Intentions to Marry, 1921 Bay of Islands to Raglan

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840497, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1921 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.

1921b contains pages 433-884, covering districts from Bay of Islands to Raglan

Page 870

District of Pukekohe Quarter ending 30 June 1921 Registrar D. Waters

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

26 April 1921

Robert Edward Percy Millen
Hilda Adeline Moloney

Robert Edward Percy Millen
Hilda Adeline Moloney
💍 1921/6320

Widower 28 June 1915
Spinster

Farmer
School Teacher

35
32

Waiau Pa
Pukekohe

10 years
3 years

St. Patrick's Church, Pukekohe

4419

26 April 1921

Rev. J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

No	26
Date of Notice	26 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Edward Percy Millen	Hilda Adeline Moloney
	💍 1921/6320
Condition	Widower 28 June 1915	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School Teacher
Age	35	32
Dwelling Place	Waiau Pa	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	10 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Pukekohe
Folio	4419
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

2 May 1921

Reginald George Vincent Fear
Edith Fanny Elliott Attenborrow

Reginald George Vincent Fear
Edith Fanny Elliott Attenborrow
💍 1921/6321

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist
Domestic duties

28
20

Pukekohe
Buckland

4 years
20 years

Anglican Church, Buckland

4420

E. Attenborrow, Father

2 May 1921

Rev. J. P. Cowie, Church of England

No	27
Date of Notice	2 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald George Vincent Fear	Edith Fanny Elliott Attenborrow
	💍 1921/6321
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist	Domestic duties
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Buckland
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Buckland
Folio	4420
Consent	E. Attenborrow, Father
Date of Certificate	2 May 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Cowie, Church of England

4 May 1921

Llewellyn Foulkes
Edith Marianne Brewster

Llewellyn Foulkes
Edith Marianne Brewster
💍 1921/6322

Widower 23 May 1907
Spinster

Minister
Domestic duties

57
35

St. Heliers Bay
Pukerawa

5 months
13 years

Anglican Church, Pukekohe

4421

4 May 1921

Rev. J. P. Cowie, Church of England

No	28
Date of Notice	4 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Llewellyn Foulkes	Edith Marianne Brewster
	💍 1921/6322
Condition	Widower 23 May 1907	Spinster
Profession	Minister	Domestic duties
Age	57	35
Dwelling Place	St. Heliers Bay	Pukerawa
Length of Residence	5 months	13 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Pukekohe
Folio	4421
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Cowie, Church of England

10 May 1921

James McLean Brown
Johanna Grace Hayward

James McLean Brown
Johanna Grace Hayward
💍 1921/6324

Widower 17 October 1917
Spinster

Baker
Domestic duties

46
18

Pokeno Valley
Pokeno Valley

6 years
16 years

The residence of Mr. Edward Hayward, Pokeno Valley

4422

Edward Hayward, Father

10 May 1921

Rev. C. A. Vaughan, Church of England

No	29
Date of Notice	10 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McLean Brown	Johanna Grace Hayward
	💍 1921/6324
Condition	Widower 17 October 1917	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic duties
Age	46	18
Dwelling Place	Pokeno Valley	Pokeno Valley
Length of Residence	6 years	16 years
Marriage Place	The residence of Mr. Edward Hayward, Pokeno Valley
Folio	4422
Consent	Edward Hayward, Father
Date of Certificate	10 May 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Vaughan, Church of England

12 May 1921

James Ormsby Queenin
Vida Mary Box

James Ormsby Queenin
Vida Mary Box
💍 1921/6325

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

23
21

Pukekohe
Puni

6 years
3 years

Anglican Church, Pukekohe

4423

12 May 1921

Rev. J. P. Cowie, Church of England

No	30
Date of Notice	12 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Ormsby Queenin	Vida Mary Box
	💍 1921/6325
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Puni
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Pukekohe
Folio	4423
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 May 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Cowie, 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).