Church of England

No	47
Date of Notice	28 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Lodge	Maggie Rose Pauling
	💍 1919/3393
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gasfitter	Saleswoman
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 days	18 months
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	3307
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Hobbs, Church of England

29 April 1919

Charles George William Bryant
Charlotte Painter

Charles George William Bryant
Charlotte Painter
💍 1919/3394

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor
Lady Help

26
25

Napier
Napier

4 years
25 years

St. Patrick's Church, Napier

3308

29 April 1919

Rev. Father Dowling, Roman Catholic

No	48
Date of Notice	29 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles George William Bryant	Charlotte Painter
	💍 1919/3394
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor	Lady Help
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Napier
Folio	3308
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Dowling, Roman Catholic

30 April 1919

Samuel Richard Anthony Jane
Lillian Mercia Macaulay

Samuel Richard Anthony Jane
Lillian Mercia Macaulay
💍 1919/3395

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron Moulder
Laundress

21
20

Napier
Napier

21 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Napier

3309

Emma Gall Kirk formerly Macaulay Mother

30 April 1919

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	49
Date of Notice	30 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Richard Anthony Jane	Lillian Mercia Macaulay
	💍 1919/3395
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron Moulder	Laundress
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	21 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Napier
Folio	3309
Consent	Emma Gall Kirk formerly Macaulay Mother
Date of Certificate	30 April 1919
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

1 May 1919

Percy Norman
Dorothy Goodwin

Percy Norman
Dorothy Goodwin
💍 1919/3372

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Dentist's Attendant

24
22

Napier
Napier

24 years
19 months

The Manse, Lincoln Road, Napier

3310

1 May 1919

Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

No	50
Date of Notice	1 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Norman	Dorothy Goodwin
	💍 1919/3372
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Dentist's Attendant
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	24 years	19 months
Marriage Place	The Manse, Lincoln Road, Napier
Folio	3310
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

8 May 1919

Frederick Conway Maynard
Jane Ivy Connor

Frederick Conway Maynard
Jane Ivy Ennor
💍 1919/3373

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier (late ironmonger)
Domestic Duties

34
29

Napier
Napier

7 days
29 years

Congregational Church, Napier

3311

8 May 1919

Rev. A. Hodge, Congregational

No	51
Date of Notice	8 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Conway Maynard	Jane Ivy Connor
BDM Match (93%)	Frederick Conway Maynard	Jane Ivy Ennor
	💍 1919/3373
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier (late ironmonger)	Domestic Duties
Age	34	29
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	7 days	29 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Napier
Folio	3311
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Hodge, Congregational

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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).