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 544

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

161

28 November 1922

Thomas Wilcock
Mabel Myrtle Henwood

Thomas Wilcock
Mabel Myrtle Henwood
💍 1922/7508

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Manager

38
26

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 years
2 years

Methodist Church, London Street, Hamilton

8443

28 November 1922

Rev. E. O. Blamires, Methodist

No	161
Date of Notice	28 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Wilcock	Mabel Myrtle Henwood
	💍 1922/7508
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Manager
Age	38	26
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, London Street, Hamilton
Folio	8443
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. O. Blamires, Methodist

162

5 December 1922

Horace Aveling Briggs
Alexandra Stansfield Watt

Horace Aveling Briggs
Alexandra Stansfield Watt
💍 1922/7299

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Manager

35
22

Hamilton
Hamilton

2 years
4 years

St Peters Church, Hamilton

9545

5 December 1922

Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

No	162
Date of Notice	5 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Aveling Briggs	Alexandra Stansfield Watt
	💍 1922/7299
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Manager
Age	35	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Hamilton
Folio	9545
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

163

9 December 1922

William Henry White
Viola Olive Beatrice Rossiter

William Henry White
Viola Olive Beatrice Rossiter
💍 1922/7509

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
21

Tamahere
Tamahere

5 months
3 months

Registrar's Office, Hamilton

8444

9 December 1922

J. Ferguson, Registrar

No	163
Date of Notice	9 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry White	Viola Olive Beatrice Rossiter
	💍 1922/7509
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Tamahere	Tamahere
Length of Residence	5 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hamilton
Folio	8444
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 December 1922
Officiating Minister	J. Ferguson, Registrar

164

12 December 1922

Greville Garland
Hazel Veda Hawkins

Greville Garland
Hazel Veda Hawkins
💍 1922/7300

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Agent

34
23

Hamilton
Hamilton

4 days
6 years

St Peters Church, Hamilton

9546

12 December 1922

Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

No	164
Date of Notice	12 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Greville Garland	Hazel Veda Hawkins
	💍 1922/7300
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Agent
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	4 days	6 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Hamilton
Folio	9546
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

165

13 December 1922

Garnet Tiswil Shaw
Kathleen Mary Davis

Ernest Tiswil Shaw
Kathleen Mary Davis
💍 1922/7301

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

24
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

2 years
24 years

St Peters Church, Hamilton

9547

13 December 1922

Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

No	165
Date of Notice	13 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Garnet Tiswil Shaw	Kathleen Mary Davis
BDM Match (92%)	Ernest Tiswil Shaw	Kathleen Mary Davis
	💍 1922/7301
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Hamilton
Folio	9547
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie, 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).