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 894

District of Rotorua Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar J. Mitchell

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

21 January 1922

Robert Earle McLaren
Annie Boswell

Robert Earle McLaren
Annie Boswell
💍 1922/1729

Bachelor
Divorced (Decree absolute 15 September 1921)

Farmer
Domestic Duties

37
40

Rotorua
Rotorua

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Rotorua

1478

21 January 1922

Frank Mitchell, Registrar

No	6
Date of Notice	21 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Earle McLaren	Annie Boswell
	💍 1922/1729
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (Decree absolute 15 September 1921)
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	37	40
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Rotorua
Folio	1478
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Frank Mitchell, Registrar

3 February 1922

Alexander John Rice
Henrietta Charlotte Pauline Doherty

Alexander John Rice
Henrietta Charlotte Pauline Doherty
💍 1922/1730

Bachelor
Widow (24 August 1920)

Carpenter
Storekeeper

24
43

Ohinemutu
Ohinemutu

8 months
5 years

St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua

1479

3 February 1922

Rev. Dean Lightheart, Roman Catholic

No	7
Date of Notice	3 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander John Rice	Henrietta Charlotte Pauline Doherty
	💍 1922/1730
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (24 August 1920)
Profession	Carpenter	Storekeeper
Age	24	43
Dwelling Place	Ohinemutu	Ohinemutu
Length of Residence	8 months	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua
Folio	1479
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean Lightheart, Roman Catholic

4 February 1922

Oswald Orient Grant
Lucy Fraser

Oswald Orient Grant
Lucy Fraser
💍 1922/1731

Bachelor
Spinster

Cinema Operator
Domestic Duties

30
20

Rotorua
Rotorua

2 years
15 years

St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua

1480

Tihini Fraser, Father

4 February 1922

Rev. Dean Lightheart, Roman Catholic

No	8
Date of Notice	4 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oswald Orient Grant	Lucy Fraser
	💍 1922/1731
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cinema Operator	Domestic Duties
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	2 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua
Folio	1480
Consent	Tihini Fraser, Father
Date of Certificate	4 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean Lightheart, Roman Catholic

14 February 1922

Charles Edwin Ross Turner
Lucy Caroline Mansfield

Charles Edwin Ross Turner
Lucy Caroline Mansfield
💍 1922/1732

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant
Typiste

31
21

Rotorua
Rotorua

2 days
10 years

St. Luke's Church of England, Rotorua

1481

14 February 1922

Rev. B. A. McHutcheon, Church of England

No	9
Date of Notice	14 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edwin Ross Turner	Lucy Caroline Mansfield
	💍 1922/1732
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant	Typiste
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	2 days	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church of England, Rotorua
Folio	1481
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. A. McHutcheon, Church of England

15 February 1922

Frank Newmarch
Emily Karl

Frank Newmarch
Emily Karl
💍 1922/1733

Widower (23 June 1919)
Spinster

Accountant
Domestic Duties

43
26

Rotorua
Otuoa

17 years
27 years

Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua

1482

15 February 1922

Rev. Dean Lightheart, Roman Catholic

No	10
Date of Notice	15 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Newmarch	Emily Karl
	💍 1922/1733
Condition	Widower (23 June 1919)	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Domestic Duties
Age	43	26
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Otuoa
Length of Residence	17 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua
Folio	1482
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean Lightheart, 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).