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 464

District of Cambridge Quarter ending 31 December 1924 Registrar J. 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

12 December 1924

Wilfred Omerod Cubis
Ellen Gertrude Hanna

Wilfred Omerod Cubis
Ellen Gertrude Hanna
💍 1924/6881

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
23

Fencourt, Cambridge
Hautapu, Cambridge

4 years
2 years

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge

9077

12 December 1924

Rev. James Hay, Presbyterian

No	35
Date of Notice	12 December 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Omerod Cubis	Ellen Gertrude Hanna
	💍 1924/6881
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Fencourt, Cambridge	Hautapu, Cambridge
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge
Folio	9077
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Hay, Presbyterian

16 December 1924

Hugh Cain
Eva May Liddington

Hugh Cain
Eva May Liddington
💍 1924/7706

Bachelor
Spinster

Share milker
Domestic Duties

23
20

Whitehall, Cambridge
Whitehall, Cambridge

2 years
12 years

St Pauls Methodist Church, Cambridge

10232

Annie Naomi Liddington, mother

16 December 1924

Rev. W. J. Elliott, Methodist

No	36
Date of Notice	16 December 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Cain	Eva May Liddington
	💍 1924/7706
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Share milker	Domestic Duties
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Whitehall, Cambridge	Whitehall, Cambridge
Length of Residence	2 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St Pauls Methodist Church, Cambridge
Folio	10232
Consent	Annie Naomi Liddington, mother
Date of Certificate	16 December 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Elliott, Methodist

18 December 1924

Geoffrey Hamlin Naughton
Alice Reyland

Geoffrey Hamlin Naughton
Alice Reyland
💍 1924/6887

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

21
21

Roto-o-rangi, Cambridge
Roto-o-rangi, Cambridge

3 months
3 months

St Andrews Anglican Church, Cambridge

9078

18 December 1924

Rev. T. Mortimer-Jones, Church of England

No	37
Date of Notice	18 December 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Geoffrey Hamlin Naughton	Alice Reyland
	💍 1924/6887
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Roto-o-rangi, Cambridge	Roto-o-rangi, Cambridge
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	St Andrews Anglican Church, Cambridge
Folio	9078
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 December 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Mortimer-Jones, Church of England

20 December 1924

Lewin Dearman Edwards
Ann Taylor Smith

Lewin Dearman Edwards
Ann Taylor Smith
💍 1924/6888

Bachelor
Widow, 18th March 1916

Retired Bank Clerk
Nurse

49
46

Cambridge
Cambridge

3 months
3 months

Registrar's Office, Cambridge

9079

20 December 1924

J. C. Allan, Registrar

No	38
Date of Notice	20 December 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewin Dearman Edwards	Ann Taylor Smith
	💍 1924/6888
Condition	Bachelor	Widow, 18th March 1916
Profession	Retired Bank Clerk	Nurse
Age	49	46
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Cambridge
Folio	9079
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1924
Officiating Minister	J. C. Allan, Registrar

23 December 1924

James Jackson
Ethel Caroline Johnson

James Jackson
Ethel Caroline Johnson
💍 1924/6889

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

36
17

Cambridge
Cambridge

3 years
3 years

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge

9080

Robert Livingstone Johnson, father

23 December 1924

Rev. James Hay, Presbyterian

No	39
Date of Notice	23 December 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Jackson	Ethel Caroline Johnson
	💍 1924/6889
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	17
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge
Folio	9080
Consent	Robert Livingstone Johnson, father
Date of Certificate	23 December 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Hay, Presbyterian

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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).