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 1062

District of Hawera Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar S. W. Arnold

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

9 June 1919

David Robert Walker
Ruth Ivy Dyson

David Robert Walker
Ruth Ivy Dyson
💍 1919/1350

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
20

Hawera
Hawera

6 years
17 years

Residence of James Stuart MacDonald, Dyson Lake Road, Hawera

3129

James Stuart MacDonald, Dyson, Father

9 June 1919

Rev A. B. Gray, Presbyterian

No	38
Date of Notice	9 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Robert Walker	Ruth Ivy Dyson
	💍 1919/1350
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	6 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Stuart MacDonald, Dyson Lake Road, Hawera
Folio	3129
Consent	James Stuart MacDonald, Dyson, Father
Date of Certificate	9 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev A. B. Gray, Presbyterian

14 June 1919

Thomas Joseph Hogan
Sarah Margaret Small

Thomas Joseph Hogan
Sarah Margaret Small
💍 1919/1351

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

23
22

Ohangai
Ohangai

3 years
18 years

Roman Catholic Church, Hawera

3130

14 June 1919

Rev Dean P. J. Power, Roman Catholic

No	39
Date of Notice	14 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Joseph Hogan	Sarah Margaret Small
	💍 1919/1351
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Ohangai	Ohangai
Length of Residence	3 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hawera
Folio	3130
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Dean P. J. Power, Roman Catholic

16 June 1919

Charles Henry Bowman
Robina Ewing Thomson

Charles Henry Bowman
Robina Ewing Thomson
💍 1919/1352

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheese Factory Manager
Clerk

32
27

Hawera
Hawera

11 years
10 years

Presbyterian Church, Hawera

3131

16 June 1919

Rev A. B. Gray, Presbyterian

No	40
Date of Notice	16 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Bowman	Robina Ewing Thomson
	💍 1919/1352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheese Factory Manager	Clerk
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	11 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hawera
Folio	3131
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev A. B. Gray, Presbyterian

16 June 1919

Edward John King
Lilly Edith Broadbent

Edward John King
Lilly Edith Broadbent
💍 1919/1330

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic Duties

34
19

Hawera
Hawera

12 months
3 years

Church of England, Hawera

3132

Robinson Broadbent, Father

16 June 1919

Rev C. H. Grant-Cowen, Anglican

No	41
Date of Notice	16 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John King	Lilly Edith Broadbent
	💍 1919/1330
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic Duties
Age	34	19
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	12 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Hawera
Folio	3132
Consent	Robinson Broadbent, Father
Date of Certificate	16 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev C. H. Grant-Cowen, Anglican

20 June 1919

John Richard Drought
Evelyn May Cudby

John Richard Drought
Evelyn May Cudby
💍 1919/1331

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Clerk

28
25

Hawera
Hawera

5 years
13 years

Roman Catholic Church, Hawera

3133

20 June 1919

Rev Dean P. J. Power, Roman Catholic

No	42
Date of Notice	20 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Richard Drought	Evelyn May Cudby
	💍 1919/1331
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Clerk
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	5 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hawera
Folio	3133
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev Dean P. J. Power, Roman Catholic

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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).