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 1147

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 30 September 1924 Registrar A. Marshall

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

1 July 1924

William Thirlwall Routledge
Wilmot Ruth Sais

William Thirlwall Routledge
Wilmot Ruth Saies
💍 1924/5204

Widower (10/3/10)
Widow (8/9/20)

Curator
Domestic Duties

45
25

Whangarei
Morewa

3 days
18 years

Registrar's Office, Whangarei

6817

1 July 1924

A. Marshall, Registrar

No	47
Date of Notice	1 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thirlwall Routledge	Wilmot Ruth Sais
BDM Match (97%)	William Thirlwall Routledge	Wilmot Ruth Saies
	💍 1924/5204
Condition	Widower (10/3/10)	Widow (8/9/20)
Profession	Curator	Domestic Duties
Age	45	25
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Morewa
Length of Residence	3 days	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Whangarei
Folio	6817
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1924
Officiating Minister	A. Marshall, Registrar

8 July 1924

Alexander Kenneth McLeod
Marguerite Forsyth

Alexander Kenneth McLeod
Marguerite Forsyth
💍 1924/5205

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant
Domestic Duties

25
23

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 years
23 years

Residence of Mrs Forsyth, Manse Street, Whangarei

6818

8 July 1924

G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	48
Date of Notice	8 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Kenneth McLeod	Marguerite Forsyth
	💍 1924/5205
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant	Domestic Duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Forsyth, Manse Street, Whangarei
Folio	6818
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1924
Officiating Minister	G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

8 July 1924

Arthur David Foster
Dora Edith Brott

Arthur David Foster
Dora Edith Brott
💍 1924/5206

Bachelor
Widow (husband died 21st May 1923)

Farmer
Domestic Duties

20 years
35 years

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 days
3 days

Church of England, Whangarei

6819

George Foster, Father

8 July 1924

H. T. Steele, Anglican

No	49
Date of Notice	8 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur David Foster	Dora Edith Brott
	💍 1924/5206
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (husband died 21st May 1923)
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	20 years	35 years
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Whangarei
Folio	6819
Consent	George Foster, Father
Date of Certificate	8 July 1924
Officiating Minister	H. T. Steele, Anglican

9 July 1924

Arnold Harold Rogers
Edna Muriel Lidgard

Arnold Harold Rogers
Edna Muriel Lidgard
💍 1924/5208

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

18
17

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Whangarei

6820

Thomas Harold Rogers, Father; Edna Muriel Lidgard, Mother

9 July 1924

J. P. White, Deputy Registrar

No	50
Date of Notice	9 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arnold Harold Rogers	Edna Muriel Lidgard
	💍 1924/5208
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	18	17
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Whangarei
Folio	6820
Consent	Thomas Harold Rogers, Father; Edna Muriel Lidgard, Mother
Date of Certificate	9 July 1924
Officiating Minister	J. P. White, Deputy Registrar

15 July 1924

Arthur Sais
Annie May Noy

Arthur Saies
Annie May Noy
💍 1924/5209

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand
Domestic Duties

35
22

Whangaroa
Whangarei

3 years
3 days

Registrar's Office, Whangarei

6821

15 July 1924

A. Marshall, Registrar

No	51
Date of Notice	15 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Sais	Annie May Noy
BDM Match (96%)	Arthur Saies	Annie May Noy
	💍 1924/5209
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand	Domestic Duties
Age	35	22
Dwelling Place	Whangaroa	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Whangarei
Folio	6821
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1924
Officiating Minister	A. Marshall, 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).