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 1226

District of Hastings Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar P. Braithwaite

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

15 April 1919

Malcolm Garrison Monfries
Lucy Layton Parker

Malcolm Harrison Monfries
Lucy Leighton Parker
💍 1919/2207

Bachelor
Spinster

Secretary
Domestic Duties

29
23

Havelock North
Wellington

6 months
23 years

St. Paul's Wellington

1787

15 April 1919

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	27
Date of Notice	15 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Malcolm Garrison Monfries	Lucy Layton Parker
BDM Match (88%)	Malcolm Harrison Monfries	Lucy Leighton Parker
	💍 1919/2207
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Secretary	Domestic Duties
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Havelock North	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Wellington
Folio	1787
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

19 April 1919

Albert Arthur Jones
Grace Watson Riddell

Albert Arthur Jones
Grace Watson Riddell
💍 1919/1401

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

39
34

Hastings
Hastings

12 months
8 months

Presbyterian Manse Hastings

3279

19 April 1919

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	28
Date of Notice	19 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Arthur Jones	Grace Watson Riddell
	💍 1919/1401
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	39	34
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	12 months	8 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse Hastings
Folio	3279
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

22 April 1919

Herbert Wilson
Annie Christina Noble

Herbert Wilson
Annie Christina Noble
💍 1919/1402

Bachelor
Spinster

Slaughterman
Teacher

31
28

Hastings
Napier

24 years
5 days

Cathedral Napier

3280

22 April 1919

Dean Mayne

No	29
Date of Notice	22 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Wilson	Annie Christina Noble
	💍 1919/1402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Slaughterman	Teacher
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Napier
Length of Residence	24 years	5 days
Marriage Place	Cathedral Napier
Folio	3280
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Dean Mayne

22 April 1919

Claude Balfour Carrodus
Sara de Nyst Bone

Claude Balfour Carrodus
Cara de Nyst Bone
💍 1919/1379

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant
Clerk

38
22

Hastings
Hastings

10 months
22 years

St. Luke's Havelock North

3281

22 April 1919

Rev. A. F. Hall

No	30
Date of Notice	22 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude Balfour Carrodus	Sara de Nyst Bone
BDM Match (97%)	Claude Balfour Carrodus	Cara de Nyst Bone
	💍 1919/1379
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant	Clerk
Age	38	22
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	10 months	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Havelock North
Folio	3281
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. F. Hall

25 April 1919

William Joseph Donovan
Pauline Gladys Chaafe

William Joseph Donovan
Pauline Gladys Chaafe
💍 1919/1380

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse Trainer
Domestic

24
20

Hastings
Hastings

15 months
8 years

Catholic Church Hastings

3282

John Chaafe Father Hastings

25 April 1919

Rev. Father Mahoney

No	31
Date of Notice	25 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Joseph Donovan	Pauline Gladys Chaafe
	💍 1919/1380
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse Trainer	Domestic
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	15 months	8 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church Hastings
Folio	3282
Consent	John Chaafe Father Hastings
Date of Certificate	25 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Mahoney

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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).