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 1154

District of Hawera Quarter ending 31 March 1921 Registrar F. L. Cunnold

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

15 February 1921

Harold Lamenton
Jessie Fyfe Sturrock

Harold Lamerton
Jessie Fyfe Sturrock
💍 1921/9236

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic Duties

27
26

Hawera
Hawera

3 days
5 years

Presbyterian Church, Hawera

1871

15 February 1921

H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

No	6
Date of Notice	15 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Lamenton	Jessie Fyfe Sturrock
BDM Match (97%)	Harold Lamerton	Jessie Fyfe Sturrock
	💍 1921/9236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic Duties
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hawera
Folio	1871
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1921
Officiating Minister	H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

21 February 1921

Hector Blaik Taylor
Agnes Mary Tidswell

Hector Blaik Taylor
Agnes Mary Tidswell
💍 1921/9237

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer
Domestic Duties

22
22

Hawera
Hawera

22 years
22 years

Church of England, Hawera

1872

21 February 1921

R. Franklin, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	21 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Blaik Taylor	Agnes Mary Tidswell
	💍 1921/9237
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	22 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Hawera
Folio	1872
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1921
Officiating Minister	R. Franklin, Church of England

25 February 1921

George Zinsli
Jessie Phoebe Judd

George Zinsli
Jessie Phoebe Judd
💍 1921/9238

Bachelor
Divorced Degree absolute 11 February 1921

Painter
Domestic Duties

25
25

Hawera
Hawera

5 weeks
5 months

Registrar's Office, Hawera

1873

25 February 1921

F. L. Cunnold, Deputy Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	25 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Zinsli	Jessie Phoebe Judd
	💍 1921/9238
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Degree absolute 11 February 1921
Profession	Painter	Domestic Duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	5 weeks	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hawera
Folio	1873
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1921
Officiating Minister	F. L. Cunnold, Deputy Registrar

5 March 1921

Ernest William Hills
Florence Bluett

Ernest William Hills
Florence Bluett
💍 1921/9239

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

26
22

Hawera
Hawera

3 days
3 days

Church of England, Hawera

1874

5 March 1921

J. G. Castle, Church of England

No	9
Date of Notice	5 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest William Hills	Florence Bluett
	💍 1921/9239
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Hawera
Folio	1874
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1921
Officiating Minister	J. G. Castle, Church of England

9 March 1921

Frank William John Canute
Sylvia Josephine Caskey

Frank William John Canute
Sylvia Josephine Caskey
💍 1921/9240

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Waitress

21
20

Hawera
Hawera

3 days
5 months

Registrar's Office, Hawera

1875

Mary Veronica Katwigh, Mother

9 March 1921

F. L. Cunnold, Deputy Registrar

No	10
Date of Notice	9 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank William John Canute	Sylvia Josephine Caskey
	💍 1921/9240
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Waitress
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	3 days	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hawera
Folio	1875
Consent	Mary Veronica Katwigh, Mother
Date of Certificate	9 March 1921
Officiating Minister	F. L. Cunnold, Deputy 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).