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 1383

District of Ashhurst Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar Howard Vincent

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

10 July 1919

William Francis Butler
Edythe Cussons

William Francis Butler
Edythe Cussons
💍 1919/6367

Bachelor
Widow 14-4-11

Farmer
Domestic Duties

37 years
33 years

Hiwinui
Hiwinui

One week
Two weeks

Registrar's Office at Ashhurst

5820

10 July 1919

Howard Vincent, Registrar of Marriages at Ashhurst

No	5
Date of Notice	10 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Butler	Edythe Cussons
	💍 1919/6367
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 14-4-11
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	37 years	33 years
Dwelling Place	Hiwinui	Hiwinui
Length of Residence	One week	Two weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office at Ashhurst
Folio	5820
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Howard Vincent, Registrar of Marriages at Ashhurst

28 July 1919

Herbert Wilfred Drummond
Eva May Foot

Herbert Wilfred Drummond
Eva May Foot
💍 1919/6368

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill Employee
Domestic Duties

28 years
33 years

Ashhurst
Ashhurst

4 months
1 month

Church of England at Ashhurst

5821

28 July 1919

Rev. F. M. Kempthorne, Church of England

No	6
Date of Notice	28 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Wilfred Drummond	Eva May Foot
	💍 1919/6368
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill Employee	Domestic Duties
Age	28 years	33 years
Dwelling Place	Ashhurst	Ashhurst
Length of Residence	4 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Church of England at Ashhurst
Folio	5821
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. M. Kempthorne, Church of England

5 August 1919

Victor Onslow Allen Klink
Frances Annie Harris

Victor Onslow Allen Klink
Frances Annie Harre
💍 1919/6369

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25 years
25 years

Pohangina
Pohangina

4 days
7 days

Methodist Church at Pohangina

5822

5 August 1919

Rev. William Gatman, Methodist

No	7
Date of Notice	5 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Onslow Allen Klink	Frances Annie Harris
BDM Match (95%)	Victor Onslow Allen Klink	Frances Annie Harre
	💍 1919/6369
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Pohangina	Pohangina
Length of Residence	4 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church at Pohangina
Folio	5822
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Gatman, Methodist

11 August 1919

Olaf Robert Warner Smith
Ruby Shadbolt

Olaf Robert Warner Smith
Ruby Shadbolt
💍 1919/6510

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

23 years
19 years

Palmerston North
Pohangina

14 days
17 years

All Saints' Church Palmerston North

5965

Henry Shadbolt, Father

11 August 1919

Rev. F. M. Kempthorne, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	11 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Olaf Robert Warner Smith	Ruby Shadbolt
	💍 1919/6510
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	23 years	19 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Pohangina
Length of Residence	14 days	17 years
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church Palmerston North
Folio	5965
Consent	Henry Shadbolt, Father
Date of Certificate	11 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. M. Kempthorne, Church of England

15 August 1919

Victor Buldrock
Dorothea Lassen

Victor Muldrock
Dorothea Lassen
💍 1919/6370

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28 years
24 years

Bunnythorpe
Bunnythorpe

4 days
24 years

Methodist Church at Bunnythorpe

5823

15 August 1919

Rev. A. Ashcroft, Methodist

No	9
Date of Notice	15 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Buldrock	Dorothea Lassen
BDM Match (97%)	Victor Muldrock	Dorothea Lassen
	💍 1919/6370
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Bunnythorpe	Bunnythorpe
Length of Residence	4 days	24 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church at Bunnythorpe
Folio	5823
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Ashcroft, Methodist

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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).