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 1491

District of Levin Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar R. W. Percy

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

5 July 1919

William Francis Atkinson
Louisa Margaret Glover

William Francis Akenson
Louisa Margaret Glover
💍 1919/6449

Widower 22-9-18
Spinster

Carter
Domestic Duties

29
22

Levin
Levin

2 1/2 years
3 weeks

In the dwelling of Mr Nicholas Atkinson Village Settlement Weraroa

5880

5 July 1919

Rev Bawden Harris

No	9
Date of Notice	5 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Atkinson	Louisa Margaret Glover
BDM Match (96%)	William Francis Akenson	Louisa Margaret Glover
	💍 1919/6449
Condition	Widower 22-9-18	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic Duties
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	In the dwelling of Mr Nicholas Atkinson Village Settlement Weraroa
Folio	5880
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Bawden Harris

10 July 1919

James Williamson Demouth
Rosie Lillian Gobbe

James Williamson Demouth
Rosie Lillian Gobbe
💍 1919/6450

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter
Waitress

20
23

Levin
Levin

6 weeks
4 days

In the residence of Rev Bawden Harris McKenzie Street Weraroa Levin

5881

Henry Demouth Father

10 July 1919

Rev Bawden Harris

No	10
Date of Notice	10 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Williamson Demouth	Rosie Lillian Gobbe
	💍 1919/6450
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter	Waitress
Age	20	23
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	6 weeks	4 days
Marriage Place	In the residence of Rev Bawden Harris McKenzie Street Weraroa Levin
Folio	5881
Consent	Henry Demouth Father
Date of Certificate	10 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Bawden Harris

14 July 1919

Kenneth Earl Burt
Emma Charlotte Newman

Kenneth Earl Burt
Emma Charlotte Newman
💍 1919/6451

Widower 26 3 17
Widow 27-11-13

Farmer
Domestic duties

42
40

Levin
Levin

10 years
40 years

Church of England Levin

5882

17 July 1919

Rev J Blackburne

No	11
Date of Notice	14 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Earl Burt	Emma Charlotte Newman
	💍 1919/6451
Condition	Widower 26 3 17	Widow 27-11-13
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	42	40
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	10 years	40 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Levin
Folio	5882
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J Blackburne

26 July 1919

Robert Sutton
Lena Cecelia Campbell

Robert Sutton
Lena Cecilia Campbell
💍 1919/6429

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Tailoress

25
21

Levin
Levin

3 days
3 days

Church of England Levin

5883

26 July 1919

Rev J Blackburne

No	12
Date of Notice	26 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Sutton	Lena Cecelia Campbell
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Sutton	Lena Cecilia Campbell
	💍 1919/6429
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Tailoress
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England Levin
Folio	5883
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J Blackburne

5 August 1919

William Samuel Death
May Victoria Ramsbotham

William Samuel Death
Victoria May Ramsbatham
💍 1919/5410

Bachelor
Spinster

Buttermaker
Domestic

28
22

Levin
Wellington

3 years
22 years

St James Church Adelaide Road Wellington

4743

5 August 1919

Rev W Shirer

No	13
Date of Notice	5 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Samuel Death	May Victoria Ramsbotham
BDM Match (80%)	William Samuel Death	Victoria May Ramsbatham
	💍 1919/5410
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Buttermaker	Domestic
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Levin	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St James Church Adelaide Road Wellington
Folio	4743
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev W Shirer

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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).