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 548

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 December 1922 Registrar J. Ferguson

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

141

25 October 1922

Norman Albert Seymour
Gladys Adelaide Donn

Norman Albert Seymour
Gladys Adelaide Donn
💍 1922/7491

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21
20

Hamilton
Hamilton

4 years
4 years

St Andrews Church, Claudelands

8425

Robert Donn, Father

25 October 1922

Rev R. Mackie, Presbyterian

No	141
Date of Notice	25 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Albert Seymour	Gladys Adelaide Donn
	💍 1922/7491
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church, Claudelands
Folio	8425
Consent	Robert Donn, Father
Date of Certificate	25 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev R. Mackie, Presbyterian

142

30 October 1922

John Francis Colvin
Frederica Ethel Sowles

John Francis Colvin
Frederica Ethel Fowles
💍 1922/7499

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

23
20

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
2 years

Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Hamilton E

8426

David George Fowles, Father

30 October 1922

Rev M. J. Bleakley, Roman Catholic

No	142
Date of Notice	30 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Francis Colvin	Frederica Ethel Sowles
BDM Match (98%)	John Francis Colvin	Frederica Ethel Fowles
	💍 1922/7499
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Hamilton E
Folio	8426
Consent	David George Fowles, Father
Date of Certificate	30 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev M. J. Bleakley, Roman Catholic

143

31 October 1922

Bertram Harold Moss
Kathleen Gleeson Gooney

Bertram Harold Moss
Kathleen Glesson Cooney
💍 1922/7510

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Engineer

24
20

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 years
6 years

Church of Christ, Claudelands

8427

John Gooney, Father

31 October 1922

Mr. J. Loster, Church of Christ

No	143
Date of Notice	31 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Harold Moss	Kathleen Gleeson Gooney
BDM Match (96%)	Bertram Harold Moss	Kathleen Glesson Cooney
	💍 1922/7510
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Engineer
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Claudelands
Folio	8427
Consent	John Gooney, Father
Date of Certificate	31 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Mr. J. Loster, Church of Christ

144

1 November 1922

Frederick Kahui Crawford
May Campbell

Frederick Kahui Crawford
May Campbell
💍 1922/7517

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver

26
23

Thames
Hamilton

3 months
4 days

Registrars Office, Hamilton

8428

1 November 1922

J. Ferguson, Registrar

No	144
Date of Notice	1 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Kahui Crawford	May Campbell
	💍 1922/7517
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 months	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Hamilton
Folio	8428
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1922
Officiating Minister	J. Ferguson, Registrar

145

2 November 1922

Timothy William Cullinane
Laura Ethel Maude Buckland

Timothy William Cullinane
Laura Ethel Maude Buckland
💍 1922/7518

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

24
20

Hamilton
Hamilton

2 years
11 years

St Georges Church, Frankton

8429

George Ernest Buckland, Father

2 November 1922

Rev F. S. Harty, Anglican

No	145
Date of Notice	2 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Timothy William Cullinane	Laura Ethel Maude Buckland
	💍 1922/7518
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 years	11 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church, Frankton
Folio	8429
Consent	George Ernest Buckland, Father
Date of Certificate	2 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev F. S. Harty, Anglican

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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).