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 785

District of Ohinemuri Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar H. Moore

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

12 July 1922

William Odlum
Ann Armstrong

William Odlum
Ann Armstrong
💍 1922/6560

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Household Duties

79
79

Omaha
Paeroa

20 years
20 years

Roman Catholic Church, Paeroa

6068

12 July 1922

Rev. J. J. Dunphy, Roman Catholic

No	11
Date of Notice	12 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Odlum	Ann Armstrong
	💍 1922/6560
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Household Duties
Age	79	79
Dwelling Place	Omaha	Paeroa
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Paeroa
Folio	6068
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Dunphy, Roman Catholic

14 July 1922

Stipan Kurtovich
Mary Alice Fennell

Stipan Kurtovich
Mary Alice Pennell
💍 1922/6561

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

32
17

Paeroa
Paeroa

3 years
17 years

Office of the Registrar, Paeroa

6069

Agnes Mabel Matkovich formerly Fennell, mother

14 July 1922

Registrar of Marriages, Paeroa

No	12
Date of Notice	14 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stipan Kurtovich	Mary Alice Fennell
BDM Match (97%)	Stipan Kurtovich	Mary Alice Pennell
	💍 1922/6561
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	17
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Paeroa
Length of Residence	3 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Paeroa
Folio	6069
Consent	Agnes Mabel Matkovich formerly Fennell, mother
Date of Certificate	14 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Paeroa

29 July 1922

George Edward Sarjant
Florence Muriel Happey

George Edward Sarjant
Florence Muriel Heappey
💍 1922/6563

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Postmistress

24
20

Netherton
Netherton

14 years
20 years

St. Paul's Church, Paeroa

6070

Robert Henry Happey, father

29 July 1922

Rev. Frank B. Dobson, Anglican

No	13
Date of Notice	29 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Sarjant	Florence Muriel Happey
BDM Match (98%)	George Edward Sarjant	Florence Muriel Heappey
	💍 1922/6563
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Postmistress
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Netherton	Netherton
Length of Residence	14 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Paeroa
Folio	6070
Consent	Robert Henry Happey, father
Date of Certificate	29 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Frank B. Dobson, Anglican

1 August 1922

Ronald Clifford Clark
Gladys Mary Clare

Ronald Clifford Black
Gladys Mary Clare
💍 1922/6564

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25
21

Kahukura
Ngatea

3 days
3 days

St. Paul's Church, Paeroa

6071

1 August 1922

Rev. Frank B. Dobson, Anglican

No	14
Date of Notice	1 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald Clifford Clark	Gladys Mary Clare
BDM Match (95%)	Ronald Clifford Black	Gladys Mary Clare
	💍 1922/6564
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Kahukura	Ngatea
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Paeroa
Folio	6071
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Frank B. Dobson, Anglican

4 August 1922

Sydney Edward Parrott
Ethel Miriam Farrow

Sydney Edward Barrott
Ethel Mirriam Farrow
💍 1922/6565

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
20

Paeroa
Paeroa

10 years
5 years

Methodist Parsonage, Paeroa

6072

Charles Farrow, father

4 August 1922

Rev. Walter James Enticott, Methodist

No	15
Date of Notice	4 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Edward Parrott	Ethel Miriam Farrow
BDM Match (95%)	Sydney Edward Barrott	Ethel Mirriam Farrow
	💍 1922/6565
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Paeroa
Length of Residence	10 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Paeroa
Folio	6072
Consent	Charles Farrow, father
Date of Certificate	4 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Walter James Enticott, Methodist

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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).