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 1441

District of Feilding Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar J. G. 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

30 May 1919

Lionel Henry Tagg
Roberta Daguerre Neal

Lionel Henry Fagg
Robena Daguerre Neal
💍 1919/3483

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Clerk

25
20

Feilding
Feilding

7 days
2 weeks

Methodist Church, Waituna West

3412

30 May 1919

G. F. Stockwell, Methodist

No	15
Date of Notice	30 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Henry Tagg	Roberta Daguerre Neal
BDM Match (92%)	Lionel Henry Fagg	Robena Daguerre Neal
	💍 1919/3483
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Clerk
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	7 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Waituna West
Folio	3412
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1919
Officiating Minister	G. F. Stockwell, Methodist

17 May 1919

Matene Temataki
Matoahu Goff (m.n. Tamati)

Matene Temataki
Matoahu Goff Tamati
💍 1919/3485

Widower (16.11.18)
Widow (5.8.18)

Farmer
Home Duties

38
33

Kai Iwi, Feilding
Kai Iwi, Feilding

2 months
16 years

Registrar's Office, Post Office, Feilding

3413

17 May 1919

J. G. Broadfoot, Registrar

No	16
Date of Notice	17 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matene Temataki	Matoahu Goff (m.n. Tamati)
BDM Match (87%)	Matene Temataki	Matoahu Goff Tamati
	💍 1919/3485
Condition	Widower (16.11.18)	Widow (5.8.18)
Profession	Farmer	Home Duties
Age	38	33
Dwelling Place	Kai Iwi, Feilding	Kai Iwi, Feilding
Length of Residence	2 months	16 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Post Office, Feilding
Folio	3413
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 May 1919
Officiating Minister	J. G. Broadfoot, Registrar

23 May 1919

Thomas Henry Lammas
Elizabeth Sarah Jackman

Thomas Henry Lammas
Elizabeth Sarah Jackman
💍 1919/3486

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

21
25

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
25 years

Anglican Church, Feilding

3414

23 May 1919

Rev. A. S. Innes-Jones, Anglican

No	17
Date of Notice	23 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Lammas	Elizabeth Sarah Jackman
	💍 1919/3486
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Feilding
Folio	3414
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes-Jones, Anglican

26 May 1919

Arthur Leonard Belk
Ruby Lillian Younger

Arthur Leonard Belk
Ruby Lillian Younger
💍 1919/3487

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet-maker
Home duties

34
29

Feilding
Feilding

30 years
29 years

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

3415

26 May 1919

Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

No	18
Date of Notice	26 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Leonard Belk	Ruby Lillian Younger
	💍 1919/3487
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet-maker	Home duties
Age	34	29
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	30 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	3415
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Miller, Presbyterian

27 May 1919

Archibald Mains
Margaret Pittams

Archibald Mains
Margaret Pittams
💍 1919/3488

Bachelor
Widow (22-10-16)

Labourer
Home duties

47
50

Feilding
Feilding

5 years
10 years

Registrar's Office, Post Office, Feilding

3416

26 May 1919

J. G. Broadfoot, Registrar

No	19
Date of Notice	27 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Mains	Margaret Pittams
	💍 1919/3488
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (22-10-16)
Profession	Labourer	Home duties
Age	47	50
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	5 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Post Office, Feilding
Folio	3416
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 May 1919
Officiating Minister	J. G. Broadfoot, Registrar

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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).