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 924

District of Taumarunui Quarter ending 31 December 1922 Registrar H. C. W. Blundell

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

12 December 1922

Solomon Parkinson
Maud Gregory

Solomon Parkinson
Maud Gregory
💍 1922/7681

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand
Domestic

21
20

Taumarunui
Taumarunui

14 years
2 years

Office of Registrar, Taumarunui

8541

Ethel Hannah, Mother

19 December 1922

Rev. J. Duffy, Registrar

No	38
Date of Notice	12 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Solomon Parkinson	Maud Gregory
	💍 1922/7681
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand	Domestic
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	14 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Taumarunui
Folio	8541
Consent	Ethel Hannah, Mother
Date of Certificate	19 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Duffy, Registrar

14 December 1922

James McPherson
Lilian May Long

James McPherson
Lilian May Long
💍 1922/7683

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

31
26

Taumarunui
Kahukura

10 years
8 years

Church of England, Taumarunui

8542

19 December 1922

Rev. C. W. Turner, Church of England

No	39
Date of Notice	14 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McPherson	Lilian May Long
	💍 1922/7683
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Kahukura
Length of Residence	10 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Taumarunui
Folio	8542
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. W. Turner, Church of England

20 December 1922

Edward Henry Lincoln
Kathleen Mary Lidswell

Edward Henry Lincoln
Kathleen Mary Tidswell
💍 1922/7682

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
16

Taumarunui
Taumarunui

15 years
6 years

Office of Registrar, Taumarunui

8543

Caroline Mary Lidswell, Mother

20 December 1922

Registrar, Taumarunui

No	40
Date of Notice	20 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Henry Lincoln	Kathleen Mary Lidswell
BDM Match (98%)	Edward Henry Lincoln	Kathleen Mary Tidswell
	💍 1922/7682
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	16
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	15 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Taumarunui
Folio	8543
Consent	Caroline Mary Lidswell, Mother
Date of Certificate	20 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Taumarunui

21 December 1922

Wiremu Bell
Harata Paraone

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
34

Punga Punga, Taumarunui
Punga Punga, Taumarunui

32 years
34 years

Office of Registrar, Taumarunui

8544

21 December 1922

Registrar, Taumarunui

No	41
Date of Notice	21 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wiremu Bell	Harata Paraone
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	34
Dwelling Place	Punga Punga, Taumarunui	Punga Punga, Taumarunui
Length of Residence	32 years	34 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Taumarunui
Folio	8544
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Taumarunui

21 December 1922

Adolphus Bernard Sanders
Eugnie Donaldson

Adolphus Bernard Sanders
Eugenie Donaldson
💍 1922/7686

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
School Teacher

32
22

Taumarunui
Taumarunui

2 days
2 years

Residence of Bride's Mother, Taumarunui

8545

21 December 1922

Rev. E. Bishop, Presbyterian

No	42
Date of Notice	21 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adolphus Bernard Sanders	Eugnie Donaldson
BDM Match (97%)	Adolphus Bernard Sanders	Eugenie Donaldson
	💍 1922/7686
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	School Teacher
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Taumarunui	Taumarunui
Length of Residence	2 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Mother, Taumarunui
Folio	8545
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Bishop, 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).