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 1011

District of Te Aroha Quarter ending 30 September 1925 Registrar A. Dawson

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

09 July 1925

Herbert Frank Mander
Dorothea Edward

Herbert Frank Munder
Dorothea Edwards
💍 1925/6664

Bachelor
Spinster

Post Office Messenger
Saleswoman

28
30

Te Aroha
Te Aroha

5 days
5 years

St Marks Church, Te Aroha

6654

03 July 1925

R. L. Connolly, Church of England

No	28
Date of Notice	09 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Frank Mander	Dorothea Edward
BDM Match (94%)	Herbert Frank Munder	Dorothea Edwards
	💍 1925/6664
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Post Office Messenger	Saleswoman
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Te Aroha	Te Aroha
Length of Residence	5 days	5 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Te Aroha
Folio	6654
Consent
Date of Certificate	03 July 1925
Officiating Minister	R. L. Connolly, Church of England

16 July 1925

Henry Walter Ransdale
Annie Daphne Cumming

Henry Walter Ridsdale
Annie Daphne Cumming
💍 1925/6665

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic

25
23

Te Aroha
Te Aroha

7 years
3 years

Presbyterian Church, Te Aroha

6655

16 July 1925

J. A. Ryburn, Presbyterian

No	29
Date of Notice	16 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Walter Ransdale	Annie Daphne Cumming
BDM Match (95%)	Henry Walter Ridsdale	Annie Daphne Cumming
	💍 1925/6665
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Te Aroha	Te Aroha
Length of Residence	7 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Te Aroha
Folio	6655
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1925
Officiating Minister	J. A. Ryburn, Presbyterian

24 July 1925

Clarence Archibald Swney
Irene Jane Gray

Clarence Archibald Swney
Irene Jane Gray
💍 1925/6666

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

22
22

Waihou
Waihou

22 years
5 years

Methodist Church, Te Aroha

6656

24 July 1925

S. Henderson, Methodist

No	30
Date of Notice	24 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Archibald Swney	Irene Jane Gray
	💍 1925/6666
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Waihou	Waihou
Length of Residence	22 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Te Aroha
Folio	6656
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1925
Officiating Minister	S. Henderson, Methodist

30 July 1925

James Edwin Fugill
Amelia Mary McInman

James Edwin Fugill
Amelia Mary McInman
💍 1925/6667

Bachelor
Widow

Gardener
Domestic

45
48

Te Aroha
Deviesville

40 years
40 years

Roman Catholic Church, Te Aroha

6657

30 July 1925

R. Ryan, Roman Catholic

No	31
Date of Notice	30 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edwin Fugill	Amelia Mary McInman
	💍 1925/6667
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Gardener	Domestic
Age	45	48
Dwelling Place	Te Aroha	Deviesville
Length of Residence	40 years	40 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Te Aroha
Folio	6657
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1925
Officiating Minister	R. Ryan, Roman Catholic

18 August 1925

William John Cassidy
Eva Bleghorn

William John Cassidy
Eva Cleghorn
💍 1925/6668

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

25
22

Putaruru
Waihou

2 days
1 year

Methodist Church, Te Aroha

6658

18 August 1925

S. Henderson, Methodist

No	32
Date of Notice	18 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Cassidy	Eva Bleghorn
BDM Match (96%)	William John Cassidy	Eva Cleghorn
	💍 1925/6668
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Putaruru	Waihou
Length of Residence	2 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Te Aroha
Folio	6658
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1925
Officiating Minister	S. Henderson, 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).