Intentions to Marry, 1922 Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840506, 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.

1922c contains pages 877-1290, covering districts from Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Page 983

District of Te Puke Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar A. Warner

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

4 January 1922

John Bostain Cannell
Annie Corlett

John Costain Cannell
Annie Corlett
💍 1922/1746

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

32
32

Te Puke
Te Puke

9 years
1 year

Church of England

1519

4 January 1922

Rev. J. W. Chapman, Anglican

No	1
Date of Notice	4 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Bostain Cannell	Annie Corlett
BDM Match (98%)	John Costain Cannell	Annie Corlett
	💍 1922/1746
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Te Puke	Te Puke
Length of Residence	9 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	1519
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Chapman, Anglican

9 January 1922

Alfred William Judd
Susan Mary Lemon

Alfred Gwilliam Judd
Susan Mary Lemon
💍 1922/1748

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

26
21

Paengaroa
Paengaroa

10 years
21 years

Residence of George Henry Lemon, Paengaroa

1520

9 January 1922

Father Bresserd, Roman Catholic

No	2
Date of Notice	9 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred William Judd	Susan Mary Lemon
BDM Match (95%)	Alfred Gwilliam Judd	Susan Mary Lemon
	💍 1922/1748
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Paengaroa	Paengaroa
Length of Residence	10 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of George Henry Lemon, Paengaroa
Folio	1520
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Father Bresserd, Roman Catholic

14 February 1922

William Stuart McEwen
Rewa Margaret Conway James

William Stuart McEwen
Rewa Margaret Conway James
💍 1922/1749

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

31
20

Te Puke
Te Puke

10 years
2 years

Church of England

1521

Richard James, Father

14 February 1922

Rev. J. W. Chapman, Anglican

No	3
Date of Notice	14 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Stuart McEwen	Rewa Margaret Conway James
	💍 1922/1749
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Te Puke	Te Puke
Length of Residence	10 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	1521
Consent	Richard James, Father
Date of Certificate	14 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Chapman, Anglican

10 February 1922

Leonard Kerr
Grace Georgina Maxwell

Leonard Kerr
Grace Georgina Maxwell
💍 1922/1750

Widower (26-7-18)
Widow (13-10-07)

Blacksmith
Domestic duties

45
46

Te Puke
Te Puke

20 years
2 years

Residence of Mr. H. Wilkins, Te Puke

1522

10 February 1922

Rev. D. R. McDonald, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	10 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Kerr	Grace Georgina Maxwell
	💍 1922/1750
Condition	Widower (26-7-18)	Widow (13-10-07)
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic duties
Age	45	46
Dwelling Place	Te Puke	Te Puke
Length of Residence	20 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. H. Wilkins, Te Puke
Folio	1522
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. R. McDonald, Presbyterian

28 February 1922

Frederick Edmund Jones
Nellie Marion Vallance

Frederick Edmund Jones
Nellie Marion Vallance
💍 1922/1751

Widower (11-1-21)
Spinster

Merchant
Schoolteacher

31
36

Christchurch
Te Puke

5 weeks

Residence of Mr. O. M. Duncan, Te Puke

1523

28 February 1922

Rev. D. R. McDonald, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	28 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Edmund Jones	Nellie Marion Vallance
	💍 1922/1751
Condition	Widower (11-1-21)	Spinster
Profession	Merchant	Schoolteacher
Age	31	36
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Te Puke
Length of Residence		5 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. O. M. Duncan, Te Puke
Folio	1523
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. R. McDonald, 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).