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 1266

District of Napier Quarter ending 30 September 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

18 July 1919

Ernest Llewellyn Kite
Ethel Louisa Martin

Ernest Llewelbyn Kite
Ethel Louisa Martin
💍 1919/4451

Bachelor
Spinster

Boilermaker
Waitress

19
20

Westshore
Westshore

6 years
20 years

Methodist Parsonage Napier

5757

Henry Ernest Kite, Father; David Anderson Martin, Father

18 July 1919

Rev. J. R. Richards, Methodist

No	81
Date of Notice	18 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Llewellyn Kite	Ethel Louisa Martin
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Llewelbyn Kite	Ethel Louisa Martin
	💍 1919/4451
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boilermaker	Waitress
Age	19	20
Dwelling Place	Westshore	Westshore
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage Napier
Folio	5757
Consent	Henry Ernest Kite, Father; David Anderson Martin, Father
Date of Certificate	18 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Richards, Methodist

22 July 1919

George Hagen
Margaret Agnes Josephine Dooney

George Hagen
Margaret Agnes Josephine Dooney
💍 1919/4452

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

25
22

Meeanee
Meeanee

15 years
22 years

St. Paul's Church Napier

5758

22 July 1919

Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

No	82
Date of Notice	22 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hagen	Margaret Agnes Josephine Dooney
	💍 1919/4452
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Meeanee	Meeanee
Length of Residence	15 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church Napier
Folio	5758
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

23 July 1919

Henry Lionel Boyce
Emily Douglas

Henry Lionel Boyse
Emily Douglas
💍 1919/4453

Bachelor
Spinster

Upholsterer
Domestic Duties

23
20

Taradale
Taradale

9 months
8 years

Presbyterian Church Taradale

5759

Mary McLean formerly Douglas Mother

23 July 1919

Rev. A. H. Norrie, Presbyterian

No	83
Date of Notice	23 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Lionel Boyce	Emily Douglas
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Lionel Boyse	Emily Douglas
	💍 1919/4453
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Upholsterer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Taradale	Taradale
Length of Residence	9 months	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Taradale
Folio	5759
Consent	Mary McLean formerly Douglas Mother
Date of Certificate	23 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Norrie, Presbyterian

24 July 1919

George Gunn
Annie Kathleen Tong

George Gunn
Annie Kathleen Gong
💍 1919/4431

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

35
24

Puketapu
Puketapu

7 years
26 years

Anglican Church Puketapu

5760

24 July 1919

Rev. T. C. Cullwick, Church of England

No	84
Date of Notice	24 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Gunn	Annie Kathleen Tong
BDM Match (97%)	George Gunn	Annie Kathleen Gong
	💍 1919/4431
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Puketapu	Puketapu
Length of Residence	7 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church Puketapu
Folio	5760
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. C. Cullwick, Church of England

26 July 1919

Cecil James Samuel Nicholson
May Frances Norman

Cecil James Samuel Niclolson
May Frances Norman
💍 1919/4432

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter
Milliner

26
27

Napier
Napier

2 months
1 week

The Manse Lincoln Road Napier

5761

26 July 1919

Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

No	85
Date of Notice	26 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil James Samuel Nicholson	May Frances Norman
BDM Match (98%)	Cecil James Samuel Niclolson	May Frances Norman
	💍 1919/4432
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter	Milliner
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	2 months	1 week
Marriage Place	The Manse Lincoln Road Napier
Folio	5761
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

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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).