Intentions to Marry, 1923 Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840514, 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.

1923c contains pages 895-1334, covering districts from Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Page 977

District of Te Awamutu Quarter ending 31 March 1923 Registrar J. W. Moore

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

19 January 1923

Christian Petersen
Christine Karsten

Christian Petersen
Christine Karsten
💍 1923/2083

Bachelor
Divorced (Decree absolute 30 August 1919)

Dairy Factory Hand
House Keeper

37
37

Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu

1 day
3 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Te Awamutu

1648

19 January 1923

Registrar of Marriages, Te Awamutu

No	1
Date of Notice	19 January 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christian Petersen	Christine Karsten
	💍 1923/2083
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (Decree absolute 30 August 1919)
Profession	Dairy Factory Hand	House Keeper
Age	37	37
Dwelling Place	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	1 day	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Te Awamutu
Folio	1648
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1923
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Te Awamutu

26 January 1923

Harold Henry Giles
Adelinetry Gomez

Harold Henry Giles
Adeline Ivy Gomez
💍 1923/2084

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

22
20

Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu

2 years
6 years

Presbyterian Manse, Te Awamutu

1649

William Henry Gomez, Father

26 January 1923

Rev. J. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	26 January 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Henry Giles	Adelinetry Gomez
BDM Match (91%)	Harold Henry Giles	Adeline Ivy Gomez
	💍 1923/2084
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Te Awamutu
Folio	1649
Consent	William Henry Gomez, Father
Date of Certificate	26 January 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

1 February 1923

Cyril Thomas Bayly
Mary Hilda Russell

Cyril Thomas Bayly
Mary Hilda Russell
💍 1923/2085

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Clerk

25
19

Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu

15 years
3 years

Church of St. Johns, Te Awamutu

1650

John Edward Russell, Father

1 February 1923

Rev. A. M. Hiblock, Church of England

No	3
Date of Notice	1 February 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Thomas Bayly	Mary Hilda Russell
	💍 1923/2085
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Clerk
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	15 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of St. Johns, Te Awamutu
Folio	1650
Consent	John Edward Russell, Father
Date of Certificate	1 February 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Hiblock, Church of England

12 February 1923

Hugh Henry James Irwin
Sarah Mary Burrows

Hugh Henry James Irwin
Sarah Mary Burrows
💍 1923/39

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
21

Ohaupo
Ohaupo

3 years
12 years

House of Mr. H. J. Irwin, Ohaupo

1651

12 February 1923

Rev. D. N. McKenzie, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	12 February 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Henry James Irwin	Sarah Mary Burrows
	💍 1923/39
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Ohaupo	Ohaupo
Length of Residence	3 years	12 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. H. J. Irwin, Ohaupo
Folio	1651
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. N. McKenzie, Presbyterian

5 March 1923

Charles Henry Pascoe
Margretta Phyllis Annett

Charles Henry Pascoe
Margretta Phyllis Annett
💍 1923/2104

Bachelor
Spinster

Attendant Mental Hospital
Nurse

23
21

Tokanui
Tokanui

1 1/2 years
2 years

Presbyterian Manse, Kihikihi

1652

5 March 1923

Rev. W. J. Babyn, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	5 March 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Pascoe	Margretta Phyllis Annett
	💍 1923/2104
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Attendant Mental Hospital	Nurse
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Tokanui	Tokanui
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Kihikihi
Folio	1652
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Babyn, 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).