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 492

District of Dargaville Quarter ending 30 June 1925 Registrar A. G. Bard

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

22 April 1925

Jack Barrington Basil Taylor
Thelma Myrtle Louisa Taylor

Jack Barrington Basil Taylor
Thelma Myrtle Louisa Taylor
💍 1925/3008

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

22
21

Tangiteroria
Tangiteroria

8 years
18 years

Undenominational church, Tangiteroria

3861

22 April 1925

Rev. W. A. Watson, Methodist

No	19
Date of Notice	22 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jack Barrington Basil Taylor	Thelma Myrtle Louisa Taylor
	💍 1925/3008
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Tangiteroria	Tangiteroria
Length of Residence	8 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Undenominational church, Tangiteroria
Folio	3861
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Watson, Methodist

28 April 1925

William Irvine Smith
Dorothy Irene Louisa Hall

William Irvine Smith
Dorothy Irene Louisa Hall
💍 1925/3009

Bachelor
Spinster

Loco. Fireman
Domestic Duty

23
20

Kirikopuni
Kirikopuni

3 years
9 years

Church of England, Tangiteroria

3862

James Hall, Father

28 April 1925

Rev. F. D. Hart, Church of England

No	20
Date of Notice	28 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Irvine Smith	Dorothy Irene Louisa Hall
	💍 1925/3009
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Loco. Fireman	Domestic Duty
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Kirikopuni	Kirikopuni
Length of Residence	3 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tangiteroria
Folio	3862
Consent	James Hall, Father
Date of Certificate	28 April 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. D. Hart, Church of England

1 June 1925

Hermann Neils Sorensen
Lucy Rose Newton

Hermann Neils Sorensen
Lucy Rose Newton
💍 1925/3010

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Housekeeper

29
23

Juriwiri
Juriwiri

3 days
2 years

Residence of M. Volund, Noesgaard, Juriwiri

3863

1 June 1925

Rev. W. A. Watson, Methodist

No	21
Date of Notice	1 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hermann Neils Sorensen	Lucy Rose Newton
	💍 1925/3010
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Housekeeper
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Juriwiri	Juriwiri
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of M. Volund, Noesgaard, Juriwiri
Folio	3863
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Watson, Methodist

2 June 1925

Bruce McLeod Ross
Clara Irene Helonise Anderson

Bruce McLeod Ross
Clara Irene Helonise Anderson
💍 1925/3011

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

21
23

Dargaville
Dargaville

3 days
6 months

Church of England, Dargaville

3864

2 June 1925

Rev. F. D. Hart, Church of England

No	22
Date of Notice	2 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bruce McLeod Ross	Clara Irene Helonise Anderson
	💍 1925/3011
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Dargaville
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Dargaville
Folio	3864
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. D. Hart, Church of England

8 June 1925

Mate Galich
Irene Margetts

Mate Galick
Irene Margetts
💍 1925/3012

Bachelor
Spinster

Boardinghouse Keeper
Household duties

28
20

Dargaville
Dargaville

10 years
7 years

Residence of Frederick Deadman, Victoria Street, Dargaville

3865

Marian Margetts, mother

8 June 1925

Rev. W. A. Watson, Methodist

No	23
Date of Notice	8 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mate Galich	Irene Margetts
BDM Match (95%)	Mate Galick	Irene Margetts
	💍 1925/3012
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boardinghouse Keeper	Household duties
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Dargaville
Length of Residence	10 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Frederick Deadman, Victoria Street, Dargaville
Folio	3865
Consent	Marian Margetts, mother
Date of Certificate	8 June 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Watson, Methodist

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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).