Intentions to Marry, 1916 Rangiora to Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840468, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1916 is bound in six volumes (a to f) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1916f contains pages 2397-3014, covering districts from Rangiora to Chatham Islands

Page 2409

District of Temuka Quarter ending 31 March 1916 Registrar Alfred Roberts

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

21 January 1916

James Hicks Palmer
Agnes Maud Wurm

James Hicks Palmer
Agnes Maud Wurm
💍 1916/4031

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household duties

26
22

Temuka
Temuka

26 years
10 years

Methodist Parsonage, Temuka

1259

21 January 1916

Rev Jas. Guy

No	1
Date of Notice	21 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hicks Palmer	Agnes Maud Wurm
	💍 1916/4031
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Temuka	Temuka
Length of Residence	26 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Temuka
Folio	1259
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev Jas. Guy

14 February 1916

Frederick Edward Pagan
Maggie Ann Marshall

Frederick Edward Pagan
Maggie Ann Marshall
💍 1916/4010

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

47
35

Waitohi
Waitohi

4 years
4 weeks

Presbyterian Manse, Temuka

1262

14 February 1916

Rev. C. Macdonald

No	2
Date of Notice	14 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Edward Pagan	Maggie Ann Marshall
	💍 1916/4010
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	47	35
Dwelling Place	Waitohi	Waitohi
Length of Residence	4 years	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Temuka
Folio	1262
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Macdonald

18 February 1916

Ernest George Rutter
Agnes Josephine Guinane

Ernest George Rutter
Agnes Josephine Guinane
💍 1916/4008

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

21
21

Temuka
Temuka

2 months
2 months

Methodist Parsonage, Temuka

1260

18 February 1916

Rev. J. Guy

No	3
Date of Notice	18 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest George Rutter	Agnes Josephine Guinane
	💍 1916/4008
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Temuka	Temuka
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Temuka
Folio	1260
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Guy

21 February 1916

Joseph Stanley Corra
Florence Mary Gill Woodhead

Joseph Stanley Coira Woodhead
Florence May Gill
💍 1916/4009

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic servant

30
33

Ohape
Ohape

30 years
15 months

Residence of Agnes Woodhead, Ohape

1261

21 February 1916

Rev. C. Macdonald

No	4
Date of Notice	21 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Stanley Corra	Florence Mary Gill Woodhead
BDM Match (64%)	Joseph Stanley Coira Woodhead	Florence May Gill
	💍 1916/4009
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic servant
Age	30	33
Dwelling Place	Ohape	Ohape
Length of Residence	30 years	15 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Agnes Woodhead, Ohape
Folio	1261
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Macdonald

13 March 1916

Ellis Eaglestone
Bella Maria Mawhinney

Ellis Eaglestone
Bella Maria Mawhinney
💍 1916/4013

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

24
24

Temuka
Temuka

24 years
3 years

Residence of Mrs. Eaglestone, Temuka

1265

13 March 1916

Rev. J. Guy

No	5
Date of Notice	13 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ellis Eaglestone	Bella Maria Mawhinney
	💍 1916/4013
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Temuka	Temuka
Length of Residence	24 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Eaglestone, Temuka
Folio	1265
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Guy

23 March 1916

Henry Samuel Hewson
Ellen Proudlock

Henry Samuel Hewson
Ellen Proudlock
💍 1916/4012

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

37
22

Temuka
Temuka

2 years
2 years

Church of England, Temuka

1264

23 March 1916

Rev. A. H. Norris

No	6
Date of Notice	23 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Samuel Hewson	Ellen Proudlock
	💍 1916/4012
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	37	22
Dwelling Place	Temuka	Temuka
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Temuka
Folio	1264
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Norris

24 March 1916

Samuel Shepherd
Flora Tottie McInnes

Samuel Shepherd
Flora Tottie McInnes
💍 1916/10194

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic duties

27
23

Temuka
Temuka

6 years
23 years

Salvation Army Hall, Temuka

1263

24 March 1916

Major E. G. Newby

No	7
Date of Notice	24 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Shepherd	Flora Tottie McInnes
	💍 1916/10194
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Temuka	Temuka
Length of Residence	6 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Hall, Temuka
Folio	1263
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1916
Officiating Minister	Major E. G. Newby

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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).