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 1133

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 30 September 1923 Registrar A. Marshall

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

3 July 1923

Edwin Joynt
Rebecca Louisa Wyatt

Edwin Joynt
Rebecca Louisa Wyatt
💍 1923/4286

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Clerk

31
31

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 days
8 years

Methodist Church, Whangarei

6563

3 July 1923

W. H. Speer, Methodist

No	64
Date of Notice	3 July 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Joynt	Rebecca Louisa Wyatt
	💍 1923/4286
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Clerk
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 days	8 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Whangarei
Folio	6563
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1923
Officiating Minister	W. H. Speer, Methodist

4 July 1923

Charles Alan McCarthy
Ida Irene Woods

Charles Alan McCarthny
Ida Irene Woods
💍 1923/4287

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

26
23

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 days
20 years

Roman Catholic Church, Whangarei

6564

4 July 1923

Rev. J. Brennan, Roman Catholic

No	65
Date of Notice	4 July 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alan McCarthy	Ida Irene Woods
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Alan McCarthny	Ida Irene Woods
	💍 1923/4287
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Whangarei
Folio	6564
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Brennan, Roman Catholic

14 July 1923

Lenard Archibald Johnson
Annie Isabella Rowlands

Lenard Archibald Johnson
Annie Isabella Rowlands
💍 1923/4288

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

31
19

Onerahi, Whangarei
Onerahi, Whangarei

3 years
19 years

Presbyterian Church, Whangarei

6565

Charles Ernest Rowlands, father

14 July 1923

G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	66
Date of Notice	14 July 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lenard Archibald Johnson	Annie Isabella Rowlands
	💍 1923/4288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	31	19
Dwelling Place	Onerahi, Whangarei	Onerahi, Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whangarei
Folio	6565
Consent	Charles Ernest Rowlands, father
Date of Certificate	14 July 1923
Officiating Minister	G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

16 July 1923

Frederick Wright
Helen Elizabeth Chetham

Frederick Wright
Helen Elizabeth Chetham
💍 1923/4289

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

23
23

Whangarei
W. H. Chetham's residence, One Tree Point

20 years
9 years

W. H. Chetham's residence, One Tree Point

6566

16 July 1923

Martin J. W. Allarton, Presbyterian

No	67
Date of Notice	16 July 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Wright	Helen Elizabeth Chetham
	💍 1923/4289
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	W. H. Chetham's residence, One Tree Point
Length of Residence	20 years	9 years
Marriage Place	W. H. Chetham's residence, One Tree Point
Folio	6566
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1923
Officiating Minister	Martin J. W. Allarton, Presbyterian

17 July 1923

Carl Alexander Lindquist
Doris Cliff

Carl Alexander Lindqvist
Doris Cliff
💍 1923/4290

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

36
25

Paparoa
Whangarei

30 years
3 years

Methodist Church, Paparoa

6567

17 July 1923

Rev. W. H. Speer, Methodist

No	68
Date of Notice	17 July 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carl Alexander Lindquist	Doris Cliff
BDM Match (98%)	Carl Alexander Lindqvist	Doris Cliff
	💍 1923/4290
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Paparoa	Whangarei
Length of Residence	30 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Paparoa
Folio	6567
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Speer, Methodist

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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).