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 1005

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 December 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

13 December 1922

James Francis Paton
Doris Edna Davies

James Francis Paton
Doris Edna Davies
💍 1922/7605

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Drapers assistant

30
25

Thames
Thames

2 days
14 days

Methodist Church, Thames

8589

13 December 1922

Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	58
Date of Notice	13 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Francis Paton	Doris Edna Davies
	💍 1922/7605
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Drapers assistant
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Thames
Folio	8589
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

13 December 1922

John Edward Guilliam
Lena Bury

John Edward Gwilliam
Lena Bury
💍 1922/7606

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic

28
36

Thames
Thames

28 years
12 months

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Thames

8590

13 December 1922

H. R. Bush, Registrar of Marriages

No	59
Date of Notice	13 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edward Guilliam	Lena Bury
BDM Match (98%)	John Edward Gwilliam	Lena Bury
	💍 1922/7606
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic
Age	28	36
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	28 years	12 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Thames
Folio	8590
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1922
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar of Marriages

18 December 1922

Ivan Haubury Osvin
Rita Florence Ball

Ivan Hanbury Oswin
Rita Florence Ball
💍 1922/7607

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician
Clerk

25
24

Hamilton
Thames

25 years
24 years

St Georges Church, Thames

8591

18 December 1922

Rev. Beck, Church of England

No	60
Date of Notice	18 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ivan Haubury Osvin	Rita Florence Ball
BDM Match (94%)	Ivan Hanbury Oswin	Rita Florence Ball
	💍 1922/7607
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician	Clerk
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Thames
Length of Residence	25 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church, Thames
Folio	8591
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Beck, Church of England

22 December 1922

John Bryce Hamilton Miller
Louise Marie Boenke

John Bryce Hamilton Miller
Louise Marie Boenke
💍 1922/7608

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Machinist

30
26

Tauranga
Auckland

1 week
1 week

St James Presbyterian Church, Thames

8592

22 December 1922

Rev. Milne, Presbyterian

No	61
Date of Notice	22 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Bryce Hamilton Miller	Louise Marie Boenke
	💍 1922/7608
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Machinist
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	St James Presbyterian Church, Thames
Folio	8592
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Milne, Presbyterian

28 December 1922

Bert Wallace
Eileen Mary Murphy

Bert Wallace
Eileen Mary Murphy
💍 1923/1126

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic Duties

24
21

Hikutaia
Hikutaia

1 week
12 months

Church of England, Hikutaia

28 December 1922

Rev. Dobson, Church of England

No	62
Date of Notice	28 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bert Wallace	Eileen Mary Murphy
	💍 1923/1126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic Duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Hikutaia	Hikutaia
Length of Residence	1 week	12 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Hikutaia
Folio	57
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dobson, Church of England

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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).