Intentions to Marry, 1924 Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840522, 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.

1924c contains pages 907-1334, covering districts from Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Page 929

District of Rotorua Quarter ending 30 June 1924 Registrar H. Crowther

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 May 1924

Henry Langguth
Winifred Chambers

Henry Langguth
Winifred Chambers
💍 1924/1232

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Typiste

27
19

Rotorua
Rotorua

5 days
2 weeks

Registrar's Office, Rotorua

4119

Winifred Chambers (Mother)

6 May 1924

H. Crowther, Registrar

No	22
Date of Notice	6 May 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Langguth	Winifred Chambers
	💍 1924/1232
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Typiste
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	5 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Rotorua
Folio	4119
Consent	Winifred Chambers (Mother)
Date of Certificate	6 May 1924
Officiating Minister	H. Crowther, Registrar

12 May 1924

Francis William Attwood
Ruth Scanlon Henderson

Francis William Attwood
Ruth Scanlon Henderson
💍 1924/1234

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver
Home Duties

30
20

Rotorua
Rotorua

4 weeks
19 years

Rev. Ab. Sanderson's Private House, Pukutura Street, Rotorua

4120

Elizabeth Martina Henderson (Mother)

12 May 1924

Rev. Ab. Sanderson, Presbyterian

No	23
Date of Notice	12 May 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William Attwood	Ruth Scanlon Henderson
	💍 1924/1234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver	Home Duties
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	4 weeks	19 years
Marriage Place	Rev. Ab. Sanderson's Private House, Pukutura Street, Rotorua
Folio	4120
Consent	Elizabeth Martina Henderson (Mother)
Date of Certificate	12 May 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ab. Sanderson, Presbyterian

13 May 1924

Vivian Horatio Cyril Lourdes Ross
Irma Mabel Tattershall

Vivian Horatio Cyril Lourdes Ross
Lorna Mabel Tattersall
💍 1924/1235

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer
Domestic Duties

25
20

Rotorua
Rotorua

3 days
20 years

St. Luke's Church of England, Rotorua

4121

Clement Tattershall (Father)

13 May 1924

Rev. Archdeacon F. W. Chatterton, Church of England

No	24
Date of Notice	13 May 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vivian Horatio Cyril Lourdes Ross	Irma Mabel Tattershall
BDM Match (91%)	Vivian Horatio Cyril Lourdes Ross	Lorna Mabel Tattersall
	💍 1924/1235
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church of England, Rotorua
Folio	4121
Consent	Clement Tattershall (Father)
Date of Certificate	13 May 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Archdeacon F. W. Chatterton, Church of England

16 May 1924

Alfred Richard Thomas
Florence Marjorie Galbraith

Alfred Richard Thomas
Florence Marjorie Gallbraith
💍 1924/1236

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic Duties

24
22

Rotorua
Rotorua

16 years
3 years

St. Luke's Church of England, Rotorua

4122

16 May 1924

Rev. Archdeacon F. W. Chatterton, Church of England

No	25
Date of Notice	16 May 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Richard Thomas	Florence Marjorie Galbraith
BDM Match (98%)	Alfred Richard Thomas	Florence Marjorie Gallbraith
	💍 1924/1236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic Duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	16 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church of England, Rotorua
Folio	4122
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 May 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Archdeacon F. W. Chatterton, Church of England

27 May 1924

Walter Louden
Margaret Mary Walsh

Walter Louden
Margaret May Walsh
💍 1924/1237

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic Duties

26
23

Mamaku
Mamaku

3 years
21 years

St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua

4123

27 May 1924

Rev. Martin Alink, Roman Catholic

No	26
Date of Notice	27 May 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Louden	Margaret Mary Walsh
BDM Match (97%)	Walter Louden	Margaret May Walsh
	💍 1924/1237
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic Duties
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Mamaku	Mamaku
Length of Residence	3 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua
Folio	4123
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 May 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Martin Alink, 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).