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 1275

District of Waitara Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar J. W. Barnard

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

19 January 1922

Walter Roy Butterworth
Lilian Elizabeth Barry

Walter Roy Butterworth
Lilian Elizabeth Parry
💍 1922/1889

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Teacher

30
31

Manurewa
Waitara

5 years
2 years

Presbyterian Church at Waitara

1662

9 January 1922

Rev. C. Blundell, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	19 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Roy Butterworth	Lilian Elizabeth Barry
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Roy Butterworth	Lilian Elizabeth Parry
	💍 1922/1889
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Teacher
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Manurewa	Waitara
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church at Waitara
Folio	1662
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Blundell, Presbyterian

1 February 1922

Horace Randolph Whitehead
Agnes Esther Purdie

Horace Randolph Whitehead
Agnes Esther Purdie
💍 1922/1890

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

29
22

Tikorangi
Motunui

2 years
22 years

Church of England at Waitara

1663

1 February 1922

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	2
Date of Notice	1 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Randolph Whitehead	Agnes Esther Purdie
	💍 1922/1890
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Tikorangi	Motunui
Length of Residence	2 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England at Waitara
Folio	1663
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

21 February 1922

George William Clark
Marge Laing

George William Clark
Madge Laing
💍 1922/1891

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic duties

24
20

Waitara
Waitara

4 days
4 days

Private residence of Mr John William Laing, Grey Street, Waitara

1664

John William Laing, father

21 February 1922

Rev. H. D. Gould, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	21 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Clark	Marge Laing
BDM Match (95%)	George William Clark	Madge Laing
	💍 1922/1891
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mr John William Laing, Grey Street, Waitara
Folio	1664
Consent	John William Laing, father
Date of Certificate	21 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. D. Gould, Presbyterian

25 February 1922

Alfred David Jones
Elizabeth Robertson

Alfred David Jones
Elizabeth Robertson
💍 1922/1892

Widower (24-12-11)
Widow (4-3-21)

Slaughterman
Domestic duties

42
44

Waitara
Waitara

18 years
12 years

Dwelling of Mrs Elizabeth Robertson, Blake Street, Waitara

1665

25 February 1922

Rev. James McKenna, Roman Catholic

No	4
Date of Notice	25 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred David Jones	Elizabeth Robertson
	💍 1922/1892
Condition	Widower (24-12-11)	Widow (4-3-21)
Profession	Slaughterman	Domestic duties
Age	42	44
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	18 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mrs Elizabeth Robertson, Blake Street, Waitara
Folio	1665
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. James McKenna, Roman Catholic

24 March 1922

Leonard Peek
Eva Mary Knuckey

Leonard Feek
Eva Mary Knuckey
💍 1922/1893

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic duties

25
21

Waitara
Waitara

10 years
8 years

Church of England at Waitara

1666

24 March 1922

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	24 March 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Peek	Eva Mary Knuckey
BDM Match (96%)	Leonard Feek	Eva Mary Knuckey
	💍 1922/1893
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	10 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of England at Waitara
Folio	1666
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, 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).