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 1445

District of Feilding Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar J. B. [illegible]

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

1 July 1919

Rollo Gordon Fowler
Agnes Field

Rollo Gordon Fowles
Agnes Field
💍 1919/6421

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic
Dressmaker

22
20

Feilding
Feilding

22 years
6 years

Residence of Mr G. A. Field, Feilding

5852

George Alfred Field, Father

1 July 1919

Rev. P. W. Jones, Methodist

No	32
Date of Notice	1 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rollo Gordon Fowler	Agnes Field
BDM Match (97%)	Rollo Gordon Fowles	Agnes Field
	💍 1919/6421
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic	Dressmaker
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	22 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr G. A. Field, Feilding
Folio	5852
Consent	George Alfred Field, Father
Date of Certificate	1 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Jones, Methodist

12 July 1919

John Sobuck
Elizabeth Hannah Thompson

John Tobeck
Elizabeth Hannah Thompson
💍 1919/6422

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Domestic duties

46
54

Feilding
Feilding

1 week
12 years

Residence of Mrs G. A. Thompson, Eagle Street, Feilding

5853

12 July 1919

Rev. P. W. Jones, Methodist

No	33
Date of Notice	12 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Sobuck	Elizabeth Hannah Thompson
BDM Match (91%)	John Tobeck	Elizabeth Hannah Thompson
	💍 1919/6422
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	46	54
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	1 week	12 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs G. A. Thompson, Eagle Street, Feilding
Folio	5853
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Jones, Methodist

14 July 1919

Ivan Clifton Funnell
Ida May Curran

Ivan Clifton Funnell
Ida May Curran
💍 1919/6423

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist
Dressmaker

28
28

Feilding
Feilding

7 years
16 years

Residence of Rev H. Curran, 71 Kimbolton Road, Feilding

5854

14 July 1919

Rev. H. Curran, Aotearoa Undenominational Mission

No	34
Date of Notice	14 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan Clifton Funnell	Ida May Curran
	💍 1919/6423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist	Dressmaker
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	7 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev H. Curran, 71 Kimbolton Road, Feilding
Folio	5854
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Curran, Aotearoa Undenominational Mission

16 July 1919

Percy Frederick Brooks
Elsie Mary Curtis

Percy Frederick Brooks
Elsye Mary Curtis
💍 1919/6424

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

29
29

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
3 days

Anglican Church, Feilding

5855

16 July 1919

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones, Anglican

No	35
Date of Notice	16 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Frederick Brooks	Elsie Mary Curtis
BDM Match (97%)	Percy Frederick Brooks	Elsye Mary Curtis
	💍 1919/6424
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Feilding
Folio	5855
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones, Anglican

17 July 1919

Cecil Frank Bailey
Annie Margaret Hingston

Cecil Frank Bailey
Annie Margaret Hingston
💍 1919/6425

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Shop assistant

26
22

Feilding
Feilding

6 months
20 years

Residence of Mr Hingston, Awahuri Rd

5856

17 July 1919

Rev. T. Miller, Presbyterian

No	36
Date of Notice	17 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Frank Bailey	Annie Margaret Hingston
	💍 1919/6425
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Shop assistant
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	6 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Hingston, Awahuri Rd
Folio	5856
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. 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).