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 1270

District of Napier Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar James Craigie

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

101

18 August 1919

Henry Aubrey Crabtree
Minetta Coral Hutton

Harry Aubrey Crabtree
Menetta Coral Hutton
💍 1919/6347

Divorced
Spinster

Traveller
Domestic Duties

35
28

Napier
Napier

5 years
5 years

Residence of Rev. T. R. Richards, Napier

5777

18 August 1919

Rev. T. R. Richards, Methodist

No	101
Date of Notice	18 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Aubrey Crabtree	Minetta Coral Hutton
BDM Match (93%)	Harry Aubrey Crabtree	Menetta Coral Hutton
	💍 1919/6347
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Traveller	Domestic Duties
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. T. R. Richards, Napier
Folio	5777
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. R. Richards, Methodist

102

18 August 1919

Clifford Siteman Peene
Emily Kate Williams

Clifford Siteman Peene
Emily Kate Williams
💍 1919/6348

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Waitress

23
20

Napier
Napier

5 years
5 years

St. Augustine's Church Napier

5778

William Henry Williams, Father

18 August 1919

Rev. Eric D. Rice, Church of England

No	102
Date of Notice	18 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clifford Siteman Peene	Emily Kate Williams
	💍 1919/6348
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Waitress
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Napier
Folio	5778
Consent	William Henry Williams, Father
Date of Certificate	18 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Eric D. Rice, Church of England

103

21 August 1919

William Charles Norman
Eileen Margaret Curtin

William Charles Norman
Eileen Margaret Curtin
💍 1919/6349

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic Duties

21
16

Napier
Pakowhai

10 years
16 years

St. Patrick's Church Napier

5779

Michael Curtin, Father

21 August 1919

Rev. J. P. M. Hickson, Roman Catholic

No	103
Date of Notice	21 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Norman	Eileen Margaret Curtin
	💍 1919/6349
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic Duties
Age	21	16
Dwelling Place	Napier	Pakowhai
Length of Residence	10 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church Napier
Folio	5779
Consent	Michael Curtin, Father
Date of Certificate	21 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. M. Hickson, Roman Catholic

104

21 August 1919

Luxford Peeti
Rangirangi Manahi Paewai

Luxford Peeti
Rangirangi Manahi Paewai
💍 1919/6308

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

55
48

Napier
Napier

3 days
3 days

Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints Tahoraiti

5713

21 August 1919

James N. Lambert, Latter Day Saints

No	104
Date of Notice	21 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Luxford Peeti	Rangirangi Manahi Paewai
	💍 1919/6308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	55	48
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints Tahoraiti
Folio	5713
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 August 1919
Officiating Minister	James N. Lambert, Latter Day Saints

105

25 August 1919

Lewis Robinson
Martha Ann Bartle

Lewis Robinson
Martha Ann Bartle
💍 1919/6350

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Home Duties

31
28

Napier
Napier

3 1/2 years
3 1/2 years

Trinity Methodist Church Napier

5780

25 August 1919

Rev. T. R. Richards, Methodist

No	105
Date of Notice	25 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Robinson	Martha Ann Bartle
	💍 1919/6350
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Home Duties
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Methodist Church Napier
Folio	5780
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. R. Richards, 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).