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 863

District of Pukekohe Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar J. Ramsay

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

3 July 1922

James Rowe
Agnes Muriel Barker

James Rowe
Agnes Muriel Baker
💍 1922/6490

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Cook

42
35

Mauku
Mauku

42 years
4 days

St Brides Church of England, Mauku

6096

3 July 1922

Rev. J. C. Fussell, Church of England

No	26
Date of Notice	3 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Rowe	Agnes Muriel Barker
BDM Match (97%)	James Rowe	Agnes Muriel Baker
	💍 1922/6490
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Cook
Age	42	35
Dwelling Place	Mauku	Mauku
Length of Residence	42 years	4 days
Marriage Place	St Brides Church of England, Mauku
Folio	6096
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Fussell, Church of England

7 July 1922

James Murray
Ruth Penman

James Murray
Ruth Penman
💍 1922/6491

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Clerk

39
37

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

2 years
20 years

St James Presbyterian Church, Pukekohe

6097

7 July 1922

Rev. S. Nixon, Presbyterian

No	27
Date of Notice	7 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Murray	Ruth Penman
	💍 1922/6491
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Clerk
Age	39	37
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St James Presbyterian Church, Pukekohe
Folio	6097
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Nixon, Presbyterian

13 July 1922

Charles Edward Flay
Ivy Lavinia Morgan

Charles Edward Flay
Ivy Lavinia Morgan
💍 1922/6492

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

25
21

Bombay
Bombay

25 years
21 years

Residence of Rev. Samuel Nixon, West Street, Pukekohe

6098

13 July 1922

Rev. S. Nixon, Presbyterian

No	28
Date of Notice	13 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Flay	Ivy Lavinia Morgan
	💍 1922/6492
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Bombay	Bombay
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. Samuel Nixon, West Street, Pukekohe
Folio	6098
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Nixon, Presbyterian

25 July 1922

Alexander McRobbie
Evelyn Mary Wilcox

Alexander McRobbie
Evelyn Mary Wilcox
💍 1922/6493

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
25

Buckland
Buckland

7 years
25 years

St Pauls Church of England, Buckland

6099

25 July 1922

Rev. J. P. Cowie, Church of England

No	29
Date of Notice	25 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander McRobbie	Evelyn Mary Wilcox
	💍 1922/6493
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Buckland	Buckland
Length of Residence	7 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St Pauls Church of England, Buckland
Folio	6099
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Cowie, Church of England

16 August 1922

Albert Charles Brewster
Christina McLean Paton

Albert Charles Brewster
Christina McVean Paton
💍 1922/6494

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

39
37

Whangarata
Whangarata

20 years
2 months

Residence of Richard Hatt, Harrington Avenue, Pukekohe

6100

16 August 1922

Rev. S. Nixon, Presbyterian

No	30
Date of Notice	16 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Charles Brewster	Christina McLean Paton
BDM Match (98%)	Albert Charles Brewster	Christina McVean Paton
	💍 1922/6494
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	39	37
Dwelling Place	Whangarata	Whangarata
Length of Residence	20 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Richard Hatt, Harrington Avenue, Pukekohe
Folio	6100
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Nixon, 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).