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 1234

District of Hastings Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar R. Brathwaite

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

29 July 1919

Fred Wharton
Ivy Beatrice Cann

Fred Wharlon
Ivy Beatrice Cann
💍 1919/4398

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver
Domestic duties

24
26

Hastings
Hastings

9 years
7 years

St. Matthews Church, Hastings

5728

29 July 1919

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	61
Date of Notice	29 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Wharton	Ivy Beatrice Cann
BDM Match (96%)	Fred Wharlon	Ivy Beatrice Cann
	💍 1919/4398
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver	Domestic duties
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	9 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Hastings
Folio	5728
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

31 July 1919

Herbert Charles Foster
Patience Morwenna Faulkner

Herbert Charles Foster
Patience Morurenna Faulkner
💍 1919/4436

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic duties

31
19

Hastings
Greenmeadows Napier

4 months
2 weeks

Residence of J. Davies Main Rd. Greenmeadows. Napier

5765

Isabella Faulkner (Mother)

31 July 1919

Rev. Corrie

No	62
Date of Notice	31 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Charles Foster	Patience Morwenna Faulkner
BDM Match (96%)	Herbert Charles Foster	Patience Morurenna Faulkner
	💍 1919/4436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic duties
Age	31	19
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Greenmeadows Napier
Length of Residence	4 months	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of J. Davies Main Rd. Greenmeadows. Napier
Folio	5765
Consent	Isabella Faulkner (Mother)
Date of Certificate	31 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Corrie

31 July 1919

Charles Frank Bennett
Evelyn Gladys Halstead

Charles Frank Bennett
Evelyn Gladys Halstead
💍 1919/4399

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Clerk

21
23

Havelock North
Hastings

21 years
23 years

Church of England Hastings

5729

31 July 1919

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	63
Date of Notice	31 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Frank Bennett	Evelyn Gladys Halstead
	💍 1919/4399
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Clerk
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Havelock North	Hastings
Length of Residence	21 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Hastings
Folio	5729
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

6 August 1919

Maurice George Luxford
Rinola Adelaide Pratt

Maurice George Luxford
Minola Adelaide Pratt
💍 1919/4400

Bachelor
Spinster

Expeditionary Force
Domestic duties

25
23

Hastings
Hastings

3 months
7 years

St. Matthews Hastings

5730

6 August 1919

Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

No	64
Date of Notice	6 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice George Luxford	Rinola Adelaide Pratt
BDM Match (98%)	Maurice George Luxford	Minola Adelaide Pratt
	💍 1919/4400
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Expeditionary Force	Domestic duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 months	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Hastings
Folio	5730
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Brocklehurst

11 August 1919

Francis William Thomas Gilmore
Annie Gladys Clarke

Francis William Thomas Gilmore
Annie Gladys Clarke
💍 1919/4401

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

22
21

Hastings
Hastings

21 years
4 years

Baptist Church Hastings

5731

11 August 1919

Rev. H. G. Edridge

No	65
Date of Notice	11 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William Thomas Gilmore	Annie Gladys Clarke
	💍 1919/4401
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	21 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church Hastings
Folio	5731
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Edridge

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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).