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 559

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1925 Registrar A. B. Besley

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

21 February 1925

Thomas Sherrid Bond
Daisy Helen Jane Holdaway

Thomas Sherrid Bond
Daisy Helen Jane Holdaway
💍 1925/956

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
25

Hamilton
Hamilton

9 months
9 months

First Church Frankton Junction

1505

21 February 1925

L. J. Albert, Presbyterian

No	21
Date of Notice	21 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Sherrid Bond	Daisy Helen Jane Holdaway
	💍 1925/956
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	9 months	9 months
Marriage Place	First Church Frankton Junction
Folio	1505
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1925
Officiating Minister	L. J. Albert, Presbyterian

26 February 1925

Alfred William Morrow
Reina Harriet Edmonds

Alfred William Morrow
Reina Harriet Edmonds
💍 1925/957

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

21
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

7 years
21 years

St Peters Church Hamilton

1506

26 February 1925

E. M. Cowie, Anglican

No	22
Date of Notice	26 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred William Morrow	Reina Harriet Edmonds
	💍 1925/957
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	7 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church Hamilton
Folio	1506
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1925
Officiating Minister	E. M. Cowie, Anglican

28 February 1925

Alfred Slater
Julia Ann Hall

Alfred Slater
Julia Ann Hall
💍 1925/958

Bachelor
Divorced Decree absolute 20 February 1925

Labourer

52
38

Hamilton
Hamilton

1 1/2 years
1 1/2 years

Registrars Office Hamilton

1507

28 February 1925

Registrar

No	23
Date of Notice	28 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Slater	Julia Ann Hall
	💍 1925/958
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree absolute 20 February 1925
Profession	Labourer
Age	52	38
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Hamilton
Folio	1507
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Registrar

2 March 1925

Fermont Cleveland Street
Ivy Mavis Menzies

Dermont Cleveland Street
Ivy Mavis Menzies
💍 1925/959

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

34
19

Hamilton
Hamilton

6 years
9 years

St Georges Church Frankton Junction

1508

Charles Henry Menzies, father

2 March 1925

F. S. Harty, Anglican

No	24
Date of Notice	2 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fermont Cleveland Street	Ivy Mavis Menzies
BDM Match (98%)	Dermont Cleveland Street	Ivy Mavis Menzies
	💍 1925/959
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	34	19
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	6 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church Frankton Junction
Folio	1508
Consent	Charles Henry Menzies, father
Date of Certificate	2 March 1925
Officiating Minister	F. S. Harty, Anglican

3 March 1925

John Welkie
Hylda Maysie Gore Browne

John Wilkie
Hylda Maysie Gore Browne
💍 1925/960

Divorced Decree absolute 20 August 1924
Spinster

Decorator

44
26

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
4 days

Residence of Mr Herdman 311 Heaphy Terrace Claudelands

1509

3 March 1925

H. G. Gilbert, Presbyterian

No	25
Date of Notice	3 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Welkie	Hylda Maysie Gore Browne
BDM Match (95%)	John Wilkie	Hylda Maysie Gore Browne
	💍 1925/960
Condition	Divorced Decree absolute 20 August 1924	Spinster
Profession	Decorator
Age	44	26
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Herdman 311 Heaphy Terrace Claudelands
Folio	1509
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1925
Officiating Minister	H. G. Gilbert, 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).

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).