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 998

District of Thames Quarter ending 30 June 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

13 June 1922

George Worthington
Harriet Eklund

George Worthington
Harriet Eklund
💍 1922/2795

Widower (date decease former wife 31 July 1921)
Widow (date decease former husband 16.9.1917)

Miner
Domestic

54
56

Thames
Thames

6 days
6 days

Dwelling of William Worthington, Pollen Street, Thames

3858

13 June 1922

Rev. Milne, Presbyterian

No	30
Date of Notice	13 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Worthington	Harriet Eklund
	💍 1922/2795
Condition	Widower (date decease former wife 31 July 1921)	Widow (date decease former husband 16.9.1917)
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	54	56
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days
Marriage Place	Dwelling of William Worthington, Pollen Street, Thames
Folio	3858
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Milne, Presbyterian

19 June 1922

Richard Leslie Raynor
Edith Ellen Geary

Richard Leslie Raynor
Edith Ellen Geary
💍 1922/2796

Bachelor
Spinster

Shop assistant
Compositor

30
25

Thames
Thames

3 days
2 years

St Georges Church, Thames

3859

19 June 1922

Rev. A. J. Beck, Church of England

No	31
Date of Notice	19 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Leslie Raynor	Edith Ellen Geary
	💍 1922/2796
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shop assistant	Compositor
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church, Thames
Folio	3859
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Beck, Church of England

20 June 1922

Henry Albert Vollemaere
Kathleen Kelly

Henry Albert Vollemaere
Kathleen Kelly
💍 1922/2773

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor
Home Duties

34
26

Thames
Thames

8 years
15 months

St Francis Church, Thames

3860

20 June 1922

Rev. Father Dignan, Roman Catholic

No	32
Date of Notice	20 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Albert Vollemaere	Kathleen Kelly
	💍 1922/2773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor	Home Duties
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	8 years	15 months
Marriage Place	St Francis Church, Thames
Folio	3860
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Dignan, Roman Catholic

21 June 1922

Thomas Patrick Flynn
Ida Paul

Thomas Patrick Flynn
Ida Paul
💍 1922/2774

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

24
18

Thames
Thames

12 years
1 month

St Francis Church, Thames

3861

David Paul, father

21 June 1922

Rev. Father Dignan, Roman Catholic

No	33
Date of Notice	21 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Patrick Flynn	Ida Paul
	💍 1922/2774
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	12 years	1 month
Marriage Place	St Francis Church, Thames
Folio	3861
Consent	David Paul, father
Date of Certificate	21 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Dignan, Roman Catholic

26 June 1922

William Francis Smith
Ida Leah Morrison

William Francis Smith
Ida Leah Morrison
💍 1922/2775

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

31
27

Thames
Thames

11 years
27 years

St James Presbyterian Church, Thames

3862

26 June 1922

Rev. J. W. Milne, Presbyterian

No	34
Date of Notice	26 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Smith	Ida Leah Morrison
	💍 1922/2775
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	11 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St James Presbyterian Church, Thames
Folio	3862
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Milne, Presbyterian

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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).