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 1333

District of Waipawa Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar W. James

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

4 August 1919

Wilfred Thomas Hicks
Emily Myrtle Rumbal

Wilfred Thomas Hicks
Emily Myrtle Rumbal
💍 1919/6365

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Domestic

26
19

Otane
Otane

26 years
5 years

Church of England, Otane

5801

John Thomas Rumbal (Father)

4 August 1919

Rev. W. Davidson, Church of England, Otane

No	11
Date of Notice	4 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Thomas Hicks	Emily Myrtle Rumbal
	💍 1919/6365
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Domestic
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Otane	Otane
Length of Residence	26 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Otane
Folio	5801
Consent	John Thomas Rumbal (Father)
Date of Certificate	4 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Davidson, Church of England, Otane

8 August 1919

Harold Thomas Fisher
Eva Euphemia Rose

Harold Thomas Fisher
Eva Euphemia Rose
💍 1919/6372

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

32
25

Waipawa
Waipawa

5 days
9 months

Residence of Mr John Rose, Waipawa

5802

5 August 1919

Rev. F. W. Robertson, Presbyterian, Waipawa

No	12
Date of Notice	8 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Thomas Fisher	Eva Euphemia Rose
	💍 1919/6372
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	5 days	9 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr John Rose, Waipawa
Folio	5802
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Robertson, Presbyterian, Waipawa

8 August 1919

Richard Davis
Annie Boyle

Richard Davis
Annie Boyle
💍 1919/6373

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

26
26

Waipawa
Waipawa

8 years
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Ongaonga

5803

8 August 1919

Rev. McLaughlin, Roman Catholic, Takapau

No	13
Date of Notice	8 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Davis	Annie Boyle
	💍 1919/6373
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	8 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Ongaonga
Folio	5803
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. McLaughlin, Roman Catholic, Takapau

23 August 1919

Richard John Stafford
Willelmina Annie Rice

Richard John Stafford
Willelmina Annie Rice
💍 1919/7108

Bachelor
Spinster

Teamster
Domestic

24
25

Otane
Hatuma

8 years
8 years

Residence of Mr B Rice, Hatuma

6602

23 August 1919

Rev. J. McCaw, Presbyterian, Waipukurau

No	14
Date of Notice	23 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard John Stafford	Willelmina Annie Rice
	💍 1919/7108
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teamster	Domestic
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Otane	Hatuma
Length of Residence	8 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr B Rice, Hatuma
Folio	6602
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McCaw, Presbyterian, Waipukurau

8 September 1919

Thomas Tyne
Helen Beachen

Thomas Tyne
Helen Beachen
💍 1919/6374

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic

37
30

Waipawa
Waipawa

5 days
3 days

Roman Catholic Church, Waipawa

5804

8 September 1919

Rev. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic, Waipawa

No	15
Date of Notice	8 September 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Tyne	Helen Beachen
	💍 1919/6374
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	5 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Waipawa
Folio	5804
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 September 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic, Waipawa

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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).