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 955

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

29 November 1921

Edmund Solomon Taylor
Dora Mansell Ford

Edmund Soloman Taylor
Dora Mansell Ford
💍 1921/5777

Divorced 16 February 1920 (Decree absolute)
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

41
33

Tauranga
Tauranga

4 months
2 days

Presbyterian Church, Tauranga

9674

29 November 1921

Rev. J. W. Smyth

No	38
Date of Notice	29 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Solomon Taylor	Dora Mansell Ford
BDM Match (98%)	Edmund Soloman Taylor	Dora Mansell Ford
	💍 1921/5777
Condition	Divorced 16 February 1920 (Decree absolute)	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	41	33
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	4 months	2 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tauranga
Folio	9674
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Smyth

5 December 1921

William Lord Foxcroft
Sarah Jane Walton

William Lord Foxcroft
Sarah Jane Walton
💍 1922/328

Widower 22 September 1916
Spinster

Joiner
House Keeper

41
40

Tauranga
Tauranga

12 years
12 years

Holy Trinity Church, Tauranga

5 December 1921

Rev. E. A. McCutcheon

No	39
Date of Notice	5 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lord Foxcroft	Sarah Jane Walton
	💍 1922/328
Condition	Widower 22 September 1916	Spinster
Profession	Joiner	House Keeper
Age	41	40
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	12 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Tauranga
Folio	74
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. McCutcheon

22 December 1921

David Justin Lundon
Claribel Zoe Poole

David Justin Lundon
Claribel Zoe Poole
💍 1921/5778

Bachelor
Spinster

Barrister + Solicitor
N.Z. Registered Nurse

33
27

Cambridge
Tauranga

3 years
7 days

Holy Trinity Church, Tauranga

9675

22 December 1921

Rev. E. A. McCutcheon

No	40
Date of Notice	22 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Justin Lundon	Claribel Zoe Poole
	💍 1921/5778
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barrister + Solicitor	N.Z. Registered Nurse
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Tauranga
Length of Residence	3 years	7 days
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Tauranga
Folio	9675
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. McCutcheon

30 December 1921

Claude Leo James
Irene Maud Doran

Claude Leo James
Irene Maud Doran
💍 1921/5786

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman
Domestic Duties

19
17

Tauranga
Tauranga

16 years
1 day

Registrar's Office, Tauranga

9676

Mary Josephine James, Mother; William Bailey Doran, Father

30 December 1921

Registrar, Tauranga

No	41
Date of Notice	30 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude Leo James	Irene Maud Doran
	💍 1921/5786
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman	Domestic Duties
Age	19	17
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	16 years	1 day
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Tauranga
Folio	9676
Consent	Mary Josephine James, Mother; William Bailey Doran, Father
Date of Certificate	30 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Tauranga

30 December 1921

Gilbert William Nichols
Phyllis Ella Reeve

Gilbert William Nichols
Phyllis Ella Reeve
💍 1922/329

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic Duties

26
24

Tauranga
Tauranga

8 years
24 years

Gate pa Church, Gatepa, Tauranga

30 December 1921

Rev. E. A. McCutcheon

No	42
Date of Notice	30 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert William Nichols	Phyllis Ella Reeve
	💍 1922/329
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic Duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	8 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Gate pa Church, Gatepa, Tauranga
Folio	45
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. McCutcheon

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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).