Intentions to Marry, 1925 Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840530, 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.

1925c contains pages 925-1356, covering districts from Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Page 981

District of Tauranga Quarter ending 31 March 1925 Registrar J. Cameron

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

7 January 1925

Robert Armour Johnston
Mary Elizabeth Johnston

Robert Armour Johnston
Mary Elizabeth Johnston
💍 1925/1097

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Hand
Shop assistant

29
25

Waitoa
Tauranga

18 months
4 years

Presbyterian Church, Tauranga

1627

7 January 1925

J.W. Smyth, Presbyterian, Tauranga

No	1
Date of Notice	7 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Armour Johnston	Mary Elizabeth Johnston
	💍 1925/1097
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Hand	Shop assistant
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Waitoa	Tauranga
Length of Residence	18 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tauranga
Folio	1627
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1925
Officiating Minister	J.W. Smyth, Presbyterian, Tauranga

12 January 1925

Charles Jordan Humphreys
Dorothy Blanche Butcher

Charles Jordan Humphrys
Dorothy Blanche Butcher
💍 1925/1103

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk N.Z. Railways
School Teacher

25
26

Tauranga
Tauranga

3 days
26 years

Church of England, Tauranga

1628

12 January 1925

Rev. Canon H. Packe, Anglican, Tauranga

No	2
Date of Notice	12 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Jordan Humphreys	Dorothy Blanche Butcher
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Jordan Humphrys	Dorothy Blanche Butcher
	💍 1925/1103
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk N.Z. Railways	School Teacher
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tauranga
Folio	1628
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon H. Packe, Anglican, Tauranga

19 February 1925

Douglas Roy Petley
Elizabeth Tangitu

Douglas Roy Petley
Elizabeth Tangitu
💍 1925/1104

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Worker
Domestic Duties

25
17

Tauriko
Tepuna

25
17

Roman Catholic Church, Tepuna

1629

Potana Tangitu, Father

19 February 1925

Rev. Father A. Holierhoek, Roman Catholic, Tepuna

No	3
Date of Notice	19 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Roy Petley	Elizabeth Tangitu
	💍 1925/1104
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Worker	Domestic Duties
Age	25	17
Dwelling Place	Tauriko	Tepuna
Length of Residence	25	17
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tepuna
Folio	1629
Consent	Potana Tangitu, Father
Date of Certificate	19 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father A. Holierhoek, Roman Catholic, Tepuna

3 March 1925

Albert Charles Hamilton Kerr
Agnes Bates

Albert Charles Hamilton Kerr
Agnes Bates
💍 1925/1105

Divorced 9th August 1913
Spinster

Dairy Farmer
Domestic Duties

42
43

Tauranga
Tauranga

one week
one week

Registrar Office, Tauranga

1630

3 March 1925

J. Cameron, Registrar, Tauranga

No	4
Date of Notice	3 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Charles Hamilton Kerr	Agnes Bates
	💍 1925/1105
Condition	Divorced 9th August 1913	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	42	43
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	one week	one week
Marriage Place	Registrar Office, Tauranga
Folio	1630
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1925
Officiating Minister	J. Cameron, Registrar, Tauranga

3 March 1925

Francis Russell Lorrigan
Ethel Beatrice Louisa London

Francis Russell Lorrigan
Ethel Beatrice Louisa London
💍 1925/1106

Bachelor
Spinster

Buttermakers assistant
Dressmaker

19
18

Tauranga
Judea

6 years
4 years

Residence of W.T. London

1631

Francis Lorrigan, Father / W.T. London, Father

3 March 1925

E. A. McCutcheon, Anglican, Tauranga

No	5
Date of Notice	3 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Russell Lorrigan	Ethel Beatrice Louisa London
	💍 1925/1106
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Buttermakers assistant	Dressmaker
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Judea
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of W.T. London
Folio	1631
Consent	Francis Lorrigan, Father / W.T. London, Father
Date of Certificate	3 March 1925
Officiating Minister	E. A. McCutcheon, Anglican, Tauranga

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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).