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 1443

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

6 June 1919

Reuben Arthur Manson
Jessie Margaret Mcnae

Reubin Arthur Manson
Jessie Margaret McNae
💍 1919/3567

Bachelor
Divorcee 14-2-19

Labourer
Household duties

32
39

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Post Office, Feilding

3452

6 June 1919

J. E. Broadfoot, Registrar

No	25
Date of Notice	6 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reuben Arthur Manson	Jessie Margaret Mcnae
BDM Match (95%)	Reubin Arthur Manson	Jessie Margaret McNae
	💍 1919/3567
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee 14-2-19
Profession	Labourer	Household duties
Age	32	39
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Post Office, Feilding
Folio	3452
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1919
Officiating Minister	J. E. Broadfoot, Registrar

12 June 1919

William Hunter Will
Edith Doris Bruce

William Hunter Will
Edith Doris Bruce
💍 1919/3568

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner
Home duties

29
24

Palmerston North
Cheltenham

2 months
24 years

Anglican Church, Cheltenham

3453

12 June 1919

Rev. J. F. Mayo, Anglican

No	26
Date of Notice	12 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hunter Will	Edith Doris Bruce
	💍 1919/3568
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner	Home duties
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Cheltenham
Length of Residence	2 months	24 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Cheltenham
Folio	3453
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Mayo, Anglican

17 June 1919

Bruce Anderson
Marion Theresa Gosling

Bruce Anderson
Marion Theresa Gosling
💍 1919/3569

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

41
44

Feilding
Feilding

4 years
32 years

Anglican Church, Feilding

3454

17 June 1919

Rev. A. S. Innes-Jones, Anglican

No	27
Date of Notice	17 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bruce Anderson	Marion Theresa Gosling
	💍 1919/3569
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	41	44
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	4 years	32 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Feilding
Folio	3454
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes-Jones, Anglican

17 June 1919

Charles Edward Whittaker
Agnes Mildred Clara McLeod

Charles Edward Whittaker
Agnes Mildred Clara Macleod
💍 1919/3570

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Domestic duties

22
19

Feilding
Feilding

1 year 6 months
19 years

Roman Catholic Church, Feilding

3455

James McLeod, father

17 June 1919

Rev. M. M. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic

No	28
Date of Notice	17 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Whittaker	Agnes Mildred Clara McLeod
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Edward Whittaker	Agnes Mildred Clara Macleod
	💍 1919/3570
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Domestic duties
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	1 year 6 months	19 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Feilding
Folio	3455
Consent	James McLeod, father
Date of Certificate	17 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. M. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic

17 June 1919

Percy Lawrence Verry
Ida Mabel Ruff

Percy Laurence Verry
Ida Mabel Ruff
💍 1919/3571

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

26
21

Palmerston North
Feilding

5 days
21 years

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

3456

17 June 1919

Rev. Thomas Miller, Presbyterian

No	29
Date of Notice	17 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Lawrence Verry	Ida Mabel Ruff
BDM Match (98%)	Percy Laurence Verry	Ida Mabel Ruff
	💍 1919/3571
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Feilding
Length of Residence	5 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	3456
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Miller, Presbyterian

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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).