Intentions to Marry, 1922 Pongaroa to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840508, 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.

1922e contains pages 1691-2058, covering districts from Pongaroa to Wellington

Page 1951

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar J. H. Kenhope

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

711

25 July 1922

Hector Stewart Broome
Janet Sinclair Munro

Hector Stewart Broome
Janet Sinclair Munro
💍 1922/8202

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

29
28

Wellington
Kaiwarra

3 days
18 years

St John's Church, Wellington

7067

25 July 1922

Rev. S. H. Orr, Presbyterian

No	711
Date of Notice	25 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Stewart Broome	Janet Sinclair Munro
	💍 1922/8202
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Kaiwarra
Length of Residence	3 days	18 years
Marriage Place	St John's Church, Wellington
Folio	7067
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. H. Orr, Presbyterian

712

25 July 1922

Archibald Anthony Rigg
Violet May Hood

Archibald Edmond Anthony Rigg
Violet May Hood
💍 1922/5306

Bachelor
Spinster

Fire Brigadesman

21
20

Wellington
Wellington

21 years
15 months

St Patrick's Church, Kilbirnie

5029

Eliza Anne Hood, mother

25 July 1922

Rev. J. Connolly, Roman Catholic

No	712
Date of Notice	25 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Anthony Rigg	Violet May Hood
BDM Match (88%)	Archibald Edmond Anthony Rigg	Violet May Hood
	💍 1922/5306
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fire Brigadesman
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	21 years	15 months
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Church, Kilbirnie
Folio	5029
Consent	Eliza Anne Hood, mother
Date of Certificate	25 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Connolly, Roman Catholic

713

26 July 1922

John William Rogers
Louie May Dennehy

John William Rogers
Louie May Dennehy
💍 1922/5307

John Edward Rogers
Ellen Mary Dennehy
💍 1922/5393

Widower (25/12/1921)
Widow (8/10/1911)

Joiner

46
43

Rona Bay
Rona Bay

5 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

5030

26 July 1922

Registrar

No	713
Date of Notice	26 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Rogers	Louie May Dennehy
	💍 1922/5307
BDM Match (65%)	John Edward Rogers	Ellen Mary Dennehy
	💍 1922/5393
Condition	Widower (25/12/1921)	Widow (8/10/1911)
Profession	Joiner
Age	46	43
Dwelling Place	Rona Bay	Rona Bay
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	5030
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Registrar

714

27 July 1922

John Reginald Kissel
Violet Margaret Hoare

John Reginald Kissel
Violet Margaret Hoare
💍 1922/5308

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
12 months

St John's Church, Wellington

5031

27 July 1922

Rev. J. Gibb, Presbyterian

No	714
Date of Notice	27 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Reginald Kissel	Violet Margaret Hoare
	💍 1922/5308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	12 months
Marriage Place	St John's Church, Wellington
Folio	5031
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb, Presbyterian

715

27 July 1922

Adolphus Thorpe Earl
Retia Mary Hay

Adolphus Thorp Earl
Retia Mary Hay
💍 1922/5309

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
21

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
2 weeks

Registrar's Office, Wellington

5032

27 July 1922

Registrar

No	715
Date of Notice	27 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adolphus Thorpe Earl	Retia Mary Hay
BDM Match (98%)	Adolphus Thorp Earl	Retia Mary Hay
	💍 1922/5309
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	5032
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).