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 1044

District of Tokatoka Quarter ending 31 December 1923 Registrar H. Cabourn

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

1 November 1923

Herbert Linwood Norris
Margaret Elizabeth Underwood

Herbert Linwood Norris
Margaret Elizabeth Underwood
💍 1923/6948

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
24

Arapohue
Arapohue

4 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Te Kopuru

9067

1 November 1923

H. Cabourn, Registrar

No	22
Date of Notice	1 November 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Linwood Norris	Margaret Elizabeth Underwood
	💍 1923/6948
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Arapohue	Arapohue
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Te Kopuru
Folio	9067
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1923
Officiating Minister	H. Cabourn, Registrar

19 November 1923

Arthur Percival Leonard Thompson
Alice Ellen Underwood

Arthur Percival Leonard Thompson
Alice Ellen Underwood
💍 1923/7719

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

28
22

Pukehuia
Arapohue

12 months
22 years

Residence of William Frederick Underwood, Arapohue

10020

19 November 1923

Rev. H. A. Johnson

No	23
Date of Notice	19 November 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Percival Leonard Thompson	Alice Ellen Underwood
	💍 1923/7719
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Pukehuia	Arapohue
Length of Residence	12 months	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of William Frederick Underwood, Arapohue
Folio	10020
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 November 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Johnson

22 November 1923

Keith Raymond Everson
Isabel Thomas

Keith Raymond Everson
Isobel Thomas
💍 1923/7720

Bachelor
Spinster

Share milker

20
23

Tokatoka
Tokatoka

3 days
23 years

Residence of Mrs. Nancy Thomas, Tokatoka

10021

Ellen Jane Everson, mother

22 November 1923

Rev. H. A. Johnson

No	24
Date of Notice	22 November 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Keith Raymond Everson	Isabel Thomas
BDM Match (96%)	Keith Raymond Everson	Isobel Thomas
	💍 1923/7720
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Share milker
Age	20	23
Dwelling Place	Tokatoka	Tokatoka
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Nancy Thomas, Tokatoka
Folio	10021
Consent	Ellen Jane Everson, mother
Date of Certificate	22 November 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Johnson

22 November 1923

Toni Glamuzina
Matilda Raos

Toni Glamuzina
Matilda Raos
💍 1923/6949

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
22

Redhill
Redhill

14 years
3 days

Roman Catholic Church, Te Kopuru

9068

22 November 1923

Rev. John Spierings

No	25
Date of Notice	22 November 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Toni Glamuzina	Matilda Raos
	💍 1923/6949
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Redhill	Redhill
Length of Residence	14 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Te Kopuru
Folio	9068
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Spierings

27 November 1923

Kenneth Stanley Eggers
Verley Roal Warmington

Kenneth Stanley Eggers
Verley Rose Warmington
💍 1923/7721

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Schoolteacher

25
26

Te Kopuru
Te Kopuru

3 days
26 years

Anglican Church, Te Kopuru

10022

27 November 1923

Rev. H. A. Johnson

No	26
Date of Notice	27 November 1923
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Stanley Eggers	Verley Roal Warmington
BDM Match (95%)	Kenneth Stanley Eggers	Verley Rose Warmington
	💍 1923/7721
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Schoolteacher
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Te Kopuru	Te Kopuru
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Te Kopuru
Folio	10022
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1923
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Johnson

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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).