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 1446

District of Feilding Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar J. B. Woodford

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

25 July 1919

William Ingram Jones
Ida May Goldfinch

William Ingram Gould
Ida May Goldfinch
💍 1919/6426

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler
Home Duties

29
28

Feilding
Feilding

15 years
23 years

Mrs H. M. Goldfinch's residence Duke St. Feilding

5857

25 July 1919

Rev. T. Miller, Presbyterian

No	37
Date of Notice	25 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ingram Jones	Ida May Goldfinch
BDM Match (90%)	William Ingram Gould	Ida May Goldfinch
	💍 1919/6426
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler	Home Duties
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	15 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Mrs H. M. Goldfinch's residence Duke St. Feilding
Folio	5857
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Miller, Presbyterian

23 July 1919

George Edgar Eason
Daisy Shepherd

George Edgar Eason
Daisy Shepherd
💍 1919/6427

Bachelor
Spinster

Wool Sorter
Domestic

38
36

Feilding
Feilding

3 years
3 days

St John's Church Feilding

5858

26 July 1919

Archdeacon A. S. Innes-Jones, Anglican

No	38
Date of Notice	23 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edgar Eason	Daisy Shepherd
	💍 1919/6427
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wool Sorter	Domestic
Age	38	36
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St John's Church Feilding
Folio	5858
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon A. S. Innes-Jones, Anglican

8 August 1919

Lewis Gledhill
Evelyn May Stuart

Lewis Gladhill
Ivelyn May Stuart
💍 1919/6405

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

32
28

Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield

18 years
28 years

St John's Church Feilding

5859

8 August 1919

Archdeacon A. S. Innes-Jones, Rev. J. F. Mayo, Anglican

No	39
Date of Notice	8 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Gledhill	Evelyn May Stuart
BDM Match (94%)	Lewis Gladhill	Ivelyn May Stuart
	💍 1919/6405
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Beaconsfield	Beaconsfield
Length of Residence	18 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St John's Church Feilding
Folio	5859
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon A. S. Innes-Jones, Rev. J. F. Mayo, Anglican

11 August 1919

Richard Cruickshank
Mary Elizabeth Reid

Richard Cruickshank
Mary Elizabeth Reid
💍 1919/6406

Bachelor
Spinster

Clothier & mercer
Spinster

24
29

Feilding
Feilding

six days
3 weeks

Mr. N. Greenless residence, East St. Feilding

5860

11 August 1919

Rev. H. Curran, Aotearoa undenominational mission

No	40
Date of Notice	11 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Cruickshank	Mary Elizabeth Reid
	💍 1919/6406
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clothier & mercer	Spinster
Age	24	29
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	six days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Mr. N. Greenless residence, East St. Feilding
Folio	5860
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Curran, Aotearoa undenominational mission

16 August 1919

Percy Rowland Simpson
Emma Grace Reid

Percy Rowland Simpson
Emma Grace Reid
💍 1919/6407

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
23

Feilding
Feilding

26 years
23 years

Mrs R. Reid's residence Nelson St. Feilding

5861

16 August 1919

Rev. P. W. Jones, Methodist

No	41
Date of Notice	16 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Rowland Simpson	Emma Grace Reid
	💍 1919/6407
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	26 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Mrs R. Reid's residence Nelson St. Feilding
Folio	5861
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Jones, Methodist

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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).