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 1315

District of Waimate Plains Quarter ending 30 September 1924 Registrar J. E. Ward

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

7 July 1924

Henry Morehead Poole
Pearline Mary Creery

Henry Morshead Poole
Pearlene Mary Creery
💍 1924/5261

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household Duties

35
20

Aurora
Aurora

20 years
5 years

Presbyterian Church, Manaia

6950

Thomas Creery, Father

9 July 1924

Rev. J. D. Smith, Presbyterian

No	13
Date of Notice	7 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Morehead Poole	Pearline Mary Creery
BDM Match (95%)	Henry Morshead Poole	Pearlene Mary Creery
	💍 1924/5261
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household Duties
Age	35	20
Dwelling Place	Aurora	Aurora
Length of Residence	20 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Manaia
Folio	6950
Consent	Thomas Creery, Father
Date of Certificate	9 July 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Smith, Presbyterian

9 July 1924

William Herbert Wells
Evelyn Eliza Hughes

William Herbert Wells
Evelyn Eliza Hughes
💍 1924/10753

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

27
19

Manaia
Manaia

27 years
3 months

Registrar's Office, Manaia

6951

No person in Dominion having authority to give consent

24 July 1924

J. M. Miller, Deputy Registrar

No	14
Date of Notice	9 July 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Herbert Wells	Evelyn Eliza Hughes
	💍 1924/10753
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Manaia
Length of Residence	27 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Manaia
Folio	6951
Consent	No person in Dominion having authority to give consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1924
Officiating Minister	J. M. Miller, Deputy Registrar

1 August 1924

Alfred Henry Corey
Eleanor Levenia Jones

Alfred Henry Corey
Levenia Eleanor Jones
💍 1924/5269

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic Duties

26
37

Hawera
Manaia

7 years
20 years

St Cuthbert's Church, Manaia

6952

1 August 1924

Rev. A. C. Swainson, Church of England

No	15
Date of Notice	1 August 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Henry Corey	Eleanor Levenia Jones
BDM Match (71%)	Alfred Henry Corey	Levenia Eleanor Jones
	💍 1924/5269
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic Duties
Age	26	37
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Manaia
Length of Residence	7 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Cuthbert's Church, Manaia
Folio	6952
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Swainson, Church of England

8 September 1924

George Herbert Stephenson
Delcie Amelia Willcox

George Herbert Stephenson
Delcie Amelia Willcox
💍 1924/5280

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Servant

24
19

Manaia
Manaia

3 days
6 years

Presbyterian Manse, Manaia

6953

Charles Willcox, Father

8 September 1924

Rev. J. D. Smith, Presbyterian

No	16
Date of Notice	8 September 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Herbert Stephenson	Delcie Amelia Willcox
	💍 1924/5280
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Servant
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Manaia
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Manaia
Folio	6953
Consent	Charles Willcox, Father
Date of Certificate	8 September 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Smith, Presbyterian

30 September 1924

James Graham
Inez Bauchop

James Graham
Inez Bauchop
💍 1924/5286

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheese-maker
Domestic Duties

27
21

Kapuni
Otakeho

2 years
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Manaia

6954

30 September 1924

Rev. J. D. Smith, Presbyterian

No	17
Date of Notice	30 September 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Graham	Inez Bauchop
	💍 1924/5286
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheese-maker	Domestic Duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Kapuni	Otakeho
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Manaia
Folio	6954
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 September 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Smith, 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).