Intentions to Marry, 1922 Bay of Islands to Raglan

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840505, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1922 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.

1922b contains pages 423-876, covering districts from Bay of Islands to Raglan

[NOTE: roughly one-third of the images from this register were too out of focus to use, this will hopefully be rectified soon]

Page 637

District of Kohukohu Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar J. G. [illegible]

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

25 July 1922

William Henry Dyer
Ellen Dyer

William Henry Nash
Ellen Dyer
💍 1922/5993

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic Duties

29
18

Broadwood
Pawarenga

3 years
18 years

Dwelling of Mr H. Dyer, Pawarenga

6028

William Henry Dyer (Father)

25 July 1922

Mr Herbert Batesup (Methodist)

No	7
Date of Notice	25 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Dyer	Ellen Dyer
BDM Match (89%)	William Henry Nash	Ellen Dyer
	💍 1922/5993
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic Duties
Age	29	18
Dwelling Place	Broadwood	Pawarenga
Length of Residence	3 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr H. Dyer, Pawarenga
Folio	6028
Consent	William Henry Dyer (Father)
Date of Certificate	25 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Mr Herbert Batesup (Methodist)

29 July 1922

John Francis Baker
Edith Violet Hodgson

John Francis Baker
Edith Violet Hodgson
💍 1922/5999

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
15

Rangiora, Kohukohu
Motukaraka

2 years
15 years

Residence of Mr H. Hodgson, Motukaraka

6029

W. A. Hodgson (Father)

29 July 1922

Rev. J. G. Haworth, L. Th. (Church of England)

No	8
Date of Notice	29 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Francis Baker	Edith Violet Hodgson
	💍 1922/5999
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	15
Dwelling Place	Rangiora, Kohukohu	Motukaraka
Length of Residence	2 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr H. Hodgson, Motukaraka
Folio	6029
Consent	W. A. Hodgson (Father)
Date of Certificate	29 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Haworth, L. Th. (Church of England)

14 August 1922

Charles Stanley White
Louisa Whittaker

Charles Stanley White
Louisa Whittaker
💍 1922/6000

Widower (4 January 1919)
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
23

Rangiahua
Rangiahua

32 years
23 years

Whittaker's Hall, Rangiahua

6030

14 August 1922

Rev. J. M. McKenzie (Presbyterian)

No	9
Date of Notice	14 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Stanley White	Louisa Whittaker
	💍 1922/6000
Condition	Widower (4 January 1919)	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Rangiahua	Rangiahua
Length of Residence	32 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Whittaker's Hall, Rangiahua
Folio	6030
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. McKenzie (Presbyterian)

18 August 1922

Victor Linden Hawke
Agnes Botherick

Victor Linden Hawke
Agnes Borthwick
💍 1922/6001

Divorced (Decree absolute 20 July 1922)
Widow (10 January 1917)

Sawmiller
Household Duties

44
45

Broadwood
Broadwood

14 years
1 year

Dwelling of Mr G. A. Robertson, Broadwood

6031

18 August 1922

Mr Herbert Batesup (Methodist)

No	10
Date of Notice	18 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Linden Hawke	Agnes Botherick
BDM Match (90%)	Victor Linden Hawke	Agnes Borthwick
	💍 1922/6001
Condition	Divorced (Decree absolute 20 July 1922)	Widow (10 January 1917)
Profession	Sawmiller	Household Duties
Age	44	45
Dwelling Place	Broadwood	Broadwood
Length of Residence	14 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr G. A. Robertson, Broadwood
Folio	6031
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Mr Herbert Batesup (Methodist)

4 September 1922

George Lunton
Kohine Ipu Hoani

George Lundon
Kohine Ipu Hoani
💍 1922/6002

Bachelor
Widow (13 November 1915)

Farmer
Domestic Duties

35
26

Motukaraka
Te Karae

35 years
26 years

Roman Catholic Church, Motukaraka

6032

4 September 1922

Rev. Father J. Becker (Roman Catholic)

No	11
Date of Notice	4 September 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Lunton	Kohine Ipu Hoani
BDM Match (96%)	George Lundon	Kohine Ipu Hoani
	💍 1922/6002
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (13 November 1915)
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	26
Dwelling Place	Motukaraka	Te Karae
Length of Residence	35 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Motukaraka
Folio	6032
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father J. Becker (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).