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 1197

District of Inglewood Quarter ending 30 September 1923 Registrar A. P. Porteous

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

6 July 1923

Twentyman Wilson Walker
Pearl Grace Willing

Twentyman Wilson Walker
Pearl Grace Willing
💍 1923/4334

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25
19

Inglewood
Inglewood

3 days
6 months

Residence of Mrs C. G. Williams, Inglewood

6612

Pamela Willing, Mother

6 July 1923

C. C. Perkins, Presbyterian

No	15
Date of Notice	6 July 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Twentyman Wilson Walker	Pearl Grace Willing
	💍 1923/4334
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs C. G. Williams, Inglewood
Folio	6612
Consent	Pamela Willing, Mother
Date of Certificate	6 July 1923
Officiating Minister	C. C. Perkins, Presbyterian

10 July 1923

William Henry Thompson
Lena Margaret Laurence

William Henry Thompson
Lena Margaret Laurence
💍 1923/4335

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
20

Tariki
Tariki

14 years
20 years

St Philip English Church, Tariki

6613

Walter Laurence, Father

10 July 1923

C. J. Stanton, Church of England

No	16
Date of Notice	10 July 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Thompson	Lena Margaret Laurence
	💍 1923/4335
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Tariki	Tariki
Length of Residence	14 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Philip English Church, Tariki
Folio	6613
Consent	Walter Laurence, Father
Date of Certificate	10 July 1923
Officiating Minister	C. J. Stanton, Church of England

17 July 1923

Alfred Percival Marsh
Grace Longstaff

Alfred Percival Marsh
Grace Longstaff
💍 1923/4336

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

40
25

Egmont Village
Egmont Village

40 years
8 years

St Andrews English Church, Inglewood

6614

17 July 1923

R. J. Stanton, Church of England

No	17
Date of Notice	17 July 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Percival Marsh	Grace Longstaff
	💍 1923/4336
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	40	25
Dwelling Place	Egmont Village	Egmont Village
Length of Residence	40 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews English Church, Inglewood
Folio	6614
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1923
Officiating Minister	R. J. Stanton, Church of England

18 July 1923

Godfrey Jenning Gribbins
Agnes Ethel Shieller

Godfrey Jenning Gibbins
Agnes Ethel Stieller
💍 1923/4337

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheesemaker
Domestic Duties

23
18

Kaimata
Kaimata

3 years
18 years

Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood

6615

Rose Shieller, Mother

18 July 1923

James Forrestal, Roman Catholic

No	18
Date of Notice	18 July 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Godfrey Jenning Gribbins	Agnes Ethel Shieller
BDM Match (95%)	Godfrey Jenning Gibbins	Agnes Ethel Stieller
	💍 1923/4337
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheesemaker	Domestic Duties
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Kaimata	Kaimata
Length of Residence	3 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood
Folio	6615
Consent	Rose Shieller, Mother
Date of Certificate	18 July 1923
Officiating Minister	James Forrestal, Roman Catholic

23 July 1923

Paul Vivian Schrider
Phoebe Alice Peters

Paul Vivian Schrider
Phoebe Alice Peters
💍 1923/10418

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
17

Inglewood
Inglewood

26 years
17 years

Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood

6616

Oscar Peters, Father

23 July 1923

James Forrestal, Roman Catholic

No	19
Date of Notice	23 July 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Vivian Schrider	Phoebe Alice Peters
	💍 1923/10418
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	17
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Inglewood
Length of Residence	26 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood
Folio	6616
Consent	Oscar Peters, Father
Date of Certificate	23 July 1923
Officiating Minister	James Forrestal, Roman Catholic

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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).