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 1325

District of Waitara Quarter ending 31 December 1924 Registrar Y. 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 October 1924

Victor Allen Furmage
Evelyn Myrtle Gaustad

Victor Allen Furmage
Evelyn Myrtle Ganstad
💍 1924/7169

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic duties

25
20

Waitara
Waitara

4 days
6 years

Methodist church at Waitara

9487

Charles Elias Gaustad, Father

7 October 1924

Rev. R. B. Gosnell, Methodist

No	19
Date of Notice	7 October 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Allen Furmage	Evelyn Myrtle Gaustad
BDM Match (98%)	Victor Allen Furmage	Evelyn Myrtle Ganstad
	💍 1924/7169
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	4 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Methodist church at Waitara
Folio	9487
Consent	Charles Elias Gaustad, Father
Date of Certificate	7 October 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. B. Gosnell, Methodist

20 October 1924

Claude William Fowler
Gladys Laura Ekdahl

Claude William Fowler
Gladys Laura Ekdahl
💍 1924/7170

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

23
21

Waitara
Waitara

15 years
7 months

Registrar's Office, Waitara

9488

20 October 1924

Y. W. Barnard, Registrar

No	20
Date of Notice	20 October 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude William Fowler	Gladys Laura Ekdahl
	💍 1924/7170
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	15 years	7 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Waitara
Folio	9488
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1924
Officiating Minister	Y. W. Barnard, Registrar

12 November 1924

Cyril Dalliston Lowden
Averil Ragnhild Larsen

Cyril Dalliston Lowden
Averil Ragnhild Larsen
💍 1924/7171

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

21
21

Tariki
Pehu

6 months
14 years

Church of England, Waitara

9489

12 November 1924

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	21
Date of Notice	12 November 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Dalliston Lowden	Averil Ragnhild Larsen
	💍 1924/7171
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Tariki	Pehu
Length of Residence	6 months	14 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waitara
Folio	9489
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

14 November 1924

Gerald Robert Glover Pigott
Mary Stacey Jonas

Gerald Robert Glover Pigott
Mary Stacey Jonas
💍 1924/7172

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
25

Urenui
Urenui

25 years
8 years

Church of England, Urenui

9490

14 November 1924

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	22
Date of Notice	14 November 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gerald Robert Glover Pigott	Mary Stacey Jonas
	💍 1924/7172
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Urenui	Urenui
Length of Residence	25 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Urenui
Folio	9490
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 November 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

2 December 1924

James Louis Bramer
Adie Veda Bullot

James Louis Cramer
Sadie Veda Bullot
💍 1924/7173

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman
Domestic duties

27
22

Waitara
Waitara

4 years
20 years

Residence of Mr. Herbert Eugene Bullot, Queen Street, Waitara

9491

2 December 1924

Rev. E. H. Kedgley, Presbyterian

No	23
Date of Notice	2 December 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Louis Bramer	Adie Veda Bullot
BDM Match (91%)	James Louis Cramer	Sadie Veda Bullot
	💍 1924/7173
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman	Domestic duties
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Herbert Eugene Bullot, Queen Street, Waitara
Folio	9491
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. 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).