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 1277

District of Napier Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar M. 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

135

21 October 1919

Bernard Hooper
Lilian Elizabeth Horsefield

Bernard Hooper
Lilian Elizabeth Horsefield
💍 1919/8945

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

30
23

Taradale
Taradale

4 days
23 years

Presbyterian Church Taradale

8606

21 October 1919

Rev. J. A. Norrie, Presbyterian

No	135
Date of Notice	21 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bernard Hooper	Lilian Elizabeth Horsefield
	💍 1919/8945
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Taradale	Taradale
Length of Residence	4 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Taradale
Folio	8606
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Norrie, Presbyterian

136

24 October 1919

Ernest George Hunt
Agnes May McLean

Ernest George Hunt
Agnes May McLean
💍 1919/8922

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Housemaid

27
19

Napier
Napier

6 years
19 years

St. Augustine's Church Napier

8607

Agnes Bulled formerly McLean, Mother

24 October 1919

Rev. E. D. Rice, Church of England

No	136
Date of Notice	24 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest George Hunt	Agnes May McLean
	💍 1919/8922
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Housemaid
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	6 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Napier
Folio	8607
Consent	Agnes Bulled formerly McLean, Mother
Date of Certificate	24 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. D. Rice, Church of England

137

25 October 1919

James Norman Lindsay
Harriett Edith Beck

James Norman Lindsay
Harriet Edith Beck
💍 1919/8923

Bachelor
Spinster

Telephonist
Domestic Duties

27
21

Napier
Rissington

21 days
2 1/2 years

St. Pauls Church Napier

8608

25 October 1919

Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

No	137
Date of Notice	25 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Norman Lindsay	Harriett Edith Beck
BDM Match (97%)	James Norman Lindsay	Harriet Edith Beck
	💍 1919/8923
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telephonist	Domestic Duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Napier	Rissington
Length of Residence	21 days	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Church Napier
Folio	8608
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

138

28 October 1919

Eric Morgan
Margaret Elizabeth Taylor

Eric Morgan
Margaret Elizabeth Taylor
💍 1919/8924

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

27
27

Clive
Clive

3 days
27 years

St. Marks Church Clive

8609

28 October 1919

Rev. Canon J. A. Lush, Church of England

No	138
Date of Notice	28 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Morgan	Margaret Elizabeth Taylor
	💍 1919/8924
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Clive	Clive
Length of Residence	3 days	27 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church Clive
Folio	8609
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon J. A. Lush, Church of England

139

29 October 1919

Frederick Henry James Dawe
Vera Christina Menzies

Frederick Henry James Dawe
Vera Christina Menzies
💍 1919/8925

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Baker
Shop Assistant

23
24

Napier
Napier

23 years
2 years

St. Augustine's Church Napier

8610

29 October 1919

Rev. E. D. Rice, Church of England

No	139
Date of Notice	29 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Henry James Dawe	Vera Christina Menzies
	💍 1919/8925
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Baker	Shop Assistant
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	23 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Napier
Folio	8610
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. D. Rice, 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).