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 1260

District of Napier Quarter ending 30 June 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

8 May 1919

Alexander Stephen O'Sullivan
Agnes Mary Evans

Alexander Stephen O'Sullivan
Agnes Mary Evans
💍 1919/3382

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Domestic Duties

28
30

Napier
Napier

3 years
27 years

St. Patrick's Church Napier

2302

8 May 1919

Rev. Father Dowling, Roman Catholic

No	52
Date of Notice	8 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Stephen O'Sullivan	Agnes Mary Evans
	💍 1919/3382
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	3 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church Napier
Folio	2302
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Dowling, Roman Catholic

8 May 1919

Peter Robertson Anderson
Agnes McMorrine

Peter Robertson Anderson
Agnes McKouine
💍 1919/3389

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
book

29
27

Napier
Napier

4 years
4 months

Residence of Mrs. Anderson, Hastings Street Napier

2303

8 May 1919

Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

No	53
Date of Notice	8 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Robertson Anderson	Agnes McMorrine
BDM Match (90%)	Peter Robertson Anderson	Agnes McKouine
	💍 1919/3389
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	book
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Anderson, Hastings Street Napier
Folio	2303
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

19 May 1919

John East
Gertrude Rose Day

John East
Gertrude Rose Day
💍 1919/3390

Widower 14 February 1914
Divorced 16 May 1919

Builder
Domestic

70
46

Napier
Napier

10 days
17 years

Residence of Charles Kirk, Milton Road Napier

2304

19 May 1919

Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

No	54
Date of Notice	19 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John East	Gertrude Rose Day
	💍 1919/3390
Condition	Widower 14 February 1914	Divorced 16 May 1919
Profession	Builder	Domestic
Age	70	46
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	10 days	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Charles Kirk, Milton Road Napier
Folio	2304
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

30 May 1919

Charles John Jamieson
Eva Vyse Orange

Charles John Jamieson
Eva Vyse Orange
💍 1919/3391

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Shop Assistant

20
18

Taradale
Taradale

8 years
10 years

Registrar's Office Napier

2305

Jane Lellar formerly Jamieson Mother, Albert Orange Father

30 May 1919

W. Buchanan, Registrar

No	55
Date of Notice	30 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles John Jamieson	Eva Vyse Orange
	💍 1919/3391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Shop Assistant
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Taradale	Taradale
Length of Residence	8 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Napier
Folio	2305
Consent	Jane Lellar formerly Jamieson Mother, Albert Orange Father
Date of Certificate	30 May 1919
Officiating Minister	W. Buchanan, Registrar

2 June 1919

Sydney Taylor Garard
Olive May Balder

Sidney Taylor Garard
Olive May Calder
💍 1919/3392

Bachelor
Spinster

Post Office Clerk
Domestic Duties

26
24

Napier
Napier

4 days
5 months

Residence of J. S. Balder, Munroe Street Napier

2306

2 June 1919

Rev. J. A. Asher, Presbyterian

No	56
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Taylor Garard	Olive May Balder
BDM Match (94%)	Sidney Taylor Garard	Olive May Calder
	💍 1919/3392
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Post Office Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	4 days	5 months
Marriage Place	Residence of J. S. Balder, Munroe Street Napier
Folio	2306
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 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).