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 1072

District of Hawera Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar S. J. Hamel

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 October 1919

William George Barclay
Maria Bernie Moore

William George Barclay
Maria Bernie Moore
💍 1919/8773

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Saleswoman

27
29

Hawera
Hawera

10 years
26 years

Presbyterian Church, Hawera

8458

28 October 1919

Rev H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

No	80
Date of Notice	28 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Barclay	Maria Bernie Moore
	💍 1919/8773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Saleswoman
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	10 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hawera
Folio	8458
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

3 November 1919

Cyril Arthur Rutland
Florence Adelia Georgina Beatrice Goile

Cyril Arthur Rutland
Florence Adelia Georgina Beatrice Goile
💍 1919/9820

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25
20

Meremere
Meremere

11 months
16 months

Residence of Edward Henry Julius Goile, Meremere

9578

Edward Henry Julius Goile, Father

3 November 1919

Rev G. Grant Bowen, Anglican

No	81
Date of Notice	3 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Arthur Rutland	Florence Adelia Georgina Beatrice Goile
	💍 1919/9820
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Meremere	Meremere
Length of Residence	11 months	16 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Edward Henry Julius Goile, Meremere
Folio	9578
Consent	Edward Henry Julius Goile, Father
Date of Certificate	3 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev G. Grant Bowen, Anglican

4 November 1919

Robert Edwin Hamilton
Catherine Wallace Fairley

Robert Edwin Familton
Catherine Wallace Fairley
💍 1919/8774

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Clerk

37
30

Hawera
Hawera

5 years
3 weeks

Presbyterian Church, Hawera

8459

4 November 1919

Rev H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

No	82
Date of Notice	4 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Edwin Hamilton	Catherine Wallace Fairley
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Edwin Familton	Catherine Wallace Fairley
	💍 1919/8774
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Clerk
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	5 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hawera
Folio	8459
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

4 November 1919

Herbert Edward Barron
Mary Annie Elizabeth Rusling

Herbert Edward Barron
Mary Annie Elizabeth Rusling
💍 1919/8775

Bachelor
Divorced 4 September 1919

Sheep Station Manager
Domestic Duties

37
31

Hawera
Hawera

3 days
12 months

Dwelling of Charles Young, Nolantown

8460

4 November 1919

Rev H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

No	83
Date of Notice	4 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Edward Barron	Mary Annie Elizabeth Rusling
	💍 1919/8775
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced 4 September 1919
Profession	Sheep Station Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	37	31
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	3 days	12 months
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Charles Young, Nolantown
Folio	8460
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

6 November 1919

Thomas Louis Williams
Alice Beatrice Hatcher

Thomas Louis Williams
Alice Beatrice Hatcher
💍 1919/8776

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic

28
29

Hawera
Hawera

20 years
5 years

Church of England, Hawera

8461

6 November 1919

Rev G. Grant Bowen, Anglican

No	84
Date of Notice	6 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Louis Williams	Alice Beatrice Hatcher
	💍 1919/8776
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	20 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Hawera
Folio	8461
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev G. Grant Bowen, Anglican

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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).