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 1321

District of Waitara Quarter ending 30 June 1924 Registrar W. Barnard

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 April 1924

Reginald Charles Jury
Vera Audrey Knuckey

Reginald Charles Jury
Vera Audrey Knuckey
💍 1924/2190

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

30
21

Tikorangi
Tikorangi

30 years
10 years

Church of England, Tikorangi

4430

7 April 1924

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	7 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Charles Jury	Vera Audrey Knuckey
	💍 1924/2190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Tikorangi	Tikorangi
Length of Residence	30 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tikorangi
Folio	4430
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

23 April 1924

Victor Richard Pennington
Mette Marie Ekdahl

Victor Richard Pennington
Mette Marie Ekdahl
💍 1924/2191

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic duties

26
18

Okoke
Okoke

3 years
17 years

Residence of Carl Victor Ekdahl, Piko Road, Okoke

4431

Carl Victor Ekdahl, Father

22 April 1924

Rev. H. G. Sell, Church of England

No	6
Date of Notice	23 April 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Richard Pennington	Mette Marie Ekdahl
	💍 1924/2191
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	26	18
Dwelling Place	Okoke	Okoke
Length of Residence	3 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Carl Victor Ekdahl, Piko Road, Okoke
Folio	4431
Consent	Carl Victor Ekdahl, Father
Date of Certificate	22 April 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Sell, Church of England

3 May 1924

Frank Bland Rothwell
Mona Ellen Theobald

Frank Claud Rothwell
Mona Ellen Theobald
💍 1924/2192

Bachelor
Spinster

Bacon factory assistant
Domestic duties

27
19

Inglewood
Lepperton

3 years
4 years

Church of England, Lepperton

4432

Halks Clements Theobald, Father

3 May 1924

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	3 May 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Bland Rothwell	Mona Ellen Theobald
BDM Match (95%)	Frank Claud Rothwell	Mona Ellen Theobald
	💍 1924/2192
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bacon factory assistant	Domestic duties
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Inglewood	Lepperton
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Lepperton
Folio	4432
Consent	Halks Clements Theobald, Father
Date of Certificate	3 May 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

31 May 1924

Kenneth Richard Lye
Violet Ritchie

Kenneth Richard Lye
Violet Ritchie
💍 1924/2170

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
25

Tikorangi
New Plymouth

25 years
4 years at Tikorangi

Church of England, Tikorangi

4433

31 May 1924

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	31 May 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Richard Lye	Violet Ritchie
	💍 1924/2170
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Tikorangi	New Plymouth
Length of Residence	25 years	4 years at Tikorangi
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tikorangi
Folio	4433
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

10 June 1924

Alexander McKay
Vera Anne Elizabeth Gibbons

Alexander McKay
Vera Anne Elizabeth Gibbons
💍 1924/2171

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheesemaker
Domestic duties

37
22

Waitara
Waitara

4 days
4 days

Presbyterian Church, Waitara

4434

10 June 1924

Mr. E. H. Kedgley, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	10 June 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander McKay	Vera Anne Elizabeth Gibbons
	💍 1924/2171
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheesemaker	Domestic duties
Age	37	22
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Waitara
Folio	4434
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1924
Officiating Minister	Mr. E. H. Kedgley, 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).