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 1248

District of Inglewood Quarter ending 31 March 1920 Registrar Wm Burns

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 February 1920

Paul Francis Uhlenberg
Adelaide Anne Stephens

Paul Francis Uhlenberg
Adelaide Anne Stephens
💍 1920/3280

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

24
24

Durham Rd, Inglewood
Durham Rd, Inglewood

3 weeks
24 years

Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood

1227

7 February 1920

Edward Long, Roman Catholic

No	6
Date of Notice	7 February 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Francis Uhlenberg	Adelaide Anne Stephens
	💍 1920/3280
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Durham Rd, Inglewood	Durham Rd, Inglewood
Length of Residence	3 weeks	24 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood
Folio	1227
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1920
Officiating Minister	Edward Long, Roman Catholic

12 February 1920

Arthur John Scott
Amy Eileen Sattler

Arthur John Scott
Amy Eileen Sattler
💍 1920/3286

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic Duties

22
21

Inglewood
Waitui

4 years
19 years

Catholic Church, Inglewood

1228

12 February 1920

Edward Long, Roman Catholic

No	7
Date of Notice	12 February 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Scott	Amy Eileen Sattler
	💍 1920/3286
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic Duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Waitui
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Inglewood
Folio	1228
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1920
Officiating Minister	Edward Long, Roman Catholic

13 February 1920

Clement Stephen List
Ethel Haldane

Clement Stephen List
Ethel Haldane
💍 1920/3153

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Tailor
Clerk

37
26

Inglewood
Wellington

4 years
5 years

St Marks Church, Inglewood

668

13 February 1920

A. G. B. Page, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	13 February 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clement Stephen List	Ethel Haldane
	💍 1920/3153
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Tailor	Clerk
Age	37	26
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Inglewood
Folio	668
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1920
Officiating Minister	A. G. B. Page, Church of England

20 February 1920

George Mather
Lavina Olga Chapman

George Mather
Lavina Olga Chapman
💍 1920/3287

Bachelor
Widow 13-9-18

Labourer
Domestic Duties

20
22

Tariki
Tariki

20 years
13 years

Presbyterian Church, Inglewood

1229

William Mather, father

20 February 1920

G. Ireland, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	20 February 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Mather	Lavina Olga Chapman
	💍 1920/3287
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 13-9-18
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	20	22
Dwelling Place	Tariki	Tariki
Length of Residence	20 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Inglewood
Folio	1229
Consent	William Mather, father
Date of Certificate	20 February 1920
Officiating Minister	G. Ireland, Presbyterian

24 February 1920

John Williamson
Annie Gertrude Richards

John Williamson
Annie Gertrude Richards
💍 1920/3288

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
28

Tarata
Tarata

7 months
1 year

Dwelling of Mr Williamson, Tarata

1230

24 February 1920

R. J. Stanton, Church of England

No	10
Date of Notice	24 February 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Williamson	Annie Gertrude Richards
	💍 1920/3288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Tarata	Tarata
Length of Residence	7 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr Williamson, Tarata
Folio	1230
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1920
Officiating Minister	R. J. Stanton, 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).