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 515

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar 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

16 January 1922

William Harris
Esther Louisa Exelby

William Barris
Esther Louisa Exelby
💍 1922/67

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

32
19

Hamilton
Hamilton

2 years
1 year

House of E. Exelby, Massey Street, Frankton Junction

1372

Edward Exelby, Father

16 January 1922

Rev. J. Burrows, Presbyterian

No	6
Date of Notice	16 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Harris	Esther Louisa Exelby
BDM Match (96%)	William Barris	Esther Louisa Exelby
	💍 1922/67
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	32	19
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	House of E. Exelby, Massey Street, Frankton Junction
Folio	1372
Consent	Edward Exelby, Father
Date of Certificate	16 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Burrows, Presbyterian

17 January 1922

Leslie Arthur Watkins
Marjorie Jean Dunlop Whitaker

Leslie Arthur Watkins
Marjorie Jean Dunlop Whitaker
💍 1922/1551

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

25
25

Matamata
Hamilton

2 years
15 years

St. Andrews Church, Claudelands

1373

17 January 1922

Rev. J. Pattison, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	17 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Arthur Watkins	Marjorie Jean Dunlop Whitaker
	💍 1922/1551
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Matamata	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Claudelands
Folio	1373
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Pattison, Presbyterian

23 January 1922

Alfred James Wine
Laura Jane Boswell

Alfred James Wine
Laura Jane Boswell
💍 1922/1552

Alfred James Wine
Elizabeth Kate Boswell
💍 1922/6615

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

58
42

Tirau
Hamilton

3 years
6 months

St. Andrews Church, Claudelands

1374

23 January 1922

Rev. J. Pattison, Presbyterian

No	8
Date of Notice	23 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred James Wine	Laura Jane Boswell
	💍 1922/1552
BDM Match (77%)	Alfred James Wine	Elizabeth Kate Boswell
	💍 1922/6615
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	58	42
Dwelling Place	Tirau	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Claudelands
Folio	1374
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Pattison, Presbyterian

24 January 1922

Frederick Frynes
Freda Kathleen Donn

Frederick Grymes
Freda Kathleen Donn
💍 1922/1553

Bachelor
Widow

Insurance Agent

31
28

Hamilton
Hamilton

2 years
28 years

St. Andrews Church, Claudelands

1375

24 January 1922

Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	24 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Frynes	Freda Kathleen Donn
BDM Match (94%)	Frederick Grymes	Freda Kathleen Donn
	💍 1922/1553
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Insurance Agent
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Claudelands
Folio	1375
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

25 January 1922

Edward William Tabor
Louisa Jane Marquand

Edward William Tabor
Louisa Jane Marquand
💍 1922/1611

Widower
Widow

Engineer

57
50

Morrinsville
Hamilton

2 years
16 years

St. George's Church, Frankton Junction

1376

25 January 1922

Rev. E. M. Cowie, Anglican

No	10
Date of Notice	25 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward William Tabor	Louisa Jane Marquand
	💍 1922/1611
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Engineer
Age	57	50
Dwelling Place	Morrinsville	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St. George's Church, Frankton Junction
Folio	1376
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 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).