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 1100

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar Bira

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 February 1922

Thomas Irwin
Annie Heap

Thomas Irwin
Annie Heap
💍 1922/1787

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm-manager
Domestic

36
33

Whangarei
Whangarei

18 months
1 year

Church of England, Whangarei

1560

14 February 1922

Rev. F. C. Cruickshank, Church of England

No	6
Date of Notice	14 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Irwin	Annie Heap
	💍 1922/1787
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm-manager	Domestic
Age	36	33
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	18 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of England, Whangarei
Folio	1560
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. C. Cruickshank, Church of England

14 February 1922

Clarence Annis Massey
Myrtle Walker

Clarence Annis Massey
Myrtle Walker
💍 1922/1788

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Shop assistant

24
24

Whangarei
Whangarei

21 years
6 years

Presbyterian Church, Whangarei

1561

14 February 1922

Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	14 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Annis Massey	Myrtle Walker
	💍 1922/1788
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Shop assistant
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	21 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whangarei
Folio	1561
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

27 February 1922

Alfred Alexander Anderson
Christina Stuart Bindon

Alfred Alexander Anderson
Christina Stuart Bindon
💍 1922/1789

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic

30
23

Okaihau
Whangarei

30 years
2 years

Church of England, Whangarei

1562

27 February 1922

Rev. G. C. Cruickshank, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	27 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Alexander Anderson	Christina Stuart Bindon
	💍 1922/1789
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Okaihau	Whangarei
Length of Residence	30 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Whangarei
Folio	1562
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. C. Cruickshank, Church of England

7 March 1922

Eric Gordon Carter
Dorothy Grace Pattison

Eric Gordon Carter
Dorothy Grace Pattison
💍 1922/1790

Bachelor
Spinster

Vulcaniser
Waitress

18
16

Whangarei
4th Avenue, Whangarei

8 months
16 years

Dwelling of Mr H. C. Pattison, 4th Avenue, Whangarei

1563

Walter Stanley Eric Gordon Carter (father of groom) and Henry Charles Pattison (father of bride)

7 March 1922

Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	7 March 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Gordon Carter	Dorothy Grace Pattison
	💍 1922/1790
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Vulcaniser	Waitress
Age	18	16
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	4th Avenue, Whangarei
Length of Residence	8 months	16 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr H. C. Pattison, 4th Avenue, Whangarei
Folio	1563
Consent	Walter Stanley Eric Gordon Carter (father of groom) and Henry Charles Pattison (father of bride)
Date of Certificate	7 March 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

8 March 1922

Fred Knight
Beatrice Annie Tebbits

Fred Knight
Beatrice Annie Tibbits
💍 1922/1791

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

30
27

Auckland
Whangarei

1 year
8 months

Church of England, Whangarei

1564

8 March 1922

Rev. R. N. Johnson, Church of England

No	10
Date of Notice	8 March 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Knight	Beatrice Annie Tebbits
BDM Match (98%)	Fred Knight	Beatrice Annie Tibbits
	💍 1922/1791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Whangarei
Length of Residence	1 year	8 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Whangarei
Folio	1564
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. N. Johnson, 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).