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 859

District of Pukekohe Quarter ending 30 June 1922 Registrar M. Murray

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

11 April 1922

William John Crum
Eileen Margaret Rogers

William John Crum
Eileen Margaret Rogers
💍 1922/9902

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
School Teacher

28
26

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

10 years
26 years

Roman Catholic Church, Pukekohe

3762

11 April 1922

Rev. James A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

No	11
Date of Notice	11 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Crum	Eileen Margaret Rogers
	💍 1922/9902
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	School Teacher
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	10 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Pukekohe
Folio	3762
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. James A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

18 April 1922

Arthur Henry Steward
Mary Flanagan

Arthur Henry Steward
Mary Flannagan
💍 1922/4276

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Tailoress

33
26

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

6 months
4 months

Church of England, Queen St, Pukekohe

3763

18 April 1922

Rev. J. B. Bowie, Church of England

No	12
Date of Notice	18 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Henry Steward	Mary Flanagan
BDM Match (96%)	Arthur Henry Steward	Mary Flannagan
	💍 1922/4276
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Tailoress
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	6 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Queen St, Pukekohe
Folio	3763
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Bowie, Church of England

19 April 1922

Matthew Brady
Cecelia McGovern

Matthew Brady
Cecilia McGovern
💍 1922/9903

Bachelor
Spinster

Policeman
Milliner

38
29

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

2 days
29 years

St. Patricks Roman Catholic Church, Pukekohe

3764

19 April 1922

Rev. James A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

No	13
Date of Notice	19 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Brady	Cecelia McGovern
BDM Match (97%)	Matthew Brady	Cecilia McGovern
	💍 1922/9903
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Policeman	Milliner
Age	38	29
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	2 days	29 years
Marriage Place	St. Patricks Roman Catholic Church, Pukekohe
Folio	3764
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. James A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

1 May 1922

John King
Mabel Astle

John King
Mabel Astle
💍 1922/4258

Bachelor
Spinster

Gumdigger
Domestic

27
26

Maungatawhiri
Maungatawhiri

5 months
10 months

Registrars office, Pukekohe

3765

1 May 1922

R. G. May, Deputy Registrar of Marriages, Pukekohe

No	14
Date of Notice	1 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John King	Mabel Astle
	💍 1922/4258
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gumdigger	Domestic
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Maungatawhiri	Maungatawhiri
Length of Residence	5 months	10 months
Marriage Place	Registrars office, Pukekohe
Folio	3765
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1922
Officiating Minister	R. G. May, Deputy Registrar of Marriages, Pukekohe

8 May 1922

John Campbell
Ellen Louise Forrest

John Campbell
Ellen Louisa Forrest
💍 1922/4259

Divorced (Decree absolute 21 Feb 1922)
Widow (Husband died 6 June 1921)

Oil Ganger
Fruit Shop

51
38

Manuka
Auckland

3 months
2 years

Carlton Hall, Auckland

3766

8 May 1922

Rev. A. H. Coates, Presbyterian

No	15
Date of Notice	8 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Campbell	Ellen Louise Forrest
BDM Match (98%)	John Campbell	Ellen Louisa Forrest
	💍 1922/4259
Condition	Divorced (Decree absolute 21 Feb 1922)	Widow (Husband died 6 June 1921)
Profession	Oil Ganger	Fruit Shop
Age	51	38
Dwelling Place	Manuka	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Carlton Hall, Auckland
Folio	3766
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Coates, 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).