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 1427

District of Eketahuna Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar H. C. Moore

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

17 October 1919

Robert Frederick Reid
Katherine Nicols

Robert Frederick Reid
Kathleen Nicols
💍 1919/9754

Bachelor
Spinster

Night Telephonist
Domestic Duties

28
26

Eketahuna
Eketahuna

1 Year
26 years

Presbyterian Church, Eketahuna

9347

17 October 1919

Rev. R. Welsh, Presbyterian

No	17
Date of Notice	17 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Frederick Reid	Katherine Nicols
BDM Match (88%)	Robert Frederick Reid	Kathleen Nicols
	💍 1919/9754
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Night Telephonist	Domestic Duties
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Eketahuna	Eketahuna
Length of Residence	1 Year	26 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Eketahuna
Folio	9347
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Welsh, Presbyterian

5 November 1919

Frederick George Fox
Lydia Maud Taylor

Frederick George Goss
Lydia Maud Taylor
💍 1919/9016

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheese factory Assistant
Tailoress

20
19

Nireaha
Nireaha

14 days
14 days

Church of England, Nireaha

8704

William George Fox, Father; Robert Howard Taylor, Father

5 November 1919

Rev. J. C. Davies, Church of England

No	18
Date of Notice	5 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Fox	Lydia Maud Taylor
BDM Match (93%)	Frederick George Goss	Lydia Maud Taylor
	💍 1919/9016
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheese factory Assistant	Tailoress
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Nireaha	Nireaha
Length of Residence	14 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Nireaha
Folio	8704
Consent	William George Fox, Father; Robert Howard Taylor, Father
Date of Certificate	5 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Davies, Church of England

17 November 1919

Frank Eldon Grinlinton
Winifred Jane Shirley

Frank Eldon Grinlinton
Winifred Jane Shirley
💍 1919/8868

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Lady Help

30
23

Eketahuna
Dannevirke

7 months
18 months

Church of England, Dannevirke

8554

17 November 1919

Rev. G. B. Stephenson, Church of England

No	19
Date of Notice	17 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Eldon Grinlinton	Winifred Jane Shirley
	💍 1919/8868
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Lady Help
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Eketahuna	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	7 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Dannevirke
Folio	8554
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Stephenson, Church of England

19 November 1919

Frederick George Bath
Mary Penelope Jump

Frederic George Bath
Mary Penelope Crump
💍 1919/9085

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Clerk

30
28

Eketahuna
Palmerston North

6 months
27 years

All Saints Church, Palmerston North

8846

19 November 1919

Rev. H. G. Blackburne, Church of England

No	20
Date of Notice	19 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Bath	Mary Penelope Jump
BDM Match (92%)	Frederic George Bath	Mary Penelope Crump
	💍 1919/9085
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Clerk
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Eketahuna	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	6 months	27 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Palmerston North
Folio	8846
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Blackburne, Church of England

21 November 1919

Dugald Francis Charles McDonald
Anna Marie Halberg

Dugald Francis Charles McDonald
Anna Marie Halberg
💍 1919/9017

Widower 8-11-17
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

33
26

Masterton
Hastwells

12 years
2 years

Methodist Church, Mauriceville North

8705

21 November 1919

Rev. J. W. Parker, Methodist

No	21
Date of Notice	21 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dugald Francis Charles McDonald	Anna Marie Halberg
	💍 1919/9017
Condition	Widower 8-11-17	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Hastwells
Length of Residence	12 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Mauriceville North
Folio	8705
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Parker, 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).