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 1115

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 30 June 1921 Registrar O. Bird

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

30 May 1921

Leslie Crocker Nankivell
Margaret Agnes Eadie McDonald

Leslie Crocker Nankivell
Margaret Agnes Eadie McDonald
💍 1921/761

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber worker
Domestic

27
25

Kamo
Kamo

3 days
15 years

Presbyterian Church, Kamo

4565

30 May 1921

Rev. D. McNeur, Presbyterian

No	26
Date of Notice	30 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Crocker Nankivell	Margaret Agnes Eadie McDonald
	💍 1921/761
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber worker	Domestic
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Kamo	Kamo
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kamo
Folio	4565
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. McNeur, Presbyterian

6 June 1921

Jonathan Barrett
Mary Annie McLeod

Jonathan Barrett
Mary Annie McLeod
💍 1921/762

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic

27
27

Kamo
Kamo

4 days
4 days

Presbyterian Church, Kamo

4566

6 June 1921

Rev. D. McNeur, Presbyterian

No	27
Date of Notice	6 June 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jonathan Barrett	Mary Annie McLeod
	💍 1921/762
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Kamo	Kamo
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kamo
Folio	4566
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. McNeur, Presbyterian

14 June 1921

James William Anderson
Emma Minnie Emmett

James William Anderson
Emma Minnie Emmett
💍 1921/763

Bachelor
Widow

Carpenter
Domestic

46
48

Whangarei
Kamo

11 months
5 days

Presbyterian Manse, Whangarei

4567

17 June 1921

Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	28
Date of Notice	14 June 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Anderson	Emma Minnie Emmett
	💍 1921/763
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	46	48
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Kamo
Length of Residence	11 months	5 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Whangarei
Folio	4567
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

18 June 1921

Lachlan Harrison
Violet Irene Johnson

Lachlan Harrison
Violet Irene Johnson
💍 1921/764

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic

24
20

Onerahi
Onerahi

9 months
1 year

dwelling of G. J. N. Johnson, Onerahi

4568

George James Hudson Johnson, Father

18 June 1921

Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	29
Date of Notice	18 June 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lachlan Harrison	Violet Irene Johnson
	💍 1921/764
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Onerahi	Onerahi
Length of Residence	9 months	1 year
Marriage Place	dwelling of G. J. N. Johnson, Onerahi
Folio	4568
Consent	George James Hudson Johnson, Father
Date of Certificate	18 June 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

20 June 1921

Leonard Alexander Cammell
Blanche Alma Cameron

Leonard Alexander Cammell
Blanche Alma Cameron
💍 1921/765

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

28
29

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 days
29 years

dwelling of Mr J Cameron, Hora Hora, Whangarei

4569

20 June 1921

Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	30
Date of Notice	20 June 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Alexander Cammell	Blanche Alma Cameron
	💍 1921/765
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 days	29 years
Marriage Place	dwelling of Mr J Cameron, Hora Hora, Whangarei
Folio	4569
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Lochore, 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).