Intentions to Marry, 1919 Martinborough to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840484, 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.

1919d contains pages 1503-2000, covering districts from Martinborough to Wellington

Page 1674

District of Taihape Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar J. P. Sheridan

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

1 December 1919

George Waters
Nora Johansen

George Waters
Nora Johansen
💍 1919/9191

Bachelor
Spinster

Timberhand
Tailoress

28
19

Taihape
Taihape

10 days
10 days

Wesleyan Church, Taihape

8879

Alfred Johansen, Father

1 December 1919

Rev. W. H. Stocking, Wesleyan

No	31
Date of Notice	1 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Waters	Nora Johansen
	💍 1919/9191
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timberhand	Tailoress
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	10 days	10 days
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Taihape
Folio	8879
Consent	Alfred Johansen, Father
Date of Certificate	1 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Stocking, Wesleyan

2 December 1919

Alvor Herbert Munro Hull
Sarah Jane Norma Neal

Alvar Herbert Munro Hull
Neal Sarah Jane Norma
💍 1919/57

Bachelor
Spinster

Roadman
Household Duties

25
18

Taihape
Taihape

7 days
5 months

St Margaret's, Taihape

8880

14 Days Notice Both parents deceased

2 December 1919

Rev. H. F. Hunt, Church of England

No	32
Date of Notice	2 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alvor Herbert Munro Hull	Sarah Jane Norma Neal
BDM Match (74%)	Alvar Herbert Munro Hull	Neal Sarah Jane Norma
	💍 1919/57
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Roadman	Household Duties
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	7 days	5 months
Marriage Place	St Margaret's, Taihape
Folio	8880
Consent	14 Days Notice Both parents deceased
Date of Certificate	2 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Hunt, Church of England

2 December 1919

Joseph John Hogan
Phyllis Beatrice Hewitt

Joseph John Logan
Phyllis Crothers Hewitt
💍 1920/2632

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler
Household Duties

26
21

Taihape
Taihape

11 Months
11 Months

Presbyterian Manse, Taihape

102/1920

2 December 1919

Rev. J. L. Loan, Presbyterian

No	33
Date of Notice	2 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph John Hogan	Phyllis Beatrice Hewitt
BDM Match (82%)	Joseph John Logan	Phyllis Crothers Hewitt
	💍 1920/2632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler	Household Duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	11 Months	11 Months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Taihape
Folio	102/1920
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. L. Loan, Presbyterian

3 December 1919

Norman James Turner
Dorothy Evelyn Healey

Norman James Turner
Dorothy Evelyn Healey
💍 1919/9193

Widower 20/6/1918
Spinster

Ploughman
Household Duties

29
20

Taihape
Taihape

12 days
12 days

St Margaret's, Taihape

8881

Patrick Healey, Father

3 December 1919

Rev. H. F. Hunt, Church of England

No	34
Date of Notice	3 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman James Turner	Dorothy Evelyn Healey
	💍 1919/9193
Condition	Widower 20/6/1918	Spinster
Profession	Ploughman	Household Duties
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	12 days	12 days
Marriage Place	St Margaret's, Taihape
Folio	8881
Consent	Patrick Healey, Father
Date of Certificate	3 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Hunt, Church of England

6 December 1919

Cyril Edmund Stone
Marie Hovell

Cyril Edmund Stone
Clarice Lovell
💍 1919/9194

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Dressmaker

26
25

Taihape
Taihape

3 days
3 years

Wesleyan Church, Taihape

8882

6 December 1919

Rev. W. H. Stocking, Wesleyan

No	35
Date of Notice	6 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Edmund Stone	Marie Hovell
BDM Match (86%)	Cyril Edmund Stone	Clarice Lovell
	💍 1919/9194
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Dressmaker
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Taihape
Folio	8882
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Stocking, Wesleyan

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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).