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 1057

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

24 November 1925

Thomas Laurence Doherty
Elizabeth Margaret Quinn

Thomas Laurence Doherty
Elizabeth Margaret Quinn
💍 1925/9353

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic duties

30
30

Thames
Matatoki

5 days
30 years

Roman Catholic Church, Thames

9490

24 November 1925

Rev. J. J. Dignan, Roman Catholic

No	52
Date of Notice	24 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Laurence Doherty	Elizabeth Margaret Quinn
	💍 1925/9353
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Thames	Matatoki
Length of Residence	5 days	30 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Thames
Folio	9490
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 November 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Dignan, Roman Catholic

5 December 1925

Albert Arthur Sack
Gladys Evelyn Polton

Albert Arthur Lack
Gladys Evelyn Polton
💍 1925/9354

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Dressmaker

23
21

Thames
Thames

6 years
21 years

St George Church, Thames

9491

5 December 1925

Rev. Robertshawe, Church of England

No	53
Date of Notice	5 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Arthur Sack	Gladys Evelyn Polton
BDM Match (97%)	Albert Arthur Lack	Gladys Evelyn Polton
	💍 1925/9354
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Dressmaker
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	6 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St George Church, Thames
Folio	9491
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robertshawe, Church of England

17 December 1925

George Donaldson
Hazel Florence Taylor

George Donaldson
Hazel Florence Taylor
💍 1925/9355

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

27
23

Thames
Thames

11 years
23 years

Baptist Church, Mary Street, Thames

9492

17 December 1925

Rev. W. E. Lambert, Baptist

No	54
Date of Notice	17 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Donaldson	Hazel Florence Taylor
	💍 1925/9355
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	11 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Mary Street, Thames
Folio	9492
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lambert, Baptist

22 December 1925

James Edward Leonard
Dorothy Granie Molloy

James Edward Leonard
Dorothy Geanie Molloy
💍 1925/9356

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

27
28

Ngatea
Turua

15 years
5 years

Residence of H. H. Allen, Turua

9493

22 December 1925

Rev. J. J. Dignan, Roman Catholic

No	55
Date of Notice	22 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edward Leonard	Dorothy Granie Molloy
BDM Match (98%)	James Edward Leonard	Dorothy Geanie Molloy
	💍 1925/9356
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Ngatea	Turua
Length of Residence	15 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of H. H. Allen, Turua
Folio	9493
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Dignan, Roman Catholic

24 December 1925

Leslie Gordon Cameron
Ivy Graham

Leslie Gordon Cameron
Ivy Graham
💍 1925/9357

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor
Schoolteacher

27
23

Frankton Junction
Thames

3 days
23 years

St James Church, Thames

9494

24 December 1925

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	56
Date of Notice	24 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Gordon Cameron	Ivy Graham
	💍 1925/9357
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor	Schoolteacher
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Frankton Junction	Thames
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	St James Church, Thames
Folio	9494
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

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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).