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 1768

District of Wanganui Quarter ending 30 June 1922 Registrar A. H. Hyslop

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

8 May 1922

Arthur Sydney Tuffey
Gladys Brown Pollard

Arthur Sydney Tuffey
Gladys Brown Pollard
💍 1922/4740

Bachelor
Spinster

Surfaceman
Home duties

22
17

Okora
Bartlecliff

12 months
8 years

St John's Church of England, Wanganui

4354

Annie Gaynor, Mother

8 May 1922

H. Reeve, Church of England

No	76
Date of Notice	8 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Sydney Tuffey	Gladys Brown Pollard
	💍 1922/4740
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surfaceman	Home duties
Age	22	17
Dwelling Place	Okora	Bartlecliff
Length of Residence	12 months	8 years
Marriage Place	St John's Church of England, Wanganui
Folio	4354
Consent	Annie Gaynor, Mother
Date of Certificate	8 May 1922
Officiating Minister	H. Reeve, Church of England

13 May 1922

Ernest Stanley Worthington
Ivy Marshall

Ernest Stanley Worthington
Ivy Marshall
💍 1922/4741

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Saleswoman

32
27

Wanganui
Wanganui

1 day
12 years

Church of Christ, Wanganui

4355

13 May 1922

G. G. Noble, Church of Christ

No	77
Date of Notice	13 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Stanley Worthington	Ivy Marshall
	💍 1922/4741
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Saleswoman
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	1 day	12 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Wanganui
Folio	4355
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1922
Officiating Minister	G. G. Noble, Church of Christ

15 May 1922

Florence Thomas McCarthy
Margaret Ellen Morris

Florence Thomas McCarthy
Margaret Ellen Morris
💍 1922/4742

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

45
32

Manaia
Hamilton

40 years
6 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton

4356

15 May 1922

G. J. Bleakley, Roman Catholic

No	78
Date of Notice	15 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Florence Thomas McCarthy	Margaret Ellen Morris
	💍 1922/4742
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	45	32
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Hamilton
Length of Residence	40 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton
Folio	4356
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1922
Officiating Minister	G. J. Bleakley, Roman Catholic

15 May 1922

William Richard Menkennet
Jessie Jamieson Gibson

William Richard Menhennet
Jessie Jamieson Gibson
💍 1922/4743

Widower (7/12/21)
Spinster

Engineer
Cook

42
39

Patea
Wanganui

22 years
9 months

Presbyterian Manse, Gonville

4357

15 May 1922

Jas. McNeill, Presbyterian

No	79
Date of Notice	15 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Richard Menkennet	Jessie Jamieson Gibson
BDM Match (98%)	William Richard Menhennet	Jessie Jamieson Gibson
	💍 1922/4743
Condition	Widower (7/12/21)	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Cook
Age	42	39
Dwelling Place	Patea	Wanganui
Length of Residence	22 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Gonville
Folio	4357
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1922
Officiating Minister	Jas. McNeill, Presbyterian

16 May 1922

John Barnhill
Gertrude Winifred Wilson Newman

John Barnhill
Gertrude Winifred Wilson Newman
💍 1922/4744

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

38
35

Kairanga
Marton

3 years
15 years

Church of England, Turakina

4358

16 May 1922

V. H. Kitcat, Church of England

No	80
Date of Notice	16 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Barnhill	Gertrude Winifred Wilson Newman
	💍 1922/4744
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	38	35
Dwelling Place	Kairanga	Marton
Length of Residence	3 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Turakina
Folio	4358
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 May 1922
Officiating Minister	V. H. Kitcat, Church of England

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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).