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 997

District of Te Awamutu Quarter ending 31 March 1924 Registrar F. W. Moore

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

30 January 1924

Matthew Dinan
Alice Tomlinson

Matthew Dinan
Alice Tomlinson
💍 1924/8982

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Hand
Domestic duties

25
21

Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu

3 months
3 months

Methodist Church, Te Awamutu

1539

30 January 1924

H. White, Methodist

No	1
Date of Notice	30 January 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Dinan	Alice Tomlinson
	💍 1924/8982
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Hand	Domestic duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Te Awamutu
Folio	1539
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1924
Officiating Minister	H. White, Methodist

31 January 1924

Henry Main Andrew
Jean Wilson Gibson

Henry Main Andrew
Jean Wilson Gibson
💍 1924/8983

Bachelor
Spinster

Grain Merchant
Domestic duties

28
23

Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu

14 years
4 years

Presbyterian Church, Te Awamutu

1540

31 January 1924

F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	31 January 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Main Andrew	Jean Wilson Gibson
	💍 1924/8983
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grain Merchant	Domestic duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	14 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Te Awamutu
Folio	1540
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1924
Officiating Minister	F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

2 February 1924

Dudley Arthur Nicholas
Florence Mary Gibbs

Dudley Arthur Nicholas
Florence Mary Gibbs
💍 1924/8984

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

27
21

Shannon
Te Awamutu

-
2 weeks

Presbyterian Church, Te Awamutu

1541

2 February 1924

F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	2 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dudley Arthur Nicholas	Florence Mary Gibbs
	💍 1924/8984
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Shannon	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	-	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Te Awamutu
Folio	1541
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1924
Officiating Minister	F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

6 February 1924

Joseph Arthur Casey
Margaret Herlihy

Joseph Arthur Casey
Margaret Herlihy
💍 1924/8985

Widower (5/1/21)
Widow (27/4/16)

Warder Instructor
Domestic duties

46
54

Waikeria
Waikeria

4 years
4 days

Catholic Church, Kihikihi

1542

6 February 1924

J. Zanna, Roman Catholic

No	4
Date of Notice	6 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Arthur Casey	Margaret Herlihy
	💍 1924/8985
Condition	Widower (5/1/21)	Widow (27/4/16)
Profession	Warder Instructor	Domestic duties
Age	46	54
Dwelling Place	Waikeria	Waikeria
Length of Residence	4 years	4 days
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Kihikihi
Folio	1542
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1924
Officiating Minister	J. Zanna, Roman Catholic

8 February 1924

Hans Valdemar Nielsen
Mary Maclean

Hans Valdemar Nielsen
Mary Maclean
💍 1924/72

Divorced (decree absolute 18 October 1923)
Spinster

Factory Manager
Bookkeeper

38
32

Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu

1 1/4 years
1 year

Residence of Mrs. Maclean, Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu

1543

8 February 1924

F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	8 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hans Valdemar Nielsen	Mary Maclean
	💍 1924/72
Condition	Divorced (decree absolute 18 October 1923)	Spinster
Profession	Factory Manager	Bookkeeper
Age	38	32
Dwelling Place	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	1 1/4 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Maclean, Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu
Folio	1543
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1924
Officiating Minister	F. A. Thompson, 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).