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 1124

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 31 December 1921 Registrar J. Hira

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

2 November 1921

David Thomas Curle
Gladys Isabell Daisy McMillen

David Thomas Curle
Gladys Isabell Daisy McMillan
💍 1921/3816

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

23
19

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 days
3 days

Presbyterian Church, Whangarei

9758

Mary Ellen McMillan, Mother

2 November 1921

Rev G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	68
Date of Notice	2 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Thomas Curle	Gladys Isabell Daisy McMillen
BDM Match (98%)	David Thomas Curle	Gladys Isabell Daisy McMillan
	💍 1921/3816
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whangarei
Folio	9758
Consent	Mary Ellen McMillan, Mother
Date of Certificate	2 November 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

9 November 1921

Albert John Andrews
Mabel Morey

Albert John Andrews
Mabel Morey
💍 1921/3793

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway employee
Domestic

24
24

Whangarei
Whangarei

20 years
24 years

Dwelling of Mr G. Munro, Rust Lane, Whangarei

9759

9 November 1921

Rev G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	69
Date of Notice	9 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert John Andrews	Mabel Morey
	💍 1921/3793
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway employee	Domestic
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	20 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr G. Munro, Rust Lane, Whangarei
Folio	9759
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

12 November 1921

Arthur James Edmunds
Ida Mary Watson

Arthur James Edmunds
Ida Mary Watson
💍 1921/3794

Divorced (Decree absolute 10/7/20)
Divorced (Decree absolute 5/3/21)

Solicitor
Clerk

55
37

Whangarei
Whangarei

15 years
8 months

Dwelling of A. J. Edmunds, Kamo

9760

12 November 1921

Rev G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	70
Date of Notice	12 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur James Edmunds	Ida Mary Watson
	💍 1921/3794
Condition	Divorced (Decree absolute 10/7/20)	Divorced (Decree absolute 5/3/21)
Profession	Solicitor	Clerk
Age	55	37
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	15 years	8 months
Marriage Place	Dwelling of A. J. Edmunds, Kamo
Folio	9760
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

15 November 1921

William Roose Rowland
Ivy Day

William Roose Rowland
Ivy Day
💍 1921/3795

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Housekeeper

42
22

Otakairangi
Ruatangata

12 years
15 years

Registrar's Office, Whangarei

9761

15 November 1921

Frank Bird, Registrar

No	71
Date of Notice	15 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Roose Rowland	Ivy Day
	💍 1921/3795
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Housekeeper
Age	42	22
Dwelling Place	Otakairangi	Ruatangata
Length of Residence	12 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Whangarei
Folio	9761
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 November 1921
Officiating Minister	Frank Bird, Registrar

17 November 1921

Alexander Munro McMillan
Clarice Minnie Crawford

Alexander Munro McMillan
Clarice Minnie Crawford
💍 1921/3796

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

31
24

Whangarei
Whangarei

28 years
24 years

Presbyterian Church, Whangarei

9762

17 November 1921

Rev G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	72
Date of Notice	17 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Munro McMillan	Clarice Minnie Crawford
	💍 1921/3796
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	28 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whangarei
Folio	9762
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 November 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

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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).