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 1191

District of Kaponga Quarter ending 30 September 1921 Registrar J. Morrand

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

6 July 1921

Joseph Pearce Thomas
Gertrude Adelaide Hoskin

Joseph Pearce Thomas
Gertrude Adelaide Hoskin
💍 1921/3411

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheesemaker
Domestic Duties

31
28

Mahoe
Mangatoki

24 years

Union Church Mangatoki

7228

6 July 1921

Rev. J. G. Castle, Anglican

No	10
Date of Notice	6 July 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Pearce Thomas	Gertrude Adelaide Hoskin
	💍 1921/3411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheesemaker	Domestic Duties
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Mahoe	Mangatoki
Length of Residence		24 years
Marriage Place	Union Church Mangatoki
Folio	7228
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Castle, Anglican

18 July 1921

Thomas Frederick Franks
Cora Elizabeth Gray Keig

Thomas Frederick Franks
Cora Elizabeth Gray Keig
💍 1921/3412

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic Duties

22
19

Manaia
Kaponga

7 months
1 year

Methodist Church Kaponga

7229

Agnes Gray Keig, mother

18 July 1921

Rev. W. W. Avery, Methodist

No	11
Date of Notice	18 July 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Frederick Franks	Cora Elizabeth Gray Keig
	💍 1921/3412
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic Duties
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Kaponga
Length of Residence	7 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Kaponga
Folio	7229
Consent	Agnes Gray Keig, mother
Date of Certificate	18 July 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. W. Avery, Methodist

13 September 1921

Charles Harris
Charlotte Elizabeth Knox Wilkinson

Charles Harris
Charlotte Elizabeth Knox Wilkinson
💍 1921/3413

Bachelor
Widow

Farm Labourer
Housewife

33
39

Oeo
Kaponga

9 months
2 years

St Marks Church of England Kaponga

7230

13 September 1921

Rev. C. Palmer, Anglican

No	12
Date of Notice	13 September 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Harris	Charlotte Elizabeth Knox Wilkinson
	💍 1921/3413
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farm Labourer	Housewife
Age	33	39
Dwelling Place	Oeo	Kaponga
Length of Residence	9 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church of England Kaponga
Folio	7230
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 September 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Palmer, Anglican

16 September 1921

Thomas Louis Saunders
Norah Elizabeth Brown

Thomas Louis Saunders
Norah Elizabeth Brown
💍 1921/3414

Bachelor
Spinster

Share-Milker
Domestic Duties

28
26

Manaia
Mangatoki

3 years

Roman Catholic Church Kaponga

7231

16 September 1921

Rev. Nicholas Moore, Roman Catholic

No	13
Date of Notice	16 September 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Louis Saunders	Norah Elizabeth Brown
	💍 1921/3414
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Share-Milker	Domestic Duties
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Mangatoki
Length of Residence		3 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Kaponga
Folio	7231
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 September 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. Nicholas Moore, Roman Catholic

26 September 1921

Peter Cameron
Margaret Catherine Whyte

Peter Cameron
Margaret Catherine Whyte
💍 1921/3415

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

21
29

Kapuni
Kapuni

6 years
20 years

Roman Catholic Church Kaponga

7232

26 September 1921

Rev. Nicholas Moore, Roman Catholic

No	14
Date of Notice	26 September 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Cameron	Margaret Catherine Whyte
	💍 1921/3415
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	29
Dwelling Place	Kapuni	Kapuni
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Kaponga
Folio	7232
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 September 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. Nicholas Moore, Roman Catholic

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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).