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 1119

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 30 September 1921 Registrar F. 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

8 August 1921

Harold Mitchell
Ada Erickson

Harold Mitchell
Ada Erickson
💍 1921/3347

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill hand
domestic

28
27

Whangarei
Whangarei

8 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Whangarei

7163

8 August 1921

Frank Bird, Registrar

No	45
Date of Notice	8 August 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Mitchell	Ada Erickson
	💍 1921/3347
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill hand	domestic
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	8 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Whangarei
Folio	7163
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 August 1921
Officiating Minister	Frank Bird, Registrar

10 August 1921

Edward Pitt
Gladys Rivett-Carnac

Edward Litt
Gladys Rivett-Carnac
💍 1921/3348

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
waitress

20
17

Portland
Portland

20 years
5 months

Registrar's Office, Whangarei

7164

William Mooreoff Pitt Father, Adelina Rivett-Camac Mother

10 August 1921

Frank Bird, Registrar

No	46
Date of Notice	10 August 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Pitt	Gladys Rivett-Carnac
BDM Match (95%)	Edward Litt	Gladys Rivett-Carnac
	💍 1921/3348
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	waitress
Age	20	17
Dwelling Place	Portland	Portland
Length of Residence	20 years	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Whangarei
Folio	7164
Consent	William Mooreoff Pitt Father, Adelina Rivett-Camac Mother
Date of Certificate	10 August 1921
Officiating Minister	Frank Bird, Registrar

12 August 1921

Rudolph Burkhardt
Charlotte Holmie

Rudolph Burkhardt
Charlotte Hohime
💍 1921/3349

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

37
19

Whangarei
Whangarei

14 years
4 years

Roman Catholic Church, Whangarei

7165

29 August 1921

Rev. P. O'Callaghan, Roman Catholic

No	47
Date of Notice	12 August 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rudolph Burkhardt	Charlotte Holmie
BDM Match (91%)	Rudolph Burkhardt	Charlotte Hohime
	💍 1921/3349
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	37	19
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	14 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Whangarei
Folio	7165
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Callaghan, Roman Catholic

13 August 1921

Percival Arnold Trigg
Eva Hilda Edge

Percival Arnold Trigg
Eva Hilda Edge
💍 1921/3350

Widower 2/4/1919
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

40
23

Whatitiri
Maungatapere

6 years
3 years

dwelling of Mr Edge, Maungatapere

7166

13 August 1921

Rev. R. H. Johnson, Church of England

No	48
Date of Notice	13 August 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Arnold Trigg	Eva Hilda Edge
	💍 1921/3350
Condition	Widower 2/4/1919	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	40	23
Dwelling Place	Whatitiri	Maungatapere
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	dwelling of Mr Edge, Maungatapere
Folio	7166
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 August 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Johnson, Church of England

15 August 1921

William Eli Johnston
Mary Emily Dyer

William Eli Johnston
Mary Emily Dyer
💍 1921/3351

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable
drapers assistant

24
18

Whangarei
Whangarei

7 months
2 1/2 years

Presbyterian Church, Whangarei

7167

Albert Dyer Father

15 August 1921

Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	49
Date of Notice	15 August 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Eli Johnston	Mary Emily Dyer
	💍 1921/3351
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable	drapers assistant
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	7 months	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whangarei
Folio	7167
Consent	Albert Dyer Father
Date of Certificate	15 August 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).