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 1119

District of Waihi Quarter ending 30 September 1925 Registrar W. M. Wallnutt

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 July 1925

John William Daley
Dorothy Ellen Leggett

John William Daley
Dorothy Ellen Leggett
💍 1925/6733

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway surfaceman
Domestic duties

22
21

Waihi
Waihi

6 days
6 days

Registrar's office, Waihi

6709

8 July 1925

Registrar marriages, Waihi

No	15
Date of Notice	8 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Daley	Dorothy Ellen Leggett
	💍 1925/6733
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway surfaceman	Domestic duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Waihi
Folio	6709
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Registrar marriages, Waihi

9 July 1925

Andrew Devergin Middleton
Mabel Harriet Samson

Andrew Devergin Middleton
Mabel Harriet Samson
💍 1925/6710

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Household duties

21
26

Waihi
Waihi

4 years
26 years

Residence of William Henry Middleton, Marion Road, Waihi

6710

9 July 1925

W. G. Gray, Presbyterian

No	16
Date of Notice	9 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Devergin Middleton	Mabel Harriet Samson
	💍 1925/6710
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Household duties
Age	21	26
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	4 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Residence of William Henry Middleton, Marion Road, Waihi
Folio	6710
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1925
Officiating Minister	W. G. Gray, Presbyterian

20 July 1925

John Henry Pearce
Evelyn Jane Cronin

John Henry Pearce
Evely Jane Cronin
💍 1925/7644

Widower
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

32
24

Waihi
Waihi

5 years
5 months

Roman Catholic Church, Waihi

7072

20 July 1925

J. G. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

No	17
Date of Notice	20 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Pearce	Evelyn Jane Cronin
BDM Match (97%)	John Henry Pearce	Evely Jane Cronin
	💍 1925/7644
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	5 years	5 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Waihi
Folio	7072
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1925
Officiating Minister	J. G. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

23 July 1925

William Shore Hughes
Estelle Lillian Robinson

William Shore Hughes
Estelle Lillian Robinson
💍 1925/6711

Bachelor
Spinster

Police constable
Spinster

21
23

Wellington
Waihi

7 months
23 years

Church of England, Waihi

6711

23 July 1925

J. G. Barnett, Church of England

No	18
Date of Notice	23 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Shore Hughes	Estelle Lillian Robinson
	💍 1925/6711
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police constable	Spinster
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Waihi
Length of Residence	7 months	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waihi
Folio	6711
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1925
Officiating Minister	J. G. Barnett, Church of England

25 July 1925

Albert Lawson Harden
Doris Daphne Lewis

Albert Lawson Harden
Doris Daphne Lewis
💍 1925/6712

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

22
15

Waihi
Waihi

2 months
2 months

Residence of Thomas Lewis, Cuba Street, Waihi

6712

Thomas Lewis, father

25 July 1925

J. G. Barnett, Church of England

No	19
Date of Notice	25 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Lawson Harden	Doris Daphne Lewis
	💍 1925/6712
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	22	15
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Lewis, Cuba Street, Waihi
Folio	6712
Consent	Thomas Lewis, father
Date of Certificate	25 July 1925
Officiating Minister	J. G. Barnett, 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).