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 995

District of Thames Quarter ending 30 June 1922 Registrar H. R. Bush

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

3 April 1922

Phillip Plummer Armstrong
Daisy Vera Irene Coombe

Phillip Armstrong Plummer
Daisy Vera Irene Coombe
💍 1922/4360

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser
Tailoress

24
23

Thames
Thames

4 days
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Thames

3843

3 April 1922

Rex Milue, Presbyterian

No	15
Date of Notice	3 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Phillip Plummer Armstrong	Daisy Vera Irene Coombe
BDM Match (68%)	Phillip Armstrong Plummer	Daisy Vera Irene Coombe
	💍 1922/4360
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser	Tailoress
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Thames
Folio	3843
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1922
Officiating Minister	Rex Milue, Presbyterian

11 April 1922

Arthur John Clark
Violet Grace Verran

Arthur John Clark
Violet Grace Verran
💍 1922/4361

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
26

Puriri
Matatoki

32 years
26 years

Puriri Church, Puriri

3844

11 April 1922

Rev A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	16
Date of Notice	11 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Clark	Violet Grace Verran
	💍 1922/4361
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Puriri	Matatoki
Length of Residence	32 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Puriri Church, Puriri
Folio	3844
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev A. Mitchell, Methodist

12 April 1922

Ernest Henry Wilton
Winifred Preece Saylor

Ernest Henry Witton
Winifred Preece Taylor
💍 1922/4362

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith Striker
Shop assistant

29
23

Sararu, Thames
Waiotahi Creek, Thames

29 years
23 years

Residence of Francis Wilton, Davy Street, Thames

3845

12 April 1922

Rev E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

No	17
Date of Notice	12 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Henry Wilton	Winifred Preece Saylor
BDM Match (95%)	Ernest Henry Witton	Winifred Preece Taylor
	💍 1922/4362
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith Striker	Shop assistant
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Sararu, Thames	Waiotahi Creek, Thames
Length of Residence	29 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Francis Wilton, Davy Street, Thames
Folio	3845
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev E. H. Taylor, Church of Christ

12 April 1922

Randolph McKay
Sarah Edith Mabey

Randolph McKay
Sarah Edith Mabey
💍 1922/4364

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

36
25

Pipiroa
Pipiroa

6 years
6 months

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Thames

3846

12 April 1922

Robert S. Lloyd, Deputy Registrar of Marriages

No	18
Date of Notice	12 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Randolph McKay	Sarah Edith Mabey
	💍 1922/4364
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Pipiroa	Pipiroa
Length of Residence	6 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Thames
Folio	3846
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1922
Officiating Minister	Robert S. Lloyd, Deputy Registrar of Marriages

26 April 1922

James Bell McIntosh
Evelyn Mary Wade

James Bell McIntosh
Evelyn Mary Wade
💍 1922/4365

Bachelor
Spinster

Government Employee
Domestic Duties

25
16

Hauraki
Hauraki

12 years
9 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Thames

3847

Ernest Wade, father

26 April 1922

H. R. Bush, Registrar of Marriages

No	19
Date of Notice	26 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Bell McIntosh	Evelyn Mary Wade
	💍 1922/4365
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Government Employee	Domestic Duties
Age	25	16
Dwelling Place	Hauraki	Hauraki
Length of Residence	12 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Thames
Folio	3847
Consent	Ernest Wade, father
Date of Certificate	26 April 1922
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar of Marriages

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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).