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 1276

District of Napier Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar W. Buchanan

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

130

10 October 1919

William James Henderson
Ethel Humphries

William James Henderson
Ethel Humphries
💍 1919/8940

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic Duties

40
38

Napier
Napier

14 days
30 years

St John's Cathedral, Napier

8601

10 October 1919

Rev. W. J. Simkin, Church of England

No	130
Date of Notice	10 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Henderson	Ethel Humphries
	💍 1919/8940
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic Duties
Age	40	38
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	14 days	30 years
Marriage Place	St John's Cathedral, Napier
Folio	8601
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Simkin, Church of England

131

10 October 1919

Frederick William Aisher
Frances May Coe

Frederick William Arsher
Frances May Coe
💍 1919/8941

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal official
Milliner

28
26

Napier
Napier

6 months
26 years

St Patrick's Church, Napier

8602

10 October 1919

Rev. Father Tymons, Roman Catholic

No	131
Date of Notice	10 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Aisher	Frances May Coe
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick William Arsher	Frances May Coe
	💍 1919/8941
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal official	Milliner
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	6 months	26 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Church, Napier
Folio	8602
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Tymons, Roman Catholic

132

13 October 1919

George Queree Bartlett
Mabel Enid Beattie

George Queree Bartlett
Mabel Enid Beattie
💍 1919/8942

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Grocers Assistant

32
24

Napier
Napier

32 years
6 years

St Paul's Church, Napier

8603

13 October 1919

Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

No	132
Date of Notice	13 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Queree Bartlett	Mabel Enid Beattie
	💍 1919/8942
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Grocers Assistant
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	32 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church, Napier
Folio	8603
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

133

14 October 1919

Samuel Kennedy
Mary Campbell

Samuel Kennedy
Mary Campbell
💍 1919/8943

Widower 4 Feb. 1918
Widow 8 Oct. 1914

Farmer
Domestic Duties

47
46

Pakowhai
Pakowhai

1 year
8 months

Church of England, Taradale

8604

14 October 1919

Rev. A. P. Clarke, Church of England

No	133
Date of Notice	14 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Kennedy	Mary Campbell
	💍 1919/8943
Condition	Widower 4 Feb. 1918	Widow 8 Oct. 1914
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	47	46
Dwelling Place	Pakowhai	Pakowhai
Length of Residence	1 year	8 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Taradale
Folio	8604
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. P. Clarke, Church of England

134

15 October 1919

Julius Winifred Sandtmann
Muriel Staines Northcroft

Julius Winfried Sandtmann
Muriel Staines Northcroft
💍 1919/8944

Bachelor
Spinster

Public Accountant
Domestic Duties

31
25

Napier
Napier

30 years
7 years

St John's Cathedral, Napier

8605

15 October 1919

Rev. W. J. Simkin, Church of England

No	134
Date of Notice	15 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Julius Winifred Sandtmann	Muriel Staines Northcroft
BDM Match (96%)	Julius Winfried Sandtmann	Muriel Staines Northcroft
	💍 1919/8944
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Public Accountant	Domestic Duties
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	30 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St John's Cathedral, Napier
Folio	8605
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Simkin, 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).