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 953

District of Tauranga Quarter ending 31 December 1921 Registrar D. M. McIntosh

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

3 October 1921

Spencer German
Annie Rowena Kent

Spencer German
Annie Rowena Kent
💍 1921/5766

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

22
25

Tauranga
Tauranga

6 months
6 months

Gate Pa Church, Tauranga

9664

3 October 1921

Rev G. A. McCutcheon, Anglican

No	28
Date of Notice	3 October 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Spencer German	Annie Rowena Kent
	💍 1921/5766
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Gate Pa Church, Tauranga
Folio	9664
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev G. A. McCutcheon, Anglican

5 October 1921

William Frederick Stanley
Mary Elizabeth Stewart

William Frederick Stanley
Mary Elizabeth Stewart
💍 1921/5767

Divorced 18th September 1919 (Decree absolute)
Widow 15 April 1919

Railway Guard
Domestic Duties

41
40

Tauranga
Matata

6 weeks
1 year

Registrar's Office, Tauranga

9665

5 October 1921

Registrar

No	29
Date of Notice	5 October 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frederick Stanley	Mary Elizabeth Stewart
	💍 1921/5767
Condition	Divorced 18th September 1919 (Decree absolute)	Widow 15 April 1919
Profession	Railway Guard	Domestic Duties
Age	41	40
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Matata
Length of Residence	6 weeks	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Tauranga
Folio	9665
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1921
Officiating Minister	Registrar

11 October 1921

George Crichton Maltby
Violet Evelyn Carr

George Crichton Maltby
Violet Evelyn Carr
💍 1921/5768

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor
Domestic Duties

34
20

Tauranga
Tauranga

5 years
4 years

St Peters Church, Tauranga

9666

Ernest Carr (Father)

11 October 1921

Rev J. W. Smyth

No	30
Date of Notice	11 October 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Crichton Maltby	Violet Evelyn Carr
	💍 1921/5768
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor	Domestic Duties
Age	34	20
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Tauranga
Folio	9666
Consent	Ernest Carr (Father)
Date of Certificate	11 October 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev J. W. Smyth

13 October 1921

Lawrence Herbert Houghton
Cecilia Dorothy Humphreys

Lawrence Herbert Houghton
Cecilia Dorothy Humphrys
💍 1921/5769

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

36
25

Tepuna, Tauranga
Tepuna, Tauranga

2 years
25 years

Dwelling of Francis Edward Humphreys situated at Tepuna, Tauranga

9667

13 October 1921

Rev G. A. McCutcheon

No	31
Date of Notice	13 October 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence Herbert Houghton	Cecilia Dorothy Humphreys
BDM Match (98%)	Lawrence Herbert Houghton	Cecilia Dorothy Humphrys
	💍 1921/5769
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Tepuna, Tauranga	Tepuna, Tauranga
Length of Residence	2 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Francis Edward Humphreys situated at Tepuna, Tauranga
Folio	9667
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev G. A. McCutcheon

19 October 1921

Gideon Frederick Pott
Esther Dorothy Burd

Gideon Frederick Pott
Esther Dorothy Burd
💍 1921/5770

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk
Domestic Duties

31
26

Tauranga
Tauranga

2 years
8 years

Dwelling of Thomas Burd situated at Cameron Rd, Tauranga

9668

19 October 1921

Rev J. W. Smyth

No	32
Date of Notice	19 October 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gideon Frederick Pott	Esther Dorothy Burd
	💍 1921/5770
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Thomas Burd situated at Cameron Rd, Tauranga
Folio	9668
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev J. W. Smyth

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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).