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 1055

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 December 1925 Registrar H. R. Bush

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

8 October 1925

Albert Gordon Fisher
Florence May Franklin

Albert Gordon Fisher
Florence May Franklin
💍 1925/9365

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
School teacher

23
22

Thames
Thames

18 years
17 years

St James Church

9480

8 October 1925

Rev. Jas. Milne, Presbyterian

No	42
Date of Notice	8 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Gordon Fisher	Florence May Franklin
	💍 1925/9365
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	School teacher
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	18 years	17 years
Marriage Place	St James Church
Folio	9480
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Milne, Presbyterian

12 October 1925

John William Evans
Jozie Isaacs

John William Evans
Jessie Isaacs
💍 1925/9366

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Dressmaker

27
29

Colville
Kauaeranga

5 years
21 years

St James Presbyterian Church

9481

12 October 1925

Rev. Jas. Milne, Presbyterian

No	43
Date of Notice	12 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Evans	Jozie Isaacs
BDM Match (88%)	John William Evans	Jessie Isaacs
	💍 1925/9366
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Dressmaker
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Colville	Kauaeranga
Length of Residence	5 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St James Presbyterian Church
Folio	9481
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Milne, Presbyterian

23 October 1925

Albert Robert Souad
Dorothy Alexandra Rowley

Albert Robert Lomas
Dorothy Alexandra Rowley
💍 1925/9367

Bachelor
Spinster

Fisherman
Domestic

31
23

Thames
Thames

3 years
5 years

St Georges Church, Thames

9482

23 October 1925

Rev. N. Robertshawe, Church of England

No	44
Date of Notice	23 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Robert Souad	Dorothy Alexandra Rowley
BDM Match (92%)	Albert Robert Lomas	Dorothy Alexandra Rowley
	💍 1925/9367
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fisherman	Domestic
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church, Thames
Folio	9482
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. Robertshawe, Church of England

24 October 1925

David Ernest Rickit
Agnes Thelma Roie Willetts

David Ernest Rickit
Agnes Thelma Roie Willetts
💍 1925/9368

Bachelor
Spinster

Shedhand
Domestic duties

44
16

Thames
Residence of Willetts, Abraham Street, Thames

40 years
16 years

Residence of Willetts, Abraham Street, Thames

9483

Under Section 27

7 November 1925

Rev. Adcroft, Methodist

No	45
Date of Notice	24 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Ernest Rickit	Agnes Thelma Roie Willetts
	💍 1925/9368
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shedhand	Domestic duties
Age	44	16
Dwelling Place	Thames	Residence of Willetts, Abraham Street, Thames
Length of Residence	40 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Willetts, Abraham Street, Thames
Folio	9483
Consent	Under Section 27
Date of Certificate	7 November 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Adcroft, Methodist

28 October 1925

Herbert Henry Syus
Edna Lloyd O'Brien

Herbert Henry Syms
Edna Lloyd O'Brien
💍 1925/9369

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Dressmaker

19
24

Thames
Thames

19 years
24 years

Residence of W. E. Lambert, Queen Street, Thames

9484

Herbert Syus, father

28 October 1925

Rev. Sambah, Baptist

No	46
Date of Notice	28 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Henry Syus	Edna Lloyd O'Brien
BDM Match (97%)	Herbert Henry Syms	Edna Lloyd O'Brien
	💍 1925/9369
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Dressmaker
Age	19	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	19 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Residence of W. E. Lambert, Queen Street, Thames
Folio	9484
Consent	Herbert Syus, father
Date of Certificate	28 October 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Sambah, Baptist

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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).