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 1159

District of Hawera Quarter ending 30 June 1921 Registrar A. W. Kent

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

27 April 1921

Herbert William Eichstaedt
Gladys May Judson

Herbert William Eichstaedt
Gladys May Judson
💍 1921/6393

Widower
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

30
19

Hawera
Hawera

5 years
2 years

Methodist Church Hawera

4593

James Judson, Father

27 April 1921

A. Liversedge, Methodist

No	31
Date of Notice	27 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert William Eichstaedt	Gladys May Judson
	💍 1921/6393
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Hawera
Folio	4593
Consent	James Judson, Father
Date of Certificate	27 April 1921
Officiating Minister	A. Liversedge, Methodist

3 May 1921

Rangi Manahanaha Tamangehe
Puti Moera

Rangi Manahanaha Tamangehe
Puti Moera
💍 1921/6394

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

51
30

Hawera
Hawera

30 years
1 year

Registrar's Office Hawera

4594

3 May 1921

Registrar

No	32
Date of Notice	3 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rangi Manahanaha Tamangehe	Puti Moera
	💍 1921/6394
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	51	30
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	30 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Hawera
Folio	4594
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1921
Officiating Minister	Registrar

20 May 1921

Franz Blattler
Marie Brunner

Franz Blattler
Marie Brunner
💍 1921/6396

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer
Domestic Duties

35
34

Hawera
Hawera

3 days
3 days

Roman Catholic Church Hawera

4595

20 May 1921

Dean P. J. Power, Roman Catholic

No	33
Date of Notice	20 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Franz Blattler	Marie Brunner
	💍 1921/6396
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	34
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Hawera
Folio	4595
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 May 1921
Officiating Minister	Dean P. J. Power, Roman Catholic

20 May 1921

James Zinsli
Eileen Gertrude McDermott

James Zinsli
Eileen Gertrude McDermott
💍 1921/6397

Bachelor
Spinster

Hardware Salesman
Domestic Duties

27
20

Hawera
Hawera

2 years
11 months

Residence of Mr J. G. Murray, 14 Victoria Street, Hawera

4596

There is no person in New Zealand having authority by law to give consent

20 May 1921

G. Friberg, Salvation Army

No	34
Date of Notice	20 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Zinsli	Eileen Gertrude McDermott
	💍 1921/6397
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hardware Salesman	Domestic Duties
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	2 years	11 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr J. G. Murray, 14 Victoria Street, Hawera
Folio	4596
Consent	There is no person in New Zealand having authority by law to give consent
Date of Certificate	20 May 1921
Officiating Minister	G. Friberg, Salvation Army

30 May 1921

Nelson Hector Gane
Jane Hilda Anstis

Nelson Hector Gane
Jane Hilda Anstis
💍 1921/6398

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

30
29

Inaha Manaia
Normanby Hawera

20 years
20 years

Church of England Normanby

4597

30 May 1921

R. Franklin, Church of England

No	35
Date of Notice	30 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nelson Hector Gane	Jane Hilda Anstis
	💍 1921/6398
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Inaha Manaia	Normanby Hawera
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Normanby
Folio	4597
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1921
Officiating Minister	R. Franklin, 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).