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 1078

District of Inglewood Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar W. Barry

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

28 May 1919

William Hooker
Irene Emily Cossey

William Hooker
Irene Emily Cossey
💍 1919/1339

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
18

Tariki
Tariki

12 months
12 months

Presbyterian Church, Inglewood

3141

Emily Cossey, mother

28 May 1919

Rev. Ireland

No	11
Date of Notice	28 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hooker	Irene Emily Cossey
	💍 1919/1339
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Tariki	Tariki
Length of Residence	12 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Inglewood
Folio	3141
Consent	Emily Cossey, mother
Date of Certificate	28 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ireland

30 May 1919

Bernard Schrader
Pearl Ilorah June Jordan

Bernard Schrider
Pearl Blanche Irene Jordan
💍 1919/1341

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

34
25

Albert Road
Albert Road

34 years
25 years

Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood

3142

30 May 1919

Rev. Long

No	12
Date of Notice	30 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bernard Schrader	Pearl Ilorah June Jordan
BDM Match (82%)	Bernard Schrider	Pearl Blanche Irene Jordan
	💍 1919/1341
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Albert Road	Albert Road
Length of Residence	34 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood
Folio	3142
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Long

2 June 1919

John Jackson
Florence Northcott

John Jackson
Florence Northcott
💍 1919/1342

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

37
19

Tariki
Tariki

5 years
4 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Inglewood

3143

Mary Ann Northcott, mother

2 June 1919

W. Barry, Registrar

No	13
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Jackson	Florence Northcott
	💍 1919/1342
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	37	19
Dwelling Place	Tariki	Tariki
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Inglewood
Folio	3143
Consent	Mary Ann Northcott, mother
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	W. Barry, Registrar

2 June 1919

Arthur Saloom Jones
Agnes Rebecca Jones

Arthur Faulkner Jones
Agnes Rebecca Jones
💍 1919/1343

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

23
22

Kaimata
Kaimata

7 days
10 years

Residence of G. Jones, Kaimata

3144

2 June 1919

Rev. Ireland

No	14
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Saloom Jones	Agnes Rebecca Jones
BDM Match (86%)	Arthur Faulkner Jones	Agnes Rebecca Jones
	💍 1919/1343
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Kaimata	Kaimata
Length of Residence	7 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of G. Jones, Kaimata
Folio	3144
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ireland

9 June 1919

Herbert Halvour Curtis
Elsie Margaret Buckthought

Herbert Halvouer Curtis
Elsie Margaret Buckthought
💍 1919/1344

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

34
24

Inglewood
Inglewood

3 weeks
3 weeks

Church of England, Inglewood

3145

9 June 1919

Rev. Stanton

No	15
Date of Notice	9 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Halvour Curtis	Elsie Margaret Buckthought
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert Halvouer Curtis	Elsie Margaret Buckthought
	💍 1919/1344
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of England, Inglewood
Folio	3145
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Stanton

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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).