Intentions to Marry, 1921 Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840498, 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.

1921c contains pages 885-1316, covering districts from Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Page 925

District of Taumarunui Quarter ending 31 March 1921 Registrar M. W. Hunt

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 January 1921

Isaac Samuels
Gladys Florence Wilson

Isaac Samuels
Gladys Florence Wilson
💍 1921/9146

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

29
16

Taumarunui
Taumarunui

3 days
10 weeks

Presbyterian Maori Mission Manse, Taumarunui

1756

Mary Crawford (formerly Wilson), Mother

24 January 1921

Rev J. E. Ward, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	24 January 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Samuels	Gladys Florence Wilson
	💍 1921/9146
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	29	16
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	3 days	10 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Maori Mission Manse, Taumarunui
Folio	1756
Consent	Mary Crawford (formerly Wilson), Mother
Date of Certificate	24 January 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev J. E. Ward, Presbyterian

4 February 1921

Charles Marshall Lodge Dunckley
Eleanor Hill

Charles Marshall Lodge Dunckley
Eleanor Hill
💍 1921/9147

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Schoolteacher

30
28

Taringamotu
Taringamotu

4 days
2 months

Methodist Church, Taumarunui

1757

4 February 1921

Rev Hedley White, Methodist

No	2
Date of Notice	4 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Marshall Lodge Dunckley	Eleanor Hill
	💍 1921/9147
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Schoolteacher
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Taringamotu	Taringamotu
Length of Residence	4 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Taumarunui
Folio	1757
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev Hedley White, Methodist

17 February 1921

Fairfax Moresby
Phyllis Flora Smith

Fairfax Moresby
Phyllis Flora Smith
💍 1921/9148

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk
Domestic Duties

25
21

Taumarunui
Taumarunui

1 day
21 years

Church of England, Taumarunui

1758

17 February 1921

Rev J. A. Kempthorne, Church of England

No	3
Date of Notice	17 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fairfax Moresby	Phyllis Flora Smith
	💍 1921/9148
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	1 day	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Taumarunui
Folio	1758
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev J. A. Kempthorne, Church of England

8 March 1921

Henry James McCauley
Valencia Valentine Erickson

Henry James McCauley
Valencia Valentine Erickson
💍 1921/9156

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand
Househelp

37
19

Piriaka
Piriaka

12 years
10 years

Church of England, Taumarunui

1759

Johan Maurits Erickson, Father

8 March 1921

Rev J. A. Kempthorne, Church of England

No	4
Date of Notice	8 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry James McCauley	Valencia Valentine Erickson
	💍 1921/9156
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand	Househelp
Age	37	19
Dwelling Place	Piriaka	Piriaka
Length of Residence	12 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Taumarunui
Folio	1759
Consent	Johan Maurits Erickson, Father
Date of Certificate	8 March 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev J. A. Kempthorne, Church of England

24 March 1921

George Hampton
Melba Douglas Logan

George Hampton
Melba Douglas Logan
💍 1921/9167

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Nursemaid

35
23

Taumarunui
Taumarunui

9 years
19 years

Frank Logan's Residence, Hakiaha St, Taumarunui

1760

24 March 1921

Rev J. E. Ward, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	24 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hampton	Melba Douglas Logan
	💍 1921/9167
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Nursemaid
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	9 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Frank Logan's Residence, Hakiaha St, Taumarunui
Folio	1760
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev J. E. Ward, Presbyterian

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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).