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 1748

District of Taihape Quarter ending 31 December 1922 Registrar [illegible]

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

23 December 1922

Kenneth Robert Gundersen
Margaret Ann Chalmers

Kenneth Robert Gunderson
Margaret Ann Chalmers
💍 1922/8725

Bachelor
Spinster

Haulerdriver
Domestic Duties

24
21

Turangaarere
Turangaarere

15 months
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Taihape

8994

2 December 1922

Rev. J. C. Loan, Presbyterian, Taihape

No	2
Date of Notice	23 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Robert Gundersen	Margaret Ann Chalmers
BDM Match (98%)	Kenneth Robert Gunderson	Margaret Ann Chalmers
	💍 1922/8725
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Haulerdriver	Domestic Duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Turangaarere	Turangaarere
Length of Residence	15 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Taihape
Folio	8994
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Loan, Presbyterian, Taihape

24 December 1922

Albert Charles Ogilvie
Eileen Coleman Frew

Albert Charles Ogilvie
Eileen Coleman Frew
💍 1922/8726

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic Duties

33
20

Rahetapauma
Rahetapauma

2 1/2 years
16 years

Presbyterian Church, Taihape

8995

William Frew, Father

5 December 1922

Rev. J. C. Loan, Presbyterian, Taihape

No	5
Date of Notice	24 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Charles Ogilvie	Eileen Coleman Frew
	💍 1922/8726
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic Duties
Age	33	20
Dwelling Place	Rahetapauma	Rahetapauma
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Taihape
Folio	8995
Consent	William Frew, Father
Date of Certificate	5 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Loan, Presbyterian, Taihape

3 October 1922

Harry Raine
Elizabeth Hannah Piotti Carpenter

Harry Raine
Elizabeth Hannah Piotti Carpenter
💍 1922/8723

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank clerk
Home Duties

29
25

Wanganui
Taihape

3 months
10 years

St. Margaret's Church, Taihape

8992

3 October 1922

Rev. W. F. Stent, Church of England, Taihape

No	21
Date of Notice	3 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Raine	Elizabeth Hannah Piotti Carpenter
	💍 1922/8723
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank clerk	Home Duties
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Taihape
Length of Residence	3 months	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Margaret's Church, Taihape
Folio	8992
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Stent, Church of England, Taihape

22 October 1922

Stanley Joseph Howes
Hannah Eliza Olsen

Stanley Joseph Howes
Hannah Eliza Olsen
💍 1923/2444

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
24

Winiata
Winiata

3 days
4 months

Registrar's Office, Taihape

22 October 1922

A. L. Berry, Registrar, Taihape

No	22
Date of Notice	22 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Joseph Howes	Hannah Eliza Olsen
	💍 1923/2444
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Winiata	Winiata
Length of Residence	3 days	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Taihape
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1922
Officiating Minister	A. L. Berry, Registrar, Taihape

23 November 1922

Joseph Alfred Mortland
Catherine Jane McDonald

Joseph Alfred Mortland
Catherine Jane McDonald
💍 1922/8724

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

34
26

Taihape
Taihape

20 months
4 years

St. David's Presbyterian Church, Taihape

8993

23 November 1922

Rev. J. C. Loan, Presbyterian, Taihape

No	23
Date of Notice	23 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Alfred Mortland	Catherine Jane McDonald
	💍 1922/8724
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	20 months	4 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Presbyterian Church, Taihape
Folio	8993
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Loan, Presbyterian, Taihape

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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).