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 477

District of Cambridge Quarter ending 31 December 1925 Registrar J. G. 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

30 November 1925

Lawrence Avery Taucher
Laura Evelyn Brown

Lawrence Avery Taucher
Laura Evelyn Brown
💍 1925/9136

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheese Packer
Domestic Duties

24
20

Hautapu
Cambridge

3 months
3 months

Registrar's Office, Cambridge

9220

A Judicial Declaration given under the hand of the Honourable Her Justice Herdman dated at Hamilton the 29th November 1925

30 November 1925

J. G. Allan, Registrar

No	32
Date of Notice	30 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence Avery Taucher	Laura Evelyn Brown
	💍 1925/9136
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheese Packer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Hautapu	Cambridge
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Cambridge
Folio	9220
Consent	A Judicial Declaration given under the hand of the Honourable Her Justice Herdman dated at Hamilton the 29th November 1925
Date of Certificate	30 November 1925
Officiating Minister	J. G. Allan, Registrar

30 November 1925

Thomas Shury Joynt
Heath Denoon Foster

Thomas Shury Joynt
Heath Denoon Foster
💍 1925/9137

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School Teacher

35
33

Cambridge
Cambridge

5 years
5 years

St Andrew's Church of England, Cambridge

9221

30 November 1925

Rev. C. Mortimer-Jones

No	33
Date of Notice	30 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Shury Joynt	Heath Denoon Foster
	💍 1925/9137
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School Teacher
Age	35	33
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church of England, Cambridge
Folio	9221
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 November 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Mortimer-Jones

22 December 1925

Eric Nathanial John Brodersen
Dorothy Grace McKinnon

Eric Nathanial John Brodersen
Dorothy Grace McKinnon
💍 1925/9138

Bachelor
Spinster

Sharemilker
Clerk

24
21

Hautapu
Leamington

2 1/2 years
21 years

Registrar's Office, Cambridge

9222

22 December 1925

J. G. Allan, Registrar

No	34
Date of Notice	22 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Nathanial John Brodersen	Dorothy Grace McKinnon
	💍 1925/9138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sharemilker	Clerk
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Hautapu	Leamington
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Cambridge
Folio	9222
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1925
Officiating Minister	J. G. Allan, Registrar

26 December 1925

David Edward Hart
Eleanor Isabel Watson

David Edward Hart
Eleanor Isabel Watson
💍 1925/9139

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist
Domestic Duties

24
22

Cambridge
Cambridge

3 days
2 days

Residence of Edward Andrew Hart, Cambridge

9223

26 December 1925

Rev. Matthew Curley

No	35
Date of Notice	26 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Edward Hart	Eleanor Isabel Watson
	💍 1925/9139
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Domestic Duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	3 days	2 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Edward Andrew Hart, Cambridge
Folio	9223
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Matthew Curley

28 December 1925

George Henry Chapman
Gladys Lillian Brodersen

George Henry Chapman
Gladys Lillian Brodersen
💍 1925/9140

Bachelor
Spinster

General Labourer
Domestic Duties

18
17

Leamington
Hautapu

2 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Cambridge

9224

G. H. Chapman Father 19.10.25; Andrew Brodersen Father 28.12.25

28 December 1925

J. G. Allan, Registrar

No	36
Date of Notice	28 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Chapman	Gladys Lillian Brodersen
	💍 1925/9140
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	General Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	18	17
Dwelling Place	Leamington	Hautapu
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Cambridge
Folio	9224
Consent	G. H. Chapman Father 19.10.25; Andrew Brodersen Father 28.12.25
Date of Certificate	28 December 1925
Officiating Minister	J. G. 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).