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 1303

District of Waitara Quarter ending 30 June 1921 Registrar F. W. Barnard

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

26 April 1921

Herman William Honnor
Olive Sylvia Jury

Herman William Honnor
Olive Sylvia Jury
💍 1921/6558

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
29

Huirangi
Tikorangi

20 years
29 years

Church of England Tikorangi

4712

26 April 1921

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	4
Date of Notice	26 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herman William Honnor	Olive Sylvia Jury
	💍 1921/6558
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Huirangi	Tikorangi
Length of Residence	20 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Tikorangi
Folio	4712
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

27 April 1921

William Gerald George
Catherine Mary Banks

William Gerald George
Catherine Mary Banks
💍 1921/6559

Bachelor
Divorced decree absolute dated 18th March 1913

Teacher
Teacher

38
39

Uriti
Uriti

7 months
9 months

Office of the Registrar at Waitara

4713

27 April 1921

F. W. Barnard, Registrar of marriages Waitara

No	5
Date of Notice	27 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Gerald George	Catherine Mary Banks
	💍 1921/6559
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced decree absolute dated 18th March 1913
Profession	Teacher	Teacher
Age	38	39
Dwelling Place	Uriti	Uriti
Length of Residence	7 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar at Waitara
Folio	4713
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1921
Officiating Minister	F. W. Barnard, Registrar of marriages Waitara

16 May 1921

George Frederick Morris
Clarice Myrtle Aubrey

George Frederick Morris
Clarice Myrtle Aubrey
💍 1921/6560

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter
Domestic duties

23
19

Hawera
Waitara

2 years
19 years

Church of England Waitara

4714

Alfred Charles Aubrey, father

16 May 1921

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	6
Date of Notice	16 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frederick Morris	Clarice Myrtle Aubrey
	💍 1921/6560
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter	Domestic duties
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Waitara
Length of Residence	2 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Waitara
Folio	4714
Consent	Alfred Charles Aubrey, father
Date of Certificate	16 May 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

17 May 1921

George Waterland
Elizabeth McLean

George Waterland
Elizabeth McLean
💍 1921/6561

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Nurse

23
27

Waitara
Waitara

1 1/2 years
3 months

Residence of Claude Russell Hill, Parris Street, Waitara

4715

17 May 1921

Rev. H. A. Gould, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	17 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Waterland	Elizabeth McLean
	💍 1921/6561
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Nurse
Age	23	27
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Claude Russell Hill, Parris Street, Waitara
Folio	4715
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 May 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Gould, Presbyterian

23 May 1921

Thomas Wright
Kate Louisa Taylor

Thomas Wright
Kate Louisa Taylor
💍 1921/6562

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School teacher

48
24

Okoke
Lepperton

48 years
4 years

Church of England Lepperton

4716

23 May 1921

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	23 May 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Wright	Kate Louisa Taylor
	💍 1921/6562
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School teacher
Age	48	24
Dwelling Place	Okoke	Lepperton
Length of Residence	48 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Lepperton
Folio	4716
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, 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).