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 1109

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar D. W. Jack

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

14 July 1922

Alan Hugh McKenzie
Ivy Beatrice Phillips

Alan Hugh McKenzie
Ivy Beatrice Phillips
💍 1922/6627

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
22

Whangarei
Whangarei

5 days
13 years

Presbyterian Church, Whangarei

6209

17 July 1922

Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	38
Date of Notice	14 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alan Hugh McKenzie	Ivy Beatrice Phillips
	💍 1922/6627
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	5 days	13 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whangarei
Folio	6209
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

19 July 1922

Robert Pollock
Kathleen Hilda Ruddell

Robert Pollock
Kathleen Hilda Ruddell
💍 1922/6628

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Postmistress

21
21

Pakotai
Dwelling of Mr A. B. Bourgeois, 1st Avenue, Whangarei

14 years
21 years

Dwelling of Mr A. B. Bourgeois, 1st Avenue, Whangarei

6210

19 July 1922

Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	39
Date of Notice	19 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Pollock	Kathleen Hilda Ruddell
	💍 1922/6628
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Postmistress
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Pakotai	Dwelling of Mr A. B. Bourgeois, 1st Avenue, Whangarei
Length of Residence	14 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr A. B. Bourgeois, 1st Avenue, Whangarei
Folio	6210
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

19 July 1922

Robert Bapon
Joyce Le Roy Carmichael

Robert Capon
Joyce Le Roy Carmichael
💍 1922/6629

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

24
25

Titoki
Whangarei

18 months
25 years

Presbyterian Church, Whangarei

6211

19 July 1922

Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	40
Date of Notice	19 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Bapon	Joyce Le Roy Carmichael
BDM Match (96%)	Robert Capon	Joyce Le Roy Carmichael
	💍 1922/6629
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Titoki	Whangarei
Length of Residence	18 months	25 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whangarei
Folio	6211
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

20 July 1922

Ernest Reese
Edith Marion Hayton

Ernest Leese
Edith Marion Huyton
💍 1922/6630

Bachelor
Spinster

Workchemist
Stenographer

31
27

Portland
Whangarei

2 1/2 years
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Whangarei

6212

20 July 1922

Rev. W. A. Hutchinson, Presbyterian

No	41
Date of Notice	20 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Reese	Edith Marion Hayton
BDM Match (93%)	Ernest Leese	Edith Marion Huyton
	💍 1922/6630
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Workchemist	Stenographer
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Portland	Whangarei
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whangarei
Folio	6212
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Hutchinson, Presbyterian

26 July 1922

Ramsay Stuart Holmes McKinney
Vina Agnes Wright

Lynsay Stuart Holmes McKinney
Nina Agnes Wright
💍 1922/6631

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Shop assistant

24
21

Warkworth
Whangarei

3 months
3 years

Church of England, Whangarei

6213

26 July 1922

Rev. G. P. Monckton, Church of England

No	42
Date of Notice	26 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ramsay Stuart Holmes McKinney	Vina Agnes Wright
BDM Match (92%)	Lynsay Stuart Holmes McKinney	Nina Agnes Wright
	💍 1922/6631
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Shop assistant
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Warkworth	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Whangarei
Folio	6213
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Monckton, 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).