Intentions to Marry, 1925 Bay of Islands to Raglan

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840529, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1925 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.

1925b contains pages 461-924, covering districts from Bay of Islands to Raglan

Page 469

District of Cambridge Quarter ending 31 March 1925 Registrar J. C. Allan

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

6 January 1925

Harry Webb
Janet Dunning

Harry Webb
Janet Dunning
💍 1925/870

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic Duties

32
34

Cambridge
Brentwood, Cambridge

3 years
2 years

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge

1417

6 January 1925

Rev. James Hay, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	6 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Webb	Janet Dunning
	💍 1925/870
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Duties
Age	32	34
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Brentwood, Cambridge
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge
Folio	1417
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Hay, Presbyterian

9 January 1925

William Weldermoth
Janet Semmens

William Wildermoth
Janet Semmens
💍 1925/871

William Henderson
Muriel Semmens
💍 1925/318

Divorced (Decree absolute 20.10.1924)
Widow (17.3.1895)

Gardener
Domestic Duties

66
66

Cambridge
Cambridge

30 years
40 years

Presbyterian Manse, Cambridge

1418

9 January 1925

Rev. James Hay, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	9 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Weldermoth	Janet Semmens
BDM Match (97%)	William Wildermoth	Janet Semmens
	💍 1925/871
BDM Match (68%)	William Henderson	Muriel Semmens
	💍 1925/318
Condition	Divorced (Decree absolute 20.10.1924)	Widow (17.3.1895)
Profession	Gardener	Domestic Duties
Age	66	66
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	30 years	40 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Cambridge
Folio	1418
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Hay, Presbyterian

21 January 1925

William John Saxby
Isabella MacFarlane

William John Saxby
Isabella MacFarlane
💍 1925/873

Widower (27.3.1923)
Widow (28.6.1920)

Farmer
Farmer

44
45

Cambridge
Cambridge

9 years
9 years

Residence of W. G. Lane, Fencourt, Cambridge

1419

21 January 1925

Rev. W. J. Elliott, Methodist

No	3
Date of Notice	21 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Saxby	Isabella MacFarlane
	💍 1925/873
Condition	Widower (27.3.1923)	Widow (28.6.1920)
Profession	Farmer	Farmer
Age	44	45
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	9 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of W. G. Lane, Fencourt, Cambridge
Folio	1419
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Elliott, Methodist

27 January 1925

William Sketor Pollock
Pearl Ruth Walsh

William Hector Pollock
Pearl Ruth Walsh
💍 1925/874

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer
Domestic Duties

20
18

Kaipaki, Cambridge
Kaipaki, Cambridge

3 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Cambridge

1420

Alice Jackson, mother; William Henry Walsh, father

27 January 1925

J. C. Allan, Registrar

No	4
Date of Notice	27 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Sketor Pollock	Pearl Ruth Walsh
BDM Match (93%)	William Hector Pollock	Pearl Ruth Walsh
	💍 1925/874
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Kaipaki, Cambridge	Kaipaki, Cambridge
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Cambridge
Folio	1420
Consent	Alice Jackson, mother; William Henry Walsh, father
Date of Certificate	27 January 1925
Officiating Minister	J. C. Allan, Registrar

28 January 1925

Henry Jakerci
Mary Jane Lee

Henry Takerei
Mary Jane Lee
💍 1925/9989

Bachelor
Widow (1.4.1923)

Lineman
Domestic Duties

23
26

Cambridge
Cambridge

7 years
3 months

Registrar's Office, Cambridge

1421

28 January 1925

J. C. Allan, Registrar

No	5
Date of Notice	28 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Jakerci	Mary Jane Lee
BDM Match (92%)	Henry Takerei	Mary Jane Lee
	💍 1925/9989
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (1.4.1923)
Profession	Lineman	Domestic Duties
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	7 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Cambridge
Folio	1421
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1925
Officiating Minister	J. C. Allan, 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).

Primary digitisation of registers between 1855 and 1925 is now complete. Our digitisation volunteers are now working on verifying the currently digitised pages against printed district/page indexes, to identify pages which may have been missed or out of focus. These pages can be re-imaged as required.

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.

How can I help?

You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

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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).