Intentions to Marry, 1924 Bay of Islands to Raglan

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840521, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1924 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.

1924b contains pages 445-906, covering districts from Bay of Islands to Raglan

Page 461

District of Cambridge Quarter ending 30 September 1924 Registrar H Allan

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

11 July 1924

George Burns
Ivy Myrtle Rowe

George Burns
Ivy Myrtle Rowe
💍 1924/4931

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Manager
Dressmaker

29
21

Hautapu
Cambridge

21 years
10 years

St Andrews Anglican Church, Cambridge

6561

11 July 1924

Rev. Mortimer Jones, Anglican

No	23
Date of Notice	11 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Burns	Ivy Myrtle Rowe
	💍 1924/4931
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Manager	Dressmaker
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Hautapu	Cambridge
Length of Residence	21 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Anglican Church, Cambridge
Folio	6561
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mortimer Jones, Anglican

21 July 1924

Arthur Leopold Simmons
Daisy Livingstone

Arthur Leopold Simmons
Daisy Livingstone
💍 1924/4932

Bachelor
Spinster

House Furnisher
Domestic

39
29

Cambridge
Hamilton

6 years
2 years

St Andrews Anglican Church, Cambridge

6562

21 July 1924

Rev. Mortimer Jones, Anglican

No	24
Date of Notice	21 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Leopold Simmons	Daisy Livingstone
	💍 1924/4932
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	House Furnisher	Domestic
Age	39	29
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Hamilton
Length of Residence	6 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Anglican Church, Cambridge
Folio	6562
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mortimer Jones, Anglican

11 August 1924

Frederick William Wood
Annie Dagg

Frederick William Wood
Annie Dagg
💍 1924/4933

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker
Waitress

22
21

Cambridge
Cambridge

6 years
20 years

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge

6563

11 August 1924

Rev. James Hay, Presbyterian

No	25
Date of Notice	11 August 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Wood	Annie Dagg
	💍 1924/4933
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker	Waitress
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge
Folio	6563
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 August 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Hay, Presbyterian

15 August 1924

Albert Lewis Allen
Aileen McCann

Albert Lewis Allen
Aileen McCann
💍 1924/4934

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
20

Pukekura, Cambridge
Maungatautari, Cambridge

34 years
20 years

Residence of John McCann, Maungatautari, Cambridge

6564

Annie Harriett McCann, mother

15 August 1924

Rev. Matthew Curley, Roman Catholic

No	26
Date of Notice	15 August 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Lewis Allen	Aileen McCann
	💍 1924/4934
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Pukekura, Cambridge	Maungatautari, Cambridge
Length of Residence	34 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John McCann, Maungatautari, Cambridge
Folio	6564
Consent	Annie Harriett McCann, mother
Date of Certificate	15 August 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Matthew Curley, Roman Catholic

21 August 1924

Joseph William Wakefield
Lilian Annie Wood

Joseph William Wakefield
Lilian Annie Wood
💍 1924/4935

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer
Restaurant Keeper

38
45

Potorangi, Cambridge
Cambridge

8 years
7 years

Methodist Church, Cambridge

6565

21 August 1924

Rev. W. J. Elliott, Methodist

No	27
Date of Notice	21 August 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph William Wakefield	Lilian Annie Wood
	💍 1924/4935
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Restaurant Keeper
Age	38	45
Dwelling Place	Potorangi, Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	8 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Cambridge
Folio	6565
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 August 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Elliott, 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).