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 1668

District of Taihape Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar John P. Aldridge

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

22 April 1919

Henry Augustus Moore
Dorothy Cecily Terry

Henry Augustus Moore
Doris Culley Terry
💍 1919/3623

Bachelor
Spinster

Missionary
Domestic Duties

34
34

Taihape (2 weeks), Pongaroa
Raukura

2 weeks
8 years

Presbyterian Church, Taihape

3610

22 April 1919

Rev M. Baw, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	22 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Augustus Moore	Dorothy Cecily Terry
BDM Match (80%)	Henry Augustus Moore	Doris Culley Terry
	💍 1919/3623
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Missionary	Domestic Duties
Age	34	34
Dwelling Place	Taihape (2 weeks), Pongaroa	Raukura
Length of Residence	2 weeks	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Taihape
Folio	3610
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev M. Baw, Presbyterian

8 May 1919

Clyde Stillman Mansfield
Louise Florence West

Clyde Hillman Mansfield
Louise Florence West
💍 1919/3624

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Household Duties

21
21

Taihape
Taihape

2 months
8 weeks

St Margaret's, Taihape

3611

8 May 1919

Rev F. W. Trent, Church of England

No	11
Date of Notice	8 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clyde Stillman Mansfield	Louise Florence West
BDM Match (96%)	Clyde Hillman Mansfield	Louise Florence West
	💍 1919/3624
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Household Duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	2 months	8 weeks
Marriage Place	St Margaret's, Taihape
Folio	3611
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev F. W. Trent, Church of England

12 May 1919

Maurice Stirling Chambers
Amy Marianna Batty

Maurice Stirling Chamber
Amy Miriama Batley
💍 1919/3625

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household Duties

27
20

Moawhango (3 weeks), Havelock North
Moawhango

3 weeks
20 years

Church of England, Moawhango

3612

Emily Batty, mother of minor

12 May 1919

Rev A. O. Williams, Church of England

No	12
Date of Notice	12 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice Stirling Chambers	Amy Marianna Batty
BDM Match (84%)	Maurice Stirling Chamber	Amy Miriama Batley
	💍 1919/3625
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household Duties
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Moawhango (3 weeks), Havelock North	Moawhango
Length of Residence	3 weeks	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Moawhango
Folio	3612
Consent	Emily Batty, mother of minor
Date of Certificate	12 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev A. O. Williams, Church of England

15 May 1919

Hugh Robinson Mair Bryan
Jessie Elizabeth Peacock

Hugh Robinson Main Bryan
Jessie Elizabeth Peacock
💍 1919/3626

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Household Duties

29
19

Hihitahi
Rangiwahia

12 months
10 years

St Margaret's, Taihape

3613

H Peacock, father of minor

15 May 1919

Rev F. W. Trent, Church of England

No	13
Date of Notice	15 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Robinson Mair Bryan	Jessie Elizabeth Peacock
BDM Match (98%)	Hugh Robinson Main Bryan	Jessie Elizabeth Peacock
	💍 1919/3626
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Household Duties
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Hihitahi	Rangiwahia
Length of Residence	12 months	10 years
Marriage Place	St Margaret's, Taihape
Folio	3613
Consent	H Peacock, father of minor
Date of Certificate	15 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev F. W. Trent, Church of England

4 June 1919

Donald McKenzie
Alice Spooner

Donald McKenzie
Alice Spooner
💍 1919/3627

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Household Duties

27
21

Taihape (1 week), Marton
Taihape

1 week
21 years

St Margaret's, Taihape

3614

4 June 1919

Rev F. W. Trent, Church of England

No	14
Date of Notice	4 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald McKenzie	Alice Spooner
	💍 1919/3627
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Household Duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Taihape (1 week), Marton	Taihape
Length of Residence	1 week	21 years
Marriage Place	St Margaret's, Taihape
Folio	3614
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev F. W. Trent, Church of England

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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).