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 477

District of Dargaville Quarter ending 30 June 1924 Registrar G. A. Morreth

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

14 April 1924

Joni Marinkarich
Vinka Hanulich

Bachelor
Spinster

Gum Washer
Domestic Duties

29
27

Red Hill
Dargaville

11 years
3 1/2 months

Roman Catholic Church, Mangawhare

3888

14 April 1924

Rev J Spierings, Roman Catholic

No	5
Date of Notice	14 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joni Marinkarich	Vinka Hanulich
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gum Washer	Domestic Duties
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Red Hill	Dargaville
Length of Residence	11 years	3 1/2 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Mangawhare
Folio	3888
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev J Spierings, Roman Catholic

22 April 1924

Robert Thomas Cochrane
Allison Russell Hemphill

Robert Thomas Cochrane
Allison Russell Hemphill
💍 1924/1928

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Worker
Household Duties

25
26

Dargaville
Mapuna

4 days
23 years

Holy Trinity Church, Dargaville

3889

22 April 1924

Rev H A Johnson, Church of England

No	6
Date of Notice	22 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Thomas Cochrane	Allison Russell Hemphill
	💍 1924/1928
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Worker	Household Duties
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Mapuna
Length of Residence	4 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Dargaville
Folio	3889
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev H A Johnson, Church of England

29 April 1924

Philip Augustus Ray
Eleanor Kate Nace Coster

Philip Augustus Ray
Eleanor Kate Grace Coster
💍 1924/1929

Bachelor
Spinster

Prison Warder
Domestic Duties

39
25

Mapuna
Mapuna

4 days
6 months

Church of England, Dargaville

3890

29 April 1924

Rev H A Johnson, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	29 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Augustus Ray	Eleanor Kate Nace Coster
BDM Match (96%)	Philip Augustus Ray	Eleanor Kate Grace Coster
	💍 1924/1929
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Prison Warder	Domestic Duties
Age	39	25
Dwelling Place	Mapuna	Mapuna
Length of Residence	4 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Dargaville
Folio	3890
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev H A Johnson, Church of England

3 May 1924

Joan Juretich
Ane Urlich

Ivan Juretich
Ane Urlich
💍 1924/1930

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
18

Ruawai
Dargaville

10 years
6 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Mangawhare

3891

no person in new zealand having authority to give Consent

24 May 1924

Rev J Spierings, Roman Catholic

No	8
Date of Notice	3 May 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joan Juretich	Ane Urlich
BDM Match (92%)	Ivan Juretich	Ane Urlich
	💍 1924/1930
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	18
Dwelling Place	Ruawai	Dargaville
Length of Residence	10 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Mangawhare
Folio	3891
Consent	no person in new zealand having authority to give Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev J Spierings, Roman Catholic

6 May 1924

Homer Murdo Fraser
Ada Lillian Anderson

Homer Murdo Fraser
Ada Lillian Anderson
💍 1924/1931

Bachelor
Spinster

Bridge Carpenter
Domestic Duties

26
19

Dargaville
Hore Hore

3 years
3 years

Registrar's office, Dargaville

3892

Edward George Anderson, father

10 May 1924

George H Morreth, Registrar

No	9
Date of Notice	6 May 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Homer Murdo Fraser	Ada Lillian Anderson
	💍 1924/1931
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bridge Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Hore Hore
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Dargaville
Folio	3892
Consent	Edward George Anderson, father
Date of Certificate	10 May 1924
Officiating Minister	George H Morreth, Registrar

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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).