Intentions to Marry, 1920 Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840490, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1920 is bound in eight volumes (a to h) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1920c contains pages 939-1398, covering districts from Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Page 957

District of Rotorua Quarter ending 31 March 1920 Registrar W. Forrest

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

24 February 1920

Frederick Henry Philpott
Kathleen Inga Alma Larsen

Frederick Henry Philpott
Kathleen Inga Alma Larsen
💍 1920/4602

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver
Domestic

26
19

Rotorua
Rotorua

3 weeks
2 weeks

St Luke's Church of England, Haupapa St, Rotorua

1029

Ida Annie Larsen, Mother

24 February 1920

Rev. L. B. Goertz, Church of England

No	11
Date of Notice	24 February 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Henry Philpott	Kathleen Inga Alma Larsen
	💍 1920/4602
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver	Domestic
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 weeks	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church of England, Haupapa St, Rotorua
Folio	1029
Consent	Ida Annie Larsen, Mother
Date of Certificate	24 February 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. B. Goertz, Church of England

27 February 1920

Harry Croker
Mary Beryl Munro

Harry Croker
Mary Beryl Munro
💍 1920/4603

Bachelor
Spinster

Masseur
Domestic

25
24

Rotorua
Rotorua

25 years
24 years

St Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua

1030

27 February 1920

Rev. Dean A. Lightheart, Roman Catholic

No	12
Date of Notice	27 February 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Croker	Mary Beryl Munro
	💍 1920/4603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Masseur	Domestic
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	25 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua
Folio	1030
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean A. Lightheart, Roman Catholic

3 March 1920

Frederick William Wilkie
Beatrice Maud Chong

Frederick William Wilkie
Beatrice Maud Chong
💍 1920/5128

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

55
30

Rotorua
Auckland

21 years
7 years

St Aidan's Anglican Church, Remuera, Auckland

2357

3 March 1920

Rev. J. Wilkinson, Church of England

No	13
Date of Notice	3 March 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Wilkie	Beatrice Maud Chong
	💍 1920/5128
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	55	30
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St Aidan's Anglican Church, Remuera, Auckland
Folio	2357
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkinson, Church of England

8 March 1920

Morton Henry Jolly
Maude Ellen Victoria Perrin

Morton Henry Jolly
Maude Ellen Victoria Perrin
💍 1920/4604

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Agent
Clerk

34
28

Rotorua
Rotorua

12 years
3 days

St Luke's Church of England, Haupapa St, Rotorua

1031

10 March 1920

Rev. Canon F. W. Chatterton, Church of England

No	14
Date of Notice	8 March 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Morton Henry Jolly	Maude Ellen Victoria Perrin
	💍 1920/4604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Agent	Clerk
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	12 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church of England, Haupapa St, Rotorua
Folio	1031
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon F. W. Chatterton, Church of England

11 March 1920

Eruini Rangi
Hariata Keho

Eruini Rangi
Hariata Keho
💍 1920/4605

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

23
16

Okere Falls
Okere Falls

1 month
1 year

Registrar's Office, Rotorua

1032

Keho Katene, Father

11 March 1920

W. Forrest, Deputy Registrar of Marriages

No	15
Date of Notice	11 March 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eruini Rangi	Hariata Keho
	💍 1920/4605
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	23	16
Dwelling Place	Okere Falls	Okere Falls
Length of Residence	1 month	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Rotorua
Folio	1032
Consent	Keho Katene, Father
Date of Certificate	11 March 1920
Officiating Minister	W. Forrest, Deputy Registrar of Marriages

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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).