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 488

District of Dargaville Quarter ending 31 March 1925 Registrar P. O'Rourke

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

4 February 1925

Stephen Craig
Alexandra Beryl Irene Coster

Stephen Craig
Alexandra Beryl Irene Coster
💍 1925/909

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic Duties

34
23

Dargaville
Mapuna

1 day
3 days

Private residence of James De Veber Coster, Mapuna

1433

4 February 1925

Rev. H. A. Johnson, Church of England

No	6
Date of Notice	4 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Craig	Alexandra Beryl Irene Coster
	💍 1925/909
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic Duties
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Mapuna
Length of Residence	1 day	3 days
Marriage Place	Private residence of James De Veber Coster, Mapuna
Folio	1433
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Johnson, Church of England

28 February 1925

John Edward Davison
Edith Gertrude Walters

John Edward Davison
Edith Gertrude Walters
💍 1925/910

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Clerk

25
24

Dargaville
Dargaville

2 years
24 years

Church of England, Dargaville

1434

28 February 1925

Rev. H. A. Johnson, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	28 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edward Davison	Edith Gertrude Walters
	💍 1925/910
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Clerk
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Dargaville
Length of Residence	2 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Dargaville
Folio	1434
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Johnson, Church of England

2 March 1925

Anton Bakulich
Ninka Silich

Anton Bakulich
Vinka Silich
💍 1925/887

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

26
21

Dargaville
Dargaville

5 years
3 days

Roman Catholic Church, Mangawhare

1435

2 March 1925

Rev. Joseph Devolder, Roman Catholic

No	8
Date of Notice	2 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Anton Bakulich	Ninka Silich
BDM Match (96%)	Anton Bakulich	Vinka Silich
	💍 1925/887
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Dargaville
Length of Residence	5 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Mangawhare
Folio	1435
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph Devolder, Roman Catholic

2 March 1925

Joseph Jerin Fetica
Kathleen Ellen Pook

Joseph Jurin Letica
Kathleen Ellen Pook
💍 1925/888

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
18

Dargaville
Dargaville

12 years
18 years

Mount Pleasant Maternity Hospital, Awhianga Road, Dargaville

1436

Edyard Pook, father of minor

2 March 1925

Rev. Joseph Devolder, Roman Catholic

No	9
Date of Notice	2 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Jerin Fetica	Kathleen Ellen Pook
BDM Match (95%)	Joseph Jurin Letica	Kathleen Ellen Pook
	💍 1925/888
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	18
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Dargaville
Length of Residence	12 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Mount Pleasant Maternity Hospital, Awhianga Road, Dargaville
Folio	1436
Consent	Edyard Pook, father of minor
Date of Certificate	2 March 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph Devolder, Roman Catholic

5 March 1925

Cecil John Moriarty
Emily Zito

[No Matching record found]

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

25
22

Pukekura
Tangiteroria

5 years
22 years

Roman Catholic Church, Mangawhare

5 March 1925

Rev. Joseph Devolder, Roman Catholic

No	10
Date of Notice	5 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil John Moriarty	Emily Zito
	💍 [No Matching record found]
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Pukekura	Tangiteroria
Length of Residence	5 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Mangawhare
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph Devolder, Roman Catholic

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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).