Intentions to Marry, 1923 Bay of Islands to Raglan

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840513, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1923 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.

1923b contains pages 433-894, covering districts from Bay of Islands to Raglan

Page 534

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1923 Registrar J. McKittrick

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

26 March 1923

Frederick Ivo Hampshire
Rose Edith Gadd

Frederick Ivo Hampshire
Rose Edith Gadd
💍 1923/1983

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Linesman

32
21

Clandelands
Clandelands

3 years
3 years

Church of Christ, Clandeland

1522

26 March 1923

Mr. J. J. Foster, Church of Christ

No	56
Date of Notice	26 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Ivo Hampshire	Rose Edith Gadd
	💍 1923/1983
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Linesman
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Clandelands	Clandelands
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Clandeland
Folio	1522
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1923
Officiating Minister	Mr. J. J. Foster, Church of Christ

26 March 1923

Leslie Herbert Fullerton
Doris Flora Macdonald

Leslie Herbert Fullerton
Doris Flora Macdonald
💍 1923/1984

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

25
21

Rototuna
Rototuna

1 year
3 1/2 years

St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Clandeland

1523

26 March 1923

Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

No	57
Date of Notice	26 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Herbert Fullerton	Doris Flora Macdonald
	💍 1923/1984
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Rototuna	Rototuna
Length of Residence	1 year	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Clandeland
Folio	1523
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

26 March 1923

Henry George Rodewald
Annie Dandy

Henry George Rodewald
Annie Dandy
💍 1923/1985

Bachelor
Spinster

Drain-layer & Plasterer
Waitress

26
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

2 months
18 months

St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Clandeland

1524

26 March 1923

Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

No	58
Date of Notice	26 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry George Rodewald	Annie Dandy
	💍 1923/1985
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drain-layer & Plasterer	Waitress
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	2 months	18 months
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Clandeland
Folio	1524
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

26 March 1923

John Harold Edgecumbe
Aileen Clayton-Greene

John Harold Edgecumbe
Aileen Clayton-Greene
💍 1923/2949

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect

37
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

30 years
14 years

St Peters Anglican Church, Hamilton

2670

26 March 1923

Rev. E. M. Cowie

No	59
Date of Notice	26 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Harold Edgecumbe	Aileen Clayton-Greene
	💍 1923/2949
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	37	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	30 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Anglican Church, Hamilton
Folio	2670
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie

27 March 1923

Arthur Taplin
Helen McIntosh Shaw

Arthur Taplin
Helen McIntosh Shaw
💍 1923/1986

Widower (13/9/1916)
Spinster

Foreman Builder
Domestic Duties

32
19

Matangi
Hamilton

3 years
3 days

St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Clandeland

1525

Mary Elizabeth Shaw (Mother)

27 March 1923

Rev. R. Mackie, Presbyterian

No	60
Date of Notice	27 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Taplin	Helen McIntosh Shaw
	💍 1923/1986
Condition	Widower (13/9/1916)	Spinster
Profession	Foreman Builder	Domestic Duties
Age	32	19
Dwelling Place	Matangi	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Clandeland
Folio	1525
Consent	Mary Elizabeth Shaw (Mother)
Date of Certificate	27 March 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mackie, 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).