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 1562

District of Pahiatua Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar D. J. Moncke

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

7 August 1919

Ivan Croad
Ivy May Horne

Ivan Croad
Ivy May Horne
💍 1919/9828

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Drapers Assistant

25
22

Ballance
Ohakune Junction

25 years
11 years

Presbyterian Church, Ohakune

5925

7 August 1919

Rev. G. Evans, Presbyterian

No	21
Date of Notice	7 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan Croad	Ivy May Horne
	💍 1919/9828
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Drapers Assistant
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Ballance	Ohakune Junction
Length of Residence	25 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Ohakune
Folio	5925
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Evans, Presbyterian

18 August 1919

Samuel Stronge
Gladys Cleatha George

Samuel Stronge
Gladys Eleatha George
💍 1919/6483

Bachelor
Spinster

Market Gardener
Domestic Duties

34
28

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

3 days
28 years

Registrar's Office, Pahiatua

5938

18 August 1919

D. J. Moncke, Registrar

No	22
Date of Notice	18 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Stronge	Gladys Cleatha George
BDM Match (98%)	Samuel Stronge	Gladys Eleatha George
	💍 1919/6483
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Market Gardener	Domestic Duties
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Pahiatua
Folio	5938
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1919
Officiating Minister	D. J. Moncke, Registrar

25 August 1919

Frank Horsley Bibby
Nellie Treloarne Kathleen Mathews

Frank Worsley Bibby
Nellie Victorine Kathleen Mathews
💍 1919/6484

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

34
27

Mangahao
Mangahao

8 years
15 years

Roman Catholic Church, Pahiatua

5939

25 August 1919

Rev. J. McKenna, Roman Catholic

No	23
Date of Notice	25 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Horsley Bibby	Nellie Treloarne Kathleen Mathews
BDM Match (88%)	Frank Worsley Bibby	Nellie Victorine Kathleen Mathews
	💍 1919/6484
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Mangahao	Mangahao
Length of Residence	8 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Pahiatua
Folio	5939
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McKenna, Roman Catholic

25 August 1919

Henry Rolls
Mary Elizabeth Hartley

Henry Rolls
Mary Elizabeth Hartley
💍 1919/6485

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Manager
Domestic Servant

32
22

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

7 days
21 days

Church of England, Pahiatua

5940

25 August 1919

Rev. H. N. Monaghan, Church of England

No	24
Date of Notice	25 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Rolls	Mary Elizabeth Hartley
	💍 1919/6485
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Manager	Domestic Servant
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	7 days	21 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Pahiatua
Folio	5940
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. N. Monaghan, Church of England

8 September 1919

Emil August Weidenbohm
Claudia Mekalick

Emil August Weidenbohm
Claudia Mekalick
💍 1919/6486

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

21
21

Mangatainoka
Mangatainoka

4 days
21 years

Methodist Church, Pahiatua

5941

8 September 1919

Rev. C. R. Duncumb, Baptist

No	25
Date of Notice	8 September 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Emil August Weidenbohm	Claudia Mekalick
	💍 1919/6486
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Mangatainoka	Mangatainoka
Length of Residence	4 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pahiatua
Folio	5941
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 September 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. R. Duncumb, Baptist

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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).