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 1452

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar J. G. Broadfoot

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

28 November 1919

Charles Alfred Wallis
Janet King

Charles Alfred Wallis
Janet King
💍 1919/9014

Widower
Widow

Woolclasser
Domestic duties

42
39

Feilding
Feilding

2 years
3 years

Methodist Church Feilding

8725

28 February 1920

Rev G. F. Stockwell, Methodist

No	66
Date of Notice	28 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alfred Wallis	Janet King
	💍 1919/9014
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Woolclasser	Domestic duties
Age	42	39
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Feilding
Folio	8725
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev G. F. Stockwell, Methodist

02 December 1919

Herbert Thomas Allen
Catherine Wilkinson

Herbert Thomas Allan
Catherine Wilkinson
💍 1919/4621

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic Duties

30
25

Feilding
Feilding

3 months
25 years

Residence of Mr Wilkinson, 25 Lytton Street, Feilding

8726

02 March 1920

Rev P. W. Jones, Methodist

No	67
Date of Notice	02 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Thomas Allen	Catherine Wilkinson
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert Thomas Allan	Catherine Wilkinson
	💍 1919/4621
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic Duties
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 months	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Wilkinson, 25 Lytton Street, Feilding
Folio	8726
Consent
Date of Certificate	02 March 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev P. W. Jones, Methodist

11 December 1919

Michael Patrick Carrigan
Norah Frances Bailey

Michael Patrick Carrigan
Norah Frances Bailey
💍 1919/9111

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic Duties

33
30

Feilding
Ohakea

6 years
30 years

Residence of James Bailey, Ohakea, Sanson

8872

11 December 1919

Rev M. M. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic

No	68
Date of Notice	11 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Patrick Carrigan	Norah Frances Bailey
	💍 1919/9111
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic Duties
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Ohakea
Length of Residence	6 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Bailey, Ohakea, Sanson
Folio	8872
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev M. M. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic

12 December 1919

John Thomas Berrington
Ivy Evelyn Tunnicliff

John Thomas Berrington
Ivy Evelyn Tunnicliff
💍 1919/4632

Bachelor
Spinster

Stable Keeper
Household Duties

24
18

Feilding
Feilding

5 years
18 years

Registrar's Office Feilding

8727

Ernest Joseph Tunnicliff, Father

13 December 1919

J. G. Broadfoot, Registrar

No	69
Date of Notice	12 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Berrington	Ivy Evelyn Tunnicliff
	💍 1919/4632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stable Keeper	Household Duties
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	5 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Feilding
Folio	8727
Consent	Ernest Joseph Tunnicliff, Father
Date of Certificate	13 December 1919
Officiating Minister	J. G. Broadfoot, Registrar

15 December 1919

Walter Dobson
Ethel Mary Mills

Walter Dobson
Ethel Mary Mills
💍 1919/4639

Bachelor
Spinster

Public Accountant
Spinster

40
30

Dannevirke
Feilding

17 years
12 years

St Pauls Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke

8728

15 December 1919

Rev T. Miller M.A.

No	70
Date of Notice	15 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Dobson	Ethel Mary Mills
	💍 1919/4639
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Public Accountant	Spinster
Age	40	30
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Feilding
Length of Residence	17 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St Pauls Presbyterian Church, Dannevirke
Folio	8728
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev T. Miller M.A.

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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).