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 1141

District of Whakatane Quarter ending 30 June 1925 Registrar A. F. [illegible]

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

4 April 1925

Gilbert Richard Yeoman
Jenny Allen Hill

Gilbert Richard Yeoman
Jenny Allen Hill
💍 1925/4419

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25
23

Taneatua
Taneatua

22 years
7 years

Residence of Mr. George Hill, Taneatua

4195

4 April 1925

E. Bandy, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	4 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Richard Yeoman	Jenny Allen Hill
	💍 1925/4419
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Taneatua	Taneatua
Length of Residence	22 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. George Hill, Taneatua
Folio	4195
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1925
Officiating Minister	E. Bandy, Presbyterian

14 April 1925

James Allen Ferguson
Josephine Lizzie Appleton

James Allen Ferguson
Josephine Lizzie Appleton
💍 1925/4420

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic Duties

23
23

Auckland
Whakatane

3 days
2 months

Residence of Mr. J. Emmett, Whakatane

4196

14 April 1925

W. Butterworth, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	14 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Allen Ferguson	Josephine Lizzie Appleton
	💍 1925/4420
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Duties
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Whakatane
Length of Residence	3 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Emmett, Whakatane
Folio	4196
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1925
Officiating Minister	W. Butterworth, Presbyterian

16 April 1925

Kenneth Ubric Knight
Kathleen Eleanor Eivers

Kenneth Ulrie Knight
Kathleen Eleanor Eivers
💍 1925/4421

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household Duties

25
22

Whakatane
Whakatane

7 years
22 years

St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Whakatane

4197

16 April 1925

W. van Westeinde, Roman Catholic

No	5
Date of Notice	16 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Ubric Knight	Kathleen Eleanor Eivers
BDM Match (95%)	Kenneth Ulrie Knight	Kathleen Eleanor Eivers
	💍 1925/4421
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household Duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Whakatane	Whakatane
Length of Residence	7 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Whakatane
Folio	4197
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1925
Officiating Minister	W. van Westeinde, Roman Catholic

27 April 1925

Arthur Hall
Eva Jane Britten

Arthur Hall
Eva Jane Britten
💍 1925/4422

Widower
Spinster

Carrier
Shop Assistant

42
41

Whakatane
Whakatane

5 years
30 years

Presbyterian Church, Whakatane

4198

27 April 1925

W. Butterworth, Presbyterian

No	6
Date of Notice	27 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Hall	Eva Jane Britten
	💍 1925/4422
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Shop Assistant
Age	42	41
Dwelling Place	Whakatane	Whakatane
Length of Residence	5 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whakatane
Folio	4198
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1925
Officiating Minister	W. Butterworth, Presbyterian

4 May 1925

Charles Samuel Armstrong
Ida Zoe Creeke

Charles Samuel Armstrong
Ida Zoe Creeke
💍 1925/4423

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer, Jeweller
Domestic Duties

27
23

Whakatane
Whakatane

4 1/2 years
20 years

St. George's English Church, Whakatane

4199

4 May 1925

W. W. Lambert, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	4 May 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Samuel Armstrong	Ida Zoe Creeke
	💍 1925/4423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer, Jeweller	Domestic Duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Whakatane	Whakatane
Length of Residence	4 1/2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. George's English Church, Whakatane
Folio	4199
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1925
Officiating Minister	W. W. Lambert, 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).