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 1009

District of Thames Quarter ending 30 June 1921 Registrar H. R. Bush

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

2 April 1921

Clarence Sidney Raymond Kennedy
Myra Pearline MacDuff

Clarence Sidney Raymond Kennedy
Myre Pearline Macduff
💍 1921/6452

Bachelor
Spinster

Car Driver
Domestic

23
21

Ngatea
Ngatea

23 years
3 years

Residence of Wm MacDuff, Ngatea

4507

2 April 1921

Rev. Falconer (W.F.)

No	24
Date of Notice	2 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Sidney Raymond Kennedy	Myra Pearline MacDuff
BDM Match (95%)	Clarence Sidney Raymond Kennedy	Myre Pearline Macduff
	💍 1921/6452
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Car Driver	Domestic
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Ngatea	Ngatea
Length of Residence	23 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Wm MacDuff, Ngatea
Folio	4507
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. Falconer (W.F.)

9 April 1921

Christopher Holmes
Ann Thwaite

Christopher Holmes
Ann Thwaite
💍 1921/6453

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
27

Patetonga
Patetonga

6 years
3 Months

Church of England, Thames

4508

9 April 1921

Rev. A. J. Beck, Church of England

No	25
Date of Notice	9 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher Holmes	Ann Thwaite
	💍 1921/6453
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Patetonga	Patetonga
Length of Residence	6 years	3 Months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Thames
Folio	4508
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Beck, Church of England

14 April 1921

Alfred Edward Evans
Gladys McGregor

Alfred Edward Evans
Gladys McGregor
💍 1921/6454

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

23
19

Kerepeehi
Kerepeehi

6 Months
19 years

Registrar's Office, Thames

4509

Bertina Gray, Mother

14 April 1921

H. R. Bush, Registrar Marriages, Thames

No	26
Date of Notice	14 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Edward Evans	Gladys McGregor
	💍 1921/6454
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Kerepeehi	Kerepeehi
Length of Residence	6 Months	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Thames
Folio	4509
Consent	Bertina Gray, Mother
Date of Certificate	14 April 1921
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar Marriages, Thames

18 April 1921

Herbert William Bateman
Eva Eileen Jobe

Herbert William Bateman
Eva Eileen Jobe
💍 1921/6431

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant
Dressmaker

23
21

Thames
Thames

5 days
21 years

Presbyterian Church, Thames

4510

18 April 1921

Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	27
Date of Notice	18 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert William Bateman	Eva Eileen Jobe
	💍 1921/6431
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant	Dressmaker
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	5 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Thames
Folio	4510
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

4 May 1921

Henry John Clark
Catherine Rosaleen Wright

Henry John Clark
Catherine Rosaleen Wright
💍 1921/6432

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse Driver
Domestic

27
23

Omahu
Hikutaia

27 years
23 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Thames

4511

4 May 1921

H. R. Bush, Registrar of Marriages, Thames

No	28
Date of Notice	4 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Clark	Catherine Rosaleen Wright
	💍 1921/6432
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse Driver	Domestic
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Omahu	Hikutaia
Length of Residence	27 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Thames
Folio	4511
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1921
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar of Marriages, Thames

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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).