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 864

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

28 August 1922

Edward Ryan
Rosemary Cronin

Edward Ryan
Rose Mary Cronin
💍 1922/6502

Bachelor
Spinster

Portman
Housemaid

30
27

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

30 years
6 years

St Patricks Roman Catholic Church Pukekohe

6101

28 August 1922

Rev J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

No	31
Date of Notice	28 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Ryan	Rosemary Cronin
BDM Match (94%)	Edward Ryan	Rose Mary Cronin
	💍 1922/6502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Portman	Housemaid
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	30 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Patricks Roman Catholic Church Pukekohe
Folio	6101
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev J. A. Molloy, Roman Catholic

29 August 1922

Norman Darcy Day
Cora May Melvin

Norman Darcy Day
Cora May Melvin
💍 1922/6513

Widower (6 April 1917)
Spinster

Schoolmaster
Teacher of Singing

30
26

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

2 days
4 weeks

Presbyterian Church Pukekohe

6102

29 August 1922

Rev S. Nixon, Presbyterian

No	32
Date of Notice	29 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Darcy Day	Cora May Melvin
	💍 1922/6513
Condition	Widower (6 April 1917)	Spinster
Profession	Schoolmaster	Teacher of Singing
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	2 days	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Pukekohe
Folio	6102
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev S. Nixon, Presbyterian

30 August 1922

Herbert Bullock
Clara Dordoff

Herbert Bullock
Clara Tordoff
💍 1922/6519

Widower (3 December 1918)
Widow (4 July 1911)

Farmer
Domestic duties

59
55

Buckland
Buckland

5 years
11 months

Church of England Pukekohe

6103

30 August 1922

Rev J. G. Bowie, Church of England

No	33
Date of Notice	30 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Bullock	Clara Dordoff
BDM Match (96%)	Herbert Bullock	Clara Tordoff
	💍 1922/6519
Condition	Widower (3 December 1918)	Widow (4 July 1911)
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	59	55
Dwelling Place	Buckland	Buckland
Length of Residence	5 years	11 months
Marriage Place	Church of England Pukekohe
Folio	6103
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev J. G. Bowie, Church of England

4 September 1922

Edward Derwent Wills
Kathleen Mary Hardy

Edward Derwent Wilks
Kathleen Mary Hardy
💍 1922/6520

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner
Photographer

26
25

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

1 year
3 years

Church of England Pukekohe

6104

4 September 1922

Rev J. G. Bowie, Church of England

No	34
Date of Notice	4 September 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Derwent Wills	Kathleen Mary Hardy
BDM Match (98%)	Edward Derwent Wilks	Kathleen Mary Hardy
	💍 1922/6520
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner	Photographer
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	1 year	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Pukekohe
Folio	6104
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev J. G. Bowie, Church of England

4 September 1922

Leonard Mawhinney
Laura Edwards

Leonard Mawhinney
Laura Edwards
💍 1922/6521

Divorced (Decree absolute 20 October 1921)
Spinster

Dairy Inspector
Midwife

31
29

Pukekohe
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Presbyterian Church Pukekohe

6105

4 September 1922

Rev S. Nixon, Presbyterian

No	35
Date of Notice	4 September 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Mawhinney	Laura Edwards
	💍 1922/6521
Condition	Divorced (Decree absolute 20 October 1921)	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Inspector	Midwife
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Pukekohe
Folio	6105
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 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).