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

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District of Thames Quarter ending 30 September 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

2 August 1922

James Hill
Susan White

James Hill
Susan Neute
💍 1922/6661

Bachelor
Spinster

Farming
Domestic

32 years
33 years

Turua
Turua

2 years
2 weeks

Registrar's Registry Office Thames

6168

2 August 1922

H. R. Bush, Registrar of Marriages

No	41
Date of Notice	2 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hill	Susan White
BDM Match (86%)	James Hill	Susan Neute
	💍 1922/6661
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farming	Domestic
Age	32 years	33 years
Dwelling Place	Turua	Turua
Length of Residence	2 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Registry Office Thames
Folio	6168
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1922
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar of Marriages

7 August 1922

Norman Barter Baird
Lillas Maude Dufty

Norman Carter Baird
Lillas Maude Duftz
💍 1922/6663

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

23 years
22 years

Thames
Thames

4 days
2 months

St. George's Church Thames

6169

7 August 1922

Rev. J. Beck, Church of England

No	42
Date of Notice	7 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Barter Baird	Lillas Maude Dufty
BDM Match (95%)	Norman Carter Baird	Lillas Maude Duftz
	💍 1922/6663
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	23 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 days	2 months
Marriage Place	St. George's Church Thames
Folio	6169
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Beck, Church of England

15 August 1922

Walter Bernard Hash
Elaine Roy Courtney

Walter Bernard Nash
Elaine Roy Courtney
💍 1922/6664

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

22 years
17 years

Turua
Turua

3 years
5 years

Dwelling of George Courtney at Turua

6170

George Courtney, Father

15 August 1922

Rev. Stewart, Presbyterian

No	43
Date of Notice	15 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Bernard Hash	Elaine Roy Courtney
BDM Match (97%)	Walter Bernard Nash	Elaine Roy Courtney
	💍 1922/6664
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	22 years	17 years
Dwelling Place	Turua	Turua
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of George Courtney at Turua
Folio	6170
Consent	George Courtney, Father
Date of Certificate	15 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Stewart, Presbyterian

22 August 1922

John Flinn
Margaret Bennett

John Flinn
Margaret Bennett
💍 1922/6665

Widower (date of decease of former wife 12-12-15)
Widow (date of decease of former husband 10-4-16)

Blacksmith
Domestic Duties

54
51

Thames
Thames

10 years
1 year

Church of England Thames

6171

22 August 1922

Rev. A. J. Beck, Church of England

No	44
Date of Notice	22 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Flinn	Margaret Bennett
	💍 1922/6665
Condition	Widower (date of decease of former wife 12-12-15)	Widow (date of decease of former husband 10-4-16)
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic Duties
Age	54	51
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	10 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of England Thames
Folio	6171
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Beck, Church of England

29 August 1922

Thomas Edward Tasker
Elizabeth Maude McLennan

Thomas Edward Tasker
Elizabeth Maud McClennan
💍 1922/6666

Bachelor
Widow (date of decease of former husband 21-9-21)

Hotelkeeper
Domestic Duties

49
30

Thames
Thames

49 years
30 years

St. Francis Church Thames

6172

29 August 1922

Father Dignan, Roman Catholic

No	45
Date of Notice	29 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edward Tasker	Elizabeth Maude McLennan
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Edward Tasker	Elizabeth Maud McClennan
	💍 1922/6666
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (date of decease of former husband 21-9-21)
Profession	Hotelkeeper	Domestic Duties
Age	49	30
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	49 years	30 years
Marriage Place	St. Francis Church Thames
Folio	6172
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Father Dignan, Roman Catholic

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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).