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 1384

District of Waitara Quarter ending 31 March 1920 Registrar J. Poland

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

5 March 1920

William Arthur Mallett
Georgina Margaret Ellen Jupp

William Arthur Mallett
Georgina Margaret Ellen Jupp
💍 1920/2331

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

30
21

Waitara
Waitara

1 year
4 years

Church of England, Waitara

1315

5 March 1920

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	6
Date of Notice	5 March 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Mallett	Georgina Margaret Ellen Jupp
	💍 1920/2331
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	1 year	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waitara
Folio	1315
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

6 March 1920

George Soffe
Rose Bush

George Soffe
Rose Push
💍 1920/2332

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

26
21

Waitara
Waitara

26 years
21 years

The Office of the Registrar, Waitara

1316

6 March 1920

The Registrar, Waitara

No	7
Date of Notice	6 March 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Soffe	Rose Bush
BDM Match (94%)	George Soffe	Rose Push
	💍 1920/2332
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	26 years	21 years
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar, Waitara
Folio	1316
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1920
Officiating Minister	The Registrar, Waitara

15 March 1920

Richard Horace Johnson
Gladys Matilda Johnson

Richard Horace Johnson
Gladys Matilda Johnson
💍 1920/5484

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

22
26

New Plymouth
Uruti

4 days
12 years

St. Mary's Anglican Church, New Plymouth

3165

15 March 1920

Rev. Francis G. Harvie, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	15 March 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Horace Johnson	Gladys Matilda Johnson
	💍 1920/5484
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	22	26
Dwelling Place	New Plymouth	Uruti
Length of Residence	4 days	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Anglican Church, New Plymouth
Folio	3165
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. Francis G. Harvie, Church of England

17 March 1920

William Norton Bertram
Queenie Emma Adlam

William Norton Bertrand
Queenie Emma Adlam
💍 1920/2333

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm laborer
Domestic duties

24
21

Purangi
Waitara

23 years
21 years

The office of the Registrar, Waitara

1317

17 March 1920

The Registrar, Waitara

No	9
Date of Notice	17 March 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Norton Bertram	Queenie Emma Adlam
BDM Match (96%)	William Norton Bertrand	Queenie Emma Adlam
	💍 1920/2333
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm laborer	Domestic duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Purangi	Waitara
Length of Residence	23 years	21 years
Marriage Place	The office of the Registrar, Waitara
Folio	1317
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 March 1920
Officiating Minister	The Registrar, Waitara

17 March 1920

Richard Bell
Agnes Vera Robertson

Richard Bell
Agnes Vera Robertson
💍 1920/2334

Bachelor
Spinster

Stockman
Tailoress

22
20

Waitara
Dwelling of Mrs Robertson, Blake St, Waitara

7 months
11 years

Dwelling of Mrs Robertson, Blake St, Waitara

1318

H. Rob. F, E. Rob. M

17 March 1920

Rev. Dean James McKenna, Roman Catholic

No	10
Date of Notice	17 March 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Bell	Agnes Vera Robertson
	💍 1920/2334
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stockman	Tailoress
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Dwelling of Mrs Robertson, Blake St, Waitara
Length of Residence	7 months	11 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mrs Robertson, Blake St, Waitara
Folio	1318
Consent	H. Rob. F, E. Rob. M
Date of Certificate	17 March 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean James McKenna, Roman Catholic

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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).