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 1013

District of Tirau Quarter ending 31 December 1922 Registrar H. P. [illegible]

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

24 October 1922

Walter Webster Bennett
Mary Lizzie Griffiths

Walter Webster Bennett
Mary Lizzie Griffiths
💍 1922/7609

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Domestic duties

25
22

Okoroire
Okoroire

1 day
7 days

Residence of Thomas Griffiths, Okoroire

8593

24 October 1922

Rev. A. E. Jefferson, Methodist Church

No	7
Date of Notice	24 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Webster Bennett	Mary Lizzie Griffiths
	💍 1922/7609
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Domestic duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Okoroire	Okoroire
Length of Residence	1 day	7 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Griffiths, Okoroire
Folio	8593
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Jefferson, Methodist Church

28 October 1922

Lyall Campbell McDonald
Dora Isabella Riddell

Lyall Campbell McDonald
Dora Isabella Riddell
💍 1922/7611

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
23

Tirau
Gordonton

2 years
17 years

Residence of James Riddell, Gordonton

8594

28 October 1922

Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian Church

No	8
Date of Notice	28 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lyall Campbell McDonald	Dora Isabella Riddell
	💍 1922/7611
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Tirau	Gordonton
Length of Residence	2 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Riddell, Gordonton
Folio	8594
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian Church

28 October 1922

Harold Paynter Morris
Vivette Constance Dalziell

Harold Paynter Morris
Vivette Constance Dalziell
💍 1922/7612

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer
Domestic duties

27
19

Aniwanawa
Putaruru

2 years 2 months
8 months

Presbyterian Church, Cambridge

8595

Alexander Dalziell, father

28 October 1922

Rev. T. H. Roseveare, Presbyterian Church

No	9
Date of Notice	28 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Paynter Morris	Vivette Constance Dalziell
	💍 1922/7612
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Aniwanawa	Putaruru
Length of Residence	2 years 2 months	8 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Cambridge
Folio	8595
Consent	Alexander Dalziell, father
Date of Certificate	28 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. H. Roseveare, Presbyterian Church

11 November 1922

Robert George Welch
Olive Rose May Taylor

Robert George Welch
Olive Rose May Taylor
💍 1922/7613

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic duties

18
19

Putaruru
Putaruru

2 months
2 months

Residence of L. C. Taylor, Putaruru

8596

Thomas William Welch (father), Leonard Corbett Taylor (father)

11 November 1922

Rev. Walter Parker, Methodist Church

No	10
Date of Notice	11 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert George Welch	Olive Rose May Taylor
	💍 1922/7613
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic duties
Age	18	19
Dwelling Place	Putaruru	Putaruru
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of L. C. Taylor, Putaruru
Folio	8596
Consent	Thomas William Welch (father), Leonard Corbett Taylor (father)
Date of Certificate	11 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Walter Parker, Methodist Church

29 December 1922

Walter Stewart Thomson
Gladys Ivy Hastie

Walter Stewart Thomson
Gladys Ivy Hastie
💍 1922/7614

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Plumber
Domestic duties

24
22

Tirau
Parere, Tirau

6 days
7 months

Residence of Thomas Hastie, Parere, Tirau

8597

29 December 1922

Rev. H. C. Stuart, Presbyterian Church

No	11
Date of Notice	29 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Stewart Thomson	Gladys Ivy Hastie
	💍 1922/7614
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Plumber	Domestic duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Tirau	Parere, Tirau
Length of Residence	6 days	7 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Hastie, Parere, Tirau
Folio	8597
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. C. Stuart, Presbyterian Church

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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).