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 991

District of Tauranga Quarter ending 31 December 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

12 October 1925

Charles John Cartman
Mary Forsyth Allardyce

Charles John Cartman
Mary Forsyth Allardyce
💍 1925/9330

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Typiste

25
23

Tauranga
Tauranga

4 days
5 years

Registrar's Office, Tauranga

9440

12 October 1925

J. Cameron, Registrar

No	30
Date of Notice	12 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles John Cartman	Mary Forsyth Allardyce
	💍 1925/9330
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Typiste
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	4 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Tauranga
Folio	9440
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1925
Officiating Minister	J. Cameron, Registrar

13 October 1925

Alexander Ferguson
Dorothy Ellen Cross

Alexander Ferguson
Dorothy Helen Cross
💍 1925/9331

Widower (19 November 1918)
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

47
30

Tauranga
Tauranga

3 days
12 years

Church of England, Tauranga

9441

13 October 1925

C. L. Tuke, Church of England

No	31
Date of Notice	13 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Ferguson	Dorothy Ellen Cross
BDM Match (95%)	Alexander Ferguson	Dorothy Helen Cross
	💍 1925/9331
Condition	Widower (19 November 1918)	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	47	30
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tauranga
Folio	9441
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1925
Officiating Minister	C. L. Tuke, Church of England

14 October 1925

Richard Selwyn Brawn Barden
Valmai Marjorie Hall

Richard Selwyn Craven Carden
Valmai Marjorie Hall
💍 1925/9332

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor
Domestic Duties

32
24

Paeroa
Tauranga

-
22 years

Church of England, Tauranga

9442

14 October 1925

E. A. McCutcheon, Church of England

No	32
Date of Notice	14 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Selwyn Brawn Barden	Valmai Marjorie Hall
BDM Match (93%)	Richard Selwyn Craven Carden	Valmai Marjorie Hall
	💍 1925/9332
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor	Domestic Duties
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Tauranga
Length of Residence	-	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tauranga
Folio	9442
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1925
Officiating Minister	E. A. McCutcheon, Church of England

28 October 1925

John Lemmon
Clara Welton

John Lemmon
Clara Welton
💍 1925/9333

Divorced (decree absolute 4th August 1914)
Widow (9th August 1920)

Painter & Decorator
Domestic Duties

46
45

Tauranga
Tauranga

5 years
13 years

Residence of Mrs. Welton, Cameron Rd, Tauranga

9443

28 October 1925

P. L. Frost, Methodist

No	33
Date of Notice	28 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lemmon	Clara Welton
	💍 1925/9333
Condition	Divorced (decree absolute 4th August 1914)	Widow (9th August 1920)
Profession	Painter & Decorator	Domestic Duties
Age	46	45
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	5 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Welton, Cameron Rd, Tauranga
Folio	9443
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1925
Officiating Minister	P. L. Frost, Methodist

17 November 1925

Edward Lind Gossett
Anna Margaret Luscombe Easther

Edward Lind Gosset
Anna Margaret Luscombe Easther
💍 1925/9334

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer
Domestic Duties

44
42

Lower Kaimai
Tauranga

6 years
6 years

Church of England, Tauranga

9444

17 November 1925

A. G. Hall, Church of England

No	34
Date of Notice	17 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Lind Gossett	Anna Margaret Luscombe Easther
BDM Match (97%)	Edward Lind Gosset	Anna Margaret Luscombe Easther
	💍 1925/9334
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	44	42
Dwelling Place	Lower Kaimai	Tauranga
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tauranga
Folio	9444
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 November 1925
Officiating Minister	A. G. Hall, Church of England

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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).