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 1267

District of Napier Quarter ending 30 September 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

29 July 1919

George Edgar Hare
Margaret May Baker

George Edgar Hare
Margaret May Baker
💍 1919/4433

Widower
Spinster

Storeman
Waitress

38
27

Napier
Napier

13 years
5 years

St. John's Cathedral, Napier

5762

29 July 1919

Rev. W. J. Simkin, Church of England

No	86
Date of Notice	29 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edgar Hare	Margaret May Baker
	💍 1919/4433
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Waitress
Age	38	27
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	13 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Cathedral, Napier
Folio	5762
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Simkin, Church of England

30 July 1919

Charles Tunnicliffe
Agnes Cooper Leitch

Charles Tunnicliffe
Agnes Cooper Leitch
💍 1919/4434

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

33
31

Napier
Taradale

10 months
31 years

Residence of Mrs. Leitch, Taradale

5763

30 July 1919

Rev. J. A. Norrie, Presbyterian

No	87
Date of Notice	30 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Tunnicliffe	Agnes Cooper Leitch
	💍 1919/4434
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Napier	Taradale
Length of Residence	10 months	31 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Leitch, Taradale
Folio	5763
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Norrie, Presbyterian

31 July 1919

Ernest James Oliver
Zilpah Irene Higgins

Ernest James Oliver
Zilpah Irene Higgins
💍 1919/4435

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker
Saleswoman

29
20

Napier
Napier

29 years
17 years

Methodist Parsonage, Napier

5764

William Joseph Phillips, Step-father

31 July 1919

Rev. J. R. Richards, Methodist

No	88
Date of Notice	31 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest James Oliver	Zilpah Irene Higgins
	💍 1919/4435
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker	Saleswoman
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	29 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Napier
Folio	5764
Consent	William Joseph Phillips, Step-father
Date of Certificate	31 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Richards, Methodist

31 July 1919

Herbert Charles Foster
Patience Morwenna Faulkner

Herbert Charles Foster
Patience Morurenna Faulkner
💍 1919/4436

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic Duties

31
19

Hastings
Greenmeadows

4 months
14 days

Residence of A. B. Davis, Greenmeadows

5765

Isabella Faulkner, Mother

31 July 1919

Rev. J. A. Norrie, Presbyterian

No	89
Date of Notice	31 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Charles Foster	Patience Morwenna Faulkner
BDM Match (96%)	Herbert Charles Foster	Patience Morurenna Faulkner
	💍 1919/4436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic Duties
Age	31	19
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Greenmeadows
Length of Residence	4 months	14 days
Marriage Place	Residence of A. B. Davis, Greenmeadows
Folio	5765
Consent	Isabella Faulkner, Mother
Date of Certificate	31 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Norrie, Presbyterian

31 July 1919

Leonard Wood
Ida Stacpoole

Leonard Wood
Ida Stacpoole
💍 1919/4437

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

25
24

Napier
Napier

12 years
20 years

St Augustine's Church, Napier

5766

31 July 1919

Rev. J. Hobbs, Church of England

No	90
Date of Notice	31 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Wood	Ida Stacpoole
	💍 1919/4437
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	12 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	5766
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Hobbs, Church of England

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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).