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 1449

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar A. C. W. Murdoch

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

3 October 1919

Henry Leopold Maul
Irene Nimmo Sandilands

Henry Leopold Maul
Irene Nimmo Sandilands
💍 1919/9132

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

26
22

Ashhurst
Kiwitea

20 years
22 years

Anglican Church, Kiwitea

8819

3 January 1920

Rev. J. F. Mayo, Anglican

No	51
Date of Notice	3 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Leopold Maul	Irene Nimmo Sandilands
	💍 1919/9132
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Ashhurst	Kiwitea
Length of Residence	20 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Kiwitea
Folio	8819
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Mayo, Anglican

6 October 1919

John Gardner Spiers
Ivy Winifred McKenzie

John Gardner Speirs
Ivy Winifred McKenzie
💍 1919/8999

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer
Domestic duties

36
23

Feilding
Halcombe

3 days
7 months

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

8711

6 January 1920

Rev. Thomas Miller, Presbyterian

No	52
Date of Notice	6 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Gardner Spiers	Ivy Winifred McKenzie
BDM Match (95%)	John Gardner Speirs	Ivy Winifred McKenzie
	💍 1919/8999
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	36	23
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Halcombe
Length of Residence	3 days	7 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	8711
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Miller, Presbyterian

8 October 1919

William John Philip Port
Elsie Winifred Weightman

William John Philip Port
Elsie Winifred Weightman
💍 1919/9000

Bachelor
Spinster

General Merchant
Domestic duties

23
21

Cheltenham, Feilding
Awahuri, Feilding

6 months
21 years

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

8712

8 January 1920

Rev. Thomas Miller, Presbyterian

No	53
Date of Notice	8 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Philip Port	Elsie Winifred Weightman
	💍 1919/9000
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	General Merchant	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Cheltenham, Feilding	Awahuri, Feilding
Length of Residence	6 months	21 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	8712
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Miller, Presbyterian

11 October 1919

Frederick Peter Adamson
Alice Margaret Brown

Frederick Peter Adamson
Alice Margaret Brown
💍 1919/9001

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

26
29

Colyton, Feilding
Colyton, Feilding

4 years
29 years

Residence of Robert Brown, Farmer at Colyton

8713

11 January 1920

Rev. Thomas Miller, Presbyterian

No	54
Date of Notice	11 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Peter Adamson	Alice Margaret Brown
	💍 1919/9001
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Colyton, Feilding	Colyton, Feilding
Length of Residence	4 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Robert Brown, Farmer at Colyton
Folio	8713
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Miller, Presbyterian

15 October 1919

John Holland
Edith Spry

John Holland
Edith Spry
💍 1919/9002

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

30
20

Feilding
Feilding

5 days
5 days

Roman Catholic Church, Feilding

8714

Florence Spry (sister & guardian)

15 January 1920

Rev. Father E. Bergen, Roman Catholic

No	55
Date of Notice	15 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Holland	Edith Spry
	💍 1919/9002
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Feilding
Folio	8714
Consent	Florence Spry (sister & guardian)
Date of Certificate	15 January 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father E. Bergen, Roman Catholic

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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).