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 1265

District of Patea Quarter ending 31 March 1921 Registrar J. Ormsby

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

11 January 1921

Charles Frederick Corfield
Ada Florence Martin

Charles Frederick Corfield
Ada Florence Martin
💍 1921/9307

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Manager
Domestic

33
34

Manutahi
Patea

5 years
3 days

St Georges Church Patea

1943

11 January 1921

Rev. H. Wilson Anglican

No	1
Date of Notice	11 January 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Frederick Corfield	Ada Florence Martin
	💍 1921/9307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Manager	Domestic
Age	33	34
Dwelling Place	Manutahi	Patea
Length of Residence	5 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St Georges Church Patea
Folio	1943
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Wilson Anglican

21 January 1921

John Cecil Hulbert
Jessie Mervyn Myles

John Cecil Hulbert
Jessie Meryn Myles
💍 1921/9308

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocers Assistant
Domestic

21
18

Patea
Patea

21 years
18 years

Residence of Mr William Myles Gloucester Street Patea

1944

William Myles Father

21 January 1921

Rev. A. A. G. Lion Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	21 January 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Cecil Hulbert	Jessie Mervyn Myles
BDM Match (97%)	John Cecil Hulbert	Jessie Meryn Myles
	💍 1921/9308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocers Assistant	Domestic
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Patea	Patea
Length of Residence	21 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr William Myles Gloucester Street Patea
Folio	1944
Consent	William Myles Father
Date of Certificate	21 January 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. G. Lion Presbyterian

22 January 1921

Donald Davidson Sutherland
Eileen Rose Floyd

Donald Davidson Sutherland
Lillian Rose Floyd
💍 1921/9310

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Shop Assistant

37
23

Patea
Patea

5 weeks
6 months

Presbyterian Church Patea

1945

22 January 1921

Rev. A. A. G. Lion Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	22 January 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Davidson Sutherland	Eileen Rose Floyd
BDM Match (89%)	Donald Davidson Sutherland	Lillian Rose Floyd
	💍 1921/9310
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Shop Assistant
Age	37	23
Dwelling Place	Patea	Patea
Length of Residence	5 weeks	6 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Patea
Folio	1945
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. A. G. Lion Presbyterian

17 February 1921

Ralph Allan Brewer
Maude Elizabeth Helen Mitchell

Ralph Allan Brewer
Maude Elizabeth Helen Mitchell
💍 1921/9311

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Secretary
Domestic duties

34
22

Patea
Patea

10 years
Life

Residence of Mr John King Mitchell Victoria Street Patea

1946

17 February 1921

Rev. P. J. Cahill Roman Catholic

No	4
Date of Notice	17 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Allan Brewer	Maude Elizabeth Helen Mitchell
	💍 1921/9311
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Secretary	Domestic duties
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Patea	Patea
Length of Residence	10 years	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr John King Mitchell Victoria Street Patea
Folio	1946
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Cahill Roman Catholic

11 March 1921

Henry Percival Hunt
Marion Elizabeth Elliott

Henry Percival Hunt
Marion Elizabeth Elliott
💍 1921/9312

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser
Domestic duties

26
19

Patea
Patea

3 days
Life

Registrars Office Patea

1947

Frederick Elliott Father

11 March 1921

J. Ormsby Registrar

No	5
Date of Notice	11 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Percival Hunt	Marion Elizabeth Elliott
	💍 1921/9312
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser	Domestic duties
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Patea	Patea
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Patea
Folio	1947
Consent	Frederick Elliott Father
Date of Certificate	11 March 1921
Officiating Minister	J. Ormsby Registrar

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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).