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 935

District of Rotorua Quarter ending 31 December 1924 Registrar H. Brown

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

22 October 1924

Henry Norman Davies
Gwendolin Winifred Martin

Henry Norman Davies
Gwendolin Winifred Martin
💍 1924/7045

Bachelor
Spinster

Store Assistant
Domestic Duties

25
19

Ngongotaha
Ngongotaha

13 years
3 years

St. Lukes Church of England, Rotorua

9284

S. Martin (Father)

22 October 1924

Rev. W. T. F. Skey, Church of England

No	43
Date of Notice	22 October 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Norman Davies	Gwendolin Winifred Martin
	💍 1924/7045
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store Assistant	Domestic Duties
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Ngongotaha	Ngongotaha
Length of Residence	13 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Lukes Church of England, Rotorua
Folio	9284
Consent	S. Martin (Father)
Date of Certificate	22 October 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. T. F. Skey, Church of England

22 October 1924

Harold Walker
Mary Goodwin

Harold Walker
Mary Goodwin
💍 1924/7046

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic Duties

29
24

Rotorua
Rotorua

20 years
6 months

St. Michaels Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua

9285

22 October 1924

Rev. Dean A. Lightheart, Roman Catholic

No	44
Date of Notice	22 October 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Walker	Mary Goodwin
	💍 1924/7046
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Duties
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	20 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Michaels Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua
Folio	9285
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean A. Lightheart, Roman Catholic

28 October 1924

William Daly
Mona Edwards

William Daly
Mona Edwards
💍 1924/7047

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Worker
Domestic Duties

30
27

Te Whakau
Awahou

3 months
2 months

Registrar's Office, Rotorua

9286

28 October 1924

V. Roberts, Registrar

No	45
Date of Notice	28 October 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Daly	Mona Edwards
	💍 1924/7047
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Worker	Domestic Duties
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Te Whakau	Awahou
Length of Residence	3 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Rotorua
Folio	9286
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1924
Officiating Minister	V. Roberts, Registrar

5 November 1924

William Eric Weathlake
Eunice Mona Tapper

William Eric Westlake
Eunice Mona Tapper
💍 1924/7048

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Official
Domestic Duties

25
23

Rotorua
Rotorua

1 year 9 months
6 years

St. Lukes Church of England, Rotorua

9287

5 November 1924

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

No	46
Date of Notice	5 November 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Eric Weathlake	Eunice Mona Tapper
BDM Match (95%)	William Eric Westlake	Eunice Mona Tapper
	💍 1924/7048
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Official	Domestic Duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	1 year 9 months	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Lukes Church of England, Rotorua
Folio	9287
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 November 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Archdeacon F. W. Chatterton, Church of England

15 November 1924

Thomas Charles Hatton
Mary Josephine Glass

Thomas Charles Hatton
Mary Josephine Glass
💍 1924/7049

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Typiste

22
20

Rotorua
Rotorua

2 years
6 years

St. Michaels Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua

9288

T. H. E. V. Glass (Father)

15 November 1924

Rev. Dean A. Lightheart, Roman Catholic

No	47
Date of Notice	15 November 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Charles Hatton	Mary Josephine Glass
	💍 1924/7049
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Typiste
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Michaels Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua
Folio	9288
Consent	T. H. E. V. Glass (Father)
Date of Certificate	15 November 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean A. Lightheart, 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).