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 1271

District of Napier Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar James Craigie

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

106

26 August 1919

George Blackmore Gempton
Winifred Jessie Rayner

George Blackmore Gampton
Winifred Jessie Rayner
💍 1919/6351

Bachelor
Spinster

Vulcaniser
Domestic Duties

29
22

Napier
Napier

12 years
16 years

St Augustines Church Napier

5781

26 August 1919

Rev. Eric D. Rice, Church of England

No	106
Date of Notice	26 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Blackmore Gempton	Winifred Jessie Rayner
BDM Match (98%)	George Blackmore Gampton	Winifred Jessie Rayner
	💍 1919/6351
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Vulcaniser	Domestic Duties
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	12 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St Augustines Church Napier
Folio	5781
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Eric D. Rice, Church of England

107

26 August 1919

Raymond Humphreys
Hazel Victoria Tucker

Raymond Humphrey
Hazel Victoria Tucker
💍 1919/6352

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Draper's Assistant

29
19

Napier
Clive

3 years 28 Days
19 years

St Marks Church Clive

5782

Sarah Ann Tucker, Mother, Hastings

26 August 1919

Rev. A. F. Hall, Church of England

No	107
Date of Notice	26 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Raymond Humphreys	Hazel Victoria Tucker
BDM Match (97%)	Raymond Humphrey	Hazel Victoria Tucker
	💍 1919/6352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Draper's Assistant
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Napier	Clive
Length of Residence	3 years 28 Days	19 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church Clive
Folio	5782
Consent	Sarah Ann Tucker, Mother, Hastings
Date of Certificate	26 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. F. Hall, Church of England

108

27 August 1919

Randolph Webb
Rose Evelyn Curran

Randolph Webb
Rose Evelyn Curran
💍 1919/6353

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Domestic Duties

31
24

Napier
Napier

4 years
1 year

Trinity Methodist Church Napier

5783

27 August 1919

Rev T. R. Richards, Methodist

No	108
Date of Notice	27 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Randolph Webb	Rose Evelyn Curran
	💍 1919/6353
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Domestic Duties
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Trinity Methodist Church Napier
Folio	5783
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev T. R. Richards, Methodist

109

27 August 1919

John St John Hindmarsh
Shiela Westwood McLeod

John St John Hindmarsh
Shiela Westwood McLeod
💍 1919/4389

Bachelor
Spinster

Secretary
Domestic Duties

35
19

Napier
Hastings

31 years
19 years

St Matthews Church Hastings

5743

James Stirling McLeod, Father, Hastings

Rev J. B. Brocklehurst, Church of England

No	109
Date of Notice	27 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John St John Hindmarsh	Shiela Westwood McLeod
	💍 1919/4389
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Secretary	Domestic Duties
Age	35	19
Dwelling Place	Napier	Hastings
Length of Residence	31 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Hastings
Folio	5743
Consent	James Stirling McLeod, Father, Hastings
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev J. B. Brocklehurst, Church of England

110

28 July 1919

Robert Mills Young
Lorelei Isabel Homes

Robert Mills Young
Lorelei Isabel Homes
💍 1919/6330

Bachelor
Spinster

Jockey
Domestic Duties

28
22

Taradale
Napier

1 month
1 week

Church of England Taradale

5784

28 August 1919

Rev. a. P. Clarke, Church of England

No	110
Date of Notice	28 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Mills Young	Lorelei Isabel Homes
	💍 1919/6330
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jockey	Domestic Duties
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Taradale	Napier
Length of Residence	1 month	1 week
Marriage Place	Church of England Taradale
Folio	5784
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. a. P. Clarke, 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).