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 1077

District of Waihi Quarter ending 31 March 1921 Registrar G. W. Hazleton

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

12 January 1921

Ernest William Brydon
Edna Mabel Follas

Ernest William Brydon
Edna Mabel Follas
💍 1921/9218

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

24
21

Waihi
Waihi

14 years
4 years

Roman Catholic Church, Waihi

1830

12 January 1921

Rev. George Wright, Roman Catholic

No	1
Date of Notice	12 January 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest William Brydon	Edna Mabel Follas
	💍 1921/9218
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	14 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Waihi
Folio	1830
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Wright, Roman Catholic

17 February 1921

Horace Frank Marlow
Jane Priscilla Stokes

Horace Frank Marlow
Jane Priscilla Stokes
💍 1921/9219

Bachelor
Spinster

Battery Foreman
Domestic Duties

54
52

Waikino
Waikino

20 years
10 years

Church of England, Waihi

1831

17 February 1921

Eric Ellerslie Bamford, Church of England

No	2
Date of Notice	17 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Frank Marlow	Jane Priscilla Stokes
	💍 1921/9219
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Battery Foreman	Domestic Duties
Age	54	52
Dwelling Place	Waikino	Waikino
Length of Residence	20 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waihi
Folio	1831
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Eric Ellerslie Bamford, Church of England

25 February 1921

Robert Meads
Ellen Eliza Follett

Robert Meads
Ellen Eliza Follett
💍 1921/9220

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

34
20

Waihi
Waihi

3 days
25 days

Registrar's Office, Waihi

1832

Emma Follett, Mother

25 February 1921

George William Hazleton, Registrar

No	3
Date of Notice	25 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Meads	Ellen Eliza Follett
	💍 1921/9220
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	34	20
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	3 days	25 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Waihi
Folio	1832
Consent	Emma Follett, Mother
Date of Certificate	25 February 1921
Officiating Minister	George William Hazleton, Registrar

11 March 1921

Sydney Samuel Saulbrey
Kathleen May Faulder

Sydney Samuel Saulbrey
Kathleen May Faulder
💍 1921/9221

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

40
38

Ngaruawahia
Waihi

Nil
9 months

Church of England, Waihi

1833

11 March 1921

Eric Ellerslie Bamford, Church of England

No	4
Date of Notice	11 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Samuel Saulbrey	Kathleen May Faulder
	💍 1921/9221
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	40	38
Dwelling Place	Ngaruawahia	Waihi
Length of Residence	Nil	9 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waihi
Folio	1833
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1921
Officiating Minister	Eric Ellerslie Bamford, Church of England

22 March 1921

William Herbert Walmsley
Felicia Essie Dove Hamilton

William Herbert Walmsley
Felicia Essie Dove Hamilton
💍 1921/9222

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk
Exchange Attendant

28
22

Te Aroha
Waihi

Nil
22 years

Church of England, Waihi

1834

22 March 1921

Eric Ellerslie Bamford, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	22 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Herbert Walmsley	Felicia Essie Dove Hamilton
	💍 1921/9222
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk	Exchange Attendant
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Te Aroha	Waihi
Length of Residence	Nil	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waihi
Folio	1834
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1921
Officiating Minister	Eric Ellerslie Bamford, 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).