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 987

District of Tauranga Quarter ending 30 June 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

29 May 1925

Charles Cyril Wade
Wilhelmena Hamilton

Charles Cyril Wade
Wilhelmena Hamilton
💍 1925/4381

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

19
20

Tauriko
Tauriko

6 years
6 weeks

Church of England, Tauranga

4109

Harry Wade, Father; John Hamilton, Father

29 May 1925

Rev. E. A. McCutchan, Anglican, Tauranga

No	22
Date of Notice	29 May 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Cyril Wade	Wilhelmena Hamilton
	💍 1925/4381
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	19	20
Dwelling Place	Tauriko	Tauriko
Length of Residence	6 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tauranga
Folio	4109
Consent	Harry Wade, Father; John Hamilton, Father
Date of Certificate	29 May 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. McCutchan, Anglican, Tauranga

1 June 1925

Reginald Frederick Polley
Ivy Myrtle Jane Stewart

Reginald Frederick Polley
Ivy Myrtle Jane Stewart
💍 1925/4358

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Nurse

23
23

Tauranga
Tauranga

3 years
20 years

Methodist Church, Tauranga

4110

1 June 1925

Rev. P. L. Frost, Methodist, Tauranga

No	23
Date of Notice	1 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Frederick Polley	Ivy Myrtle Jane Stewart
	💍 1925/4358
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Nurse
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Tauranga
Folio	4110
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. L. Frost, Methodist, Tauranga

2 June 1925

Thomas George Fletcher Sutton
Kathleen Sarah Hynds

Thomas George Fletcher Sutton
Kathleen Sarah Hynds
💍 1925/4359

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

34
21

Paengaroa
Tauranga

16 years
21 years

Presbyterian Church, Tauranga

4111

2 June 1925

Rev. J. W. Smyth, Presbyterian, Tauranga

No	24
Date of Notice	2 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas George Fletcher Sutton	Kathleen Sarah Hynds
	💍 1925/4359
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	34	21
Dwelling Place	Paengaroa	Tauranga
Length of Residence	16 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tauranga
Folio	4111
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Smyth, Presbyterian, Tauranga

4 June 1925

George William Beazley
Rubina Agnes Colhoun

George William Beazley
Rubina Agnes Colhoun
💍 1925/4360

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver
Drapers Assistant

26
28

Tauranga
Tauranga

3 weeks
5 days

Roman Catholic Church, Tauranga

4112

4 June 1925

Rev. R. Bressers, Roman Catholic, Tauranga

No	25
Date of Notice	4 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Beazley	Rubina Agnes Colhoun
	💍 1925/4360
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver	Drapers Assistant
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	3 weeks	5 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tauranga
Folio	4112
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Bressers, Roman Catholic, Tauranga

9 June 1925

David Alexander Wright
Mary Muhan

David Alexander Wright
Mary Meehan
💍 1925/4361

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Domestic Duties

48
68

Tauranga
Tauranga

5 days
61 years

Registrar's Office, Tauranga

4113

9 June 1925

J. Cameron, Registrar, Tauranga

No	26
Date of Notice	9 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Alexander Wright	Mary Muhan
BDM Match (91%)	David Alexander Wright	Mary Meehan
	💍 1925/4361
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	48	68
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	5 days	61 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Tauranga
Folio	4113
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1925
Officiating Minister	J. Cameron, Registrar, 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).