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 1439

District of Feilding Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar J. B. Broadfoot

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

2 April 1919

Edwin George Dewe
Florence Eveline Memerson

Edwin George Dewe
Florence Eveline Emerson
💍 1919/3497

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Dressmaker

25
22

Feilding
Feilding

5 years
7 years

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

3432

2 April 1919

Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	2 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin George Dewe	Florence Eveline Memerson
BDM Match (96%)	Edwin George Dewe	Florence Eveline Emerson
	💍 1919/3497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Dressmaker
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	5 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	3432
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

2 April 1919

Sydney James Packer
Ethelwin Alma Saywell

Sydney James Packer
Ethelwin Alma Saywell
💍 1919/3474

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman Draper
Saleswoman Draper

20
28

Feilding
Feilding

6 years
26 years

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

3433

James Packer, Father

2 April 1919

Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

No	6
Date of Notice	2 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney James Packer	Ethelwin Alma Saywell
	💍 1919/3474
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman Draper	Saleswoman Draper
Age	20	28
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	6 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	3433
Consent	James Packer, Father
Date of Certificate	2 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

10 April 1919

Berth Onslow Durrer
Ada Mary Shirley

Berth Onslow Turner
Ada Mary Shirley
💍 1919/3475

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler
Clerk

23
23

Feilding
Feilding

23 years
21 years

Anglican Church, Feilding

3434

10 April 1919

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones, Anglican

No	7
Date of Notice	10 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Berth Onslow Durrer	Ada Mary Shirley
BDM Match (95%)	Berth Onslow Turner	Ada Mary Shirley
	💍 1919/3475
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler	Clerk
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	23 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Feilding
Folio	3434
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones, Anglican

5 April 1919

Charles Henry Ingram
Jessie Fraser (Maiden Name Monklay)

Charles Henry Ingram
Jessie Fraser
💍 1919/3476

Bachelor
Divorced 10.12.18

Farrier
Household Duties

40
37

Feilding
Feilding

4 months
4 months

Registrar's Office, Post Office, Feilding

3435

15 April 1919

J. B. Broadfoot, Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	5 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Ingram	Jessie Fraser (Maiden Name Monklay)
BDM Match (69%)	Charles Henry Ingram	Jessie Fraser
	💍 1919/3476
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced 10.12.18
Profession	Farrier	Household Duties
Age	40	37
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	4 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Post Office, Feilding
Folio	3435
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1919
Officiating Minister	J. B. Broadfoot, Registrar

16 April 1919

Leslie George Victor Amies
Gwenifred Catherine Mary Evans

Leslie George Victor Amies
Gwenifred Catherine Mary Evans
💍 1919/3477

Bachelor
Spinster

Exchange Clerk
Household Duties

22
20

Palmerston North
Feilding

16 years
20 years

Anglican Church, Palmerston North

3436

Catherine E Evans, Mother; John Evans, Father

16 April 1919

Rev. H. G. Blackburne, Anglican

No	9
Date of Notice	16 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie George Victor Amies	Gwenifred Catherine Mary Evans
	💍 1919/3477
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Exchange Clerk	Household Duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Feilding
Length of Residence	16 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Palmerston North
Folio	3436
Consent	Catherine E Evans, Mother; John Evans, Father
Date of Certificate	16 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Blackburne, Anglican

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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).