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 546

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

151

8 November 1922

Bertram Wallace Miller Bailey
Florence Mary Duffy

Bertram Wallace Miller Bailey
Florence Mary Duffy
💍 1922/7500

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
23

Matamata
Hamilton

6 years
10 years

Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Hamilton East

8435

8 November 1922

Rev. M. J. Bleakley, Roman Catholic

No	151
Date of Notice	8 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Wallace Miller Bailey	Florence Mary Duffy
	💍 1922/7500
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Matamata	Hamilton
Length of Residence	6 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Hamilton East
Folio	8435
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. J. Bleakley, Roman Catholic

152

11 November 1922

Arnold Edward De Gilpin
Edna Henrietta June Porter

Arnold Edward De Gylpyn De Gylpyn
Edna Henrietta June Porter
💍 1922/7501

Bachelor
Spinster

Electric Linesman

21
18

Hamilton
Hamilton

9 months
12 months

St Georges Church, Frankton

8436

Silas Porter, father

11 November 1922

Rev. L. S. Harty, Anglican

No	152
Date of Notice	11 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arnold Edward De Gilpin	Edna Henrietta June Porter
BDM Match (82%)	Arnold Edward De Gylpyn De Gylpyn	Edna Henrietta June Porter
	💍 1922/7501
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electric Linesman
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	9 months	12 months
Marriage Place	St Georges Church, Frankton
Folio	8436
Consent	Silas Porter, father
Date of Certificate	11 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. S. Harty, Anglican

153

11 November 1922

Joseph Batchelor
Elizabeth Maude Reach

Joseph Batchelor
Elizabeth Maude Reach
💍 1922/7296

Bachelor
Spinster

Photographer

25
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

2 years
4 years

St Peters Church, Hamilton

9543

11 November 1922

Rev. E. M. Bowie, Anglican

No	153
Date of Notice	11 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Batchelor	Elizabeth Maude Reach
	💍 1922/7296
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Photographer
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Hamilton
Folio	9543
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Bowie, Anglican

154

13 November 1922

James Quinn
Catherine Devitt

James Quinn
Catherine Devitt
💍 1922/7502

Widower (25-12-1917)
Widow (19-4-1920)

Gardener

57
42

Hamilton
Hamilton

48 years
30 years

Registrars Office, Hamilton

8437

13 November 1922

J. Ferguson, Registrar

No	154
Date of Notice	13 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Quinn	Catherine Devitt
	💍 1922/7502
Condition	Widower (25-12-1917)	Widow (19-4-1920)
Profession	Gardener
Age	57	42
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	48 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Hamilton
Folio	8437
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 November 1922
Officiating Minister	J. Ferguson, Registrar

155

13 November 1922

Neil Grey Blackburn
Myrtle Olive Carter

Neil Grey Blackburn
Myrtle Olive Carter
💍 1922/7503

Bachelor
Spinster

Bakers Carter

23
23

Hamilton
Hamilton

12 months
14 years

House of W. A. Carter, Wellington Street, Hamilton East

8438

13 November 1922

Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

No	155
Date of Notice	13 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neil Grey Blackburn	Myrtle Olive Carter
	💍 1922/7503
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bakers Carter
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	12 months	14 years
Marriage Place	House of W. A. Carter, Wellington Street, Hamilton East
Folio	8438
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mackie, 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).