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 1479

District of Hunterville Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar A. J. Johnston

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 February 1919

Gilbert Delmar Hammeton Holden
Sarah Jane Ashcroft Bright

Gilbert Delwar Hammerton Holden
Norah Jane Ashcroft Bright
💍 1919/1474

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer
Lady Help

17
17

Rata
Rata

12 months
17 years

Registrar's Office Hunterville

1228

Fanny Holden (mother). No person in New Zealand having authority to consent for Sarah J Bright

1 February 1919

Registrar of Marriages Hunterville

No	1
Date of Notice	1 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Delmar Hammeton Holden	Sarah Jane Ashcroft Bright
BDM Match (93%)	Gilbert Delwar Hammerton Holden	Norah Jane Ashcroft Bright
	💍 1919/1474
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer	Lady Help
Age	17	17
Dwelling Place	Rata	Rata
Length of Residence	12 months	17 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Hunterville
Folio	1228
Consent	Fanny Holden (mother). No person in New Zealand having authority to consent for Sarah J Bright
Date of Certificate	1 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Hunterville

12 February 1919

James Alfred Freeman Johnson
Mary Ann Manson

James Alfred Freeman Johnson
Mary Anne Manson
💍 1919/1475

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic Duties

48
40

Hunterville
Hunterville

3 days In the residence of Mr J Manson
2 years Lanton Block

In the residence of Mr J Manson Lanton Block

1229

12 February 1919

Rev. W. Ford Hutchinson (Anglican)

No	2
Date of Notice	12 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Alfred Freeman Johnson	Mary Ann Manson
BDM Match (97%)	James Alfred Freeman Johnson	Mary Anne Manson
	💍 1919/1475
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	48	40
Dwelling Place	Hunterville	Hunterville
Length of Residence	3 days In the residence of Mr J Manson	2 years Lanton Block
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr J Manson Lanton Block
Folio	1229
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ford Hutchinson (Anglican)

17 February 1919

Walter Simpson
Magdalena Jonette Clare

Walter Simpson
Magdalena Jeanetta Clare
💍 1919/1476

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

32
23

Hunterville
Waituna West

20 years
10 years

Methodist Church Waituna West

1230

17 February 1919

Rev. G. F. Stockwell (Methodist)

No	3
Date of Notice	17 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Simpson	Magdalena Jonette Clare
BDM Match (94%)	Walter Simpson	Magdalena Jeanetta Clare
	💍 1919/1476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Hunterville	Waituna West
Length of Residence	20 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Waituna West
Folio	1230
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. F. Stockwell (Methodist)

26 February 1919

William Henry Tyack
Fanny Elizabeth Groom

William Henry Tyack
Fanny Elizabeth Ensom
💍 1919/1477

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
Tailoress

24
23

Hunterville
Hunterville

3 days
22 years Hunterville

St John Baptist Church Hunterville

1231

26 February 1919

Rev. W. F. Grove (Anglican)

No	4
Date of Notice	26 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Tyack	Fanny Elizabeth Groom
BDM Match (93%)	William Henry Tyack	Fanny Elizabeth Ensom
	💍 1919/1477
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Tailoress
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Hunterville	Hunterville
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years Hunterville
Marriage Place	St John Baptist Church Hunterville
Folio	1231
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Grove (Anglican)

6 March 1919

Harvey James Leeks
Ellen Jane Thompson

Harvey James Leeks
Ellen Jane Thompson
💍 1919/1478

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Lady Maid

26
24

Ohingaiti
Ohingaiti

9 years
2 years Ohingaiti

All Saints Church Ohingaiti

1232

6 March 1919

Rev. K. J. McFarland (Anglican)

No	5
Date of Notice	6 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harvey James Leeks	Ellen Jane Thompson
	💍 1919/1478
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Lady Maid
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Ohingaiti	Ohingaiti
Length of Residence	9 years	2 years Ohingaiti
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Ohingaiti
Folio	1232
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. K. J. McFarland (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).