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 1501

District of Mangaweka Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar W. J. Stammer

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

18 October 1919

Alexander Michael Richard Cairns
Eleanor Hannah Boshier

Alexander McNeil Richard Caird
Eleanor Hannah Boshier
💍 1919/9023

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

37
21

Rangiwahia
Rangiwahia

20 years
21 years

Methodist Church, Rangiwahia

8760

18 October 1919

Rev. John McCaw, Presbyterian

No	6
Date of Notice	18 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Michael Richard Cairns	Eleanor Hannah Boshier
BDM Match (91%)	Alexander McNeil Richard Caird	Eleanor Hannah Boshier
	💍 1919/9023
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	37	21
Dwelling Place	Rangiwahia	Rangiwahia
Length of Residence	20 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Rangiwahia
Folio	8760
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. John McCaw, Presbyterian

30 October 1919

Alfred Robert William Krebs
Mabel Allison

Alfred Robert William Krebs
Mabel Allison
💍 1919/9024

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist
Saleswoman

27
25

Mangaweka
Mangaweka

3 days
6 years

Presbyterian Church, Mangaweka

8761

30 October 1919

Rev. James McCaw, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	30 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Robert William Krebs	Mabel Allison
	💍 1919/9024
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist	Saleswoman
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Mangaweka	Mangaweka
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Mangaweka
Folio	8761
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. James McCaw, Presbyterian

1 November 1919

Harold Pritchard
Eliza Peacock

Harold Pritchard
Eliza Peacock
💍 1919/9025

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Domestic Duties

26
22

Mangaweka
Mangaweka

6 years
20 years

L. F. Smith's Dwelling House, Mangaweka

8762

1 November 1919

Rev. John McCaw, Presbyterian

No	8
Date of Notice	1 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Pritchard	Eliza Peacock
	💍 1919/9025
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Mangaweka	Mangaweka
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	L. F. Smith's Dwelling House, Mangaweka
Folio	8762
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. John McCaw, Presbyterian

18 December 1919

Frederick Robert Fulton
Edith Dora Johnston

Frederick Robert Fulton
Edith Cora Johnston
💍 1919/9026

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Music Teacher

29
24

Mangaweka
Mangaweka

12 years
21 years

St Martins Church, Mangaweka

8763

18 December 1919

Rev. K. J. McFarland, Church of England

No	9
Date of Notice	18 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Robert Fulton	Edith Dora Johnston
BDM Match (97%)	Frederick Robert Fulton	Edith Cora Johnston
	💍 1919/9026
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Music Teacher
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Mangaweka	Mangaweka
Length of Residence	12 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St Martins Church, Mangaweka
Folio	8763
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. K. J. McFarland, Church of England

24 December 1919

Edward Stanley Perryman
Ruby Beatrice Bailey

Edward Stanley Peryman
Ruby Beatrice Bailey
💍 1919/9027

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

29
26

Mangaweka
Mangaweka

4 days
2 years

St Martins Church, Mangaweka

8764

27 December 1919

Rev. G. V. Rooke, Church of England

No	10
Date of Notice	24 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Stanley Perryman	Ruby Beatrice Bailey
BDM Match (98%)	Edward Stanley Peryman	Ruby Beatrice Bailey
	💍 1919/9027
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Mangaweka	Mangaweka
Length of Residence	4 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St Martins Church, Mangaweka
Folio	8764
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. V. Rooke, Church of England

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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).