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 1159

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 30 September 1925 Registrar E. P. Ramsey

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

2 July 1925

Mick Milan Yovich
Darinka Yodanovich

Unable to locate any matching record.

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic

28
22

Ruakaka
Ruakaka

5 years
5 weeks

Catholic Church Whangarei

6726

2 July 1925

Rev. W. Stewart, Roman Catholic

No	55
Date of Notice	2 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mick Milan Yovich	Darinka Yodanovich
	💍 Unable to locate any matching record.
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Ruakaka	Ruakaka
Length of Residence	5 years	5 weeks
Marriage Place	Catholic Church Whangarei
Folio	6726
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Stewart, Roman Catholic

6 July 1925

Henry Fleet
Gladys Pearl Horburn

Henry Fleet
Gladys Pearl Thornburn
💍 1925/6745

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

25
20

Whangarei
Parua Bay

2 years
all life

Dwelling of Mr. Worthington Whangarei

6727

6 July 1925

Rev. Geo Lochore, Presbyterian

No	56
Date of Notice	6 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Fleet	Gladys Pearl Horburn
BDM Match (93%)	Henry Fleet	Gladys Pearl Thornburn
	💍 1925/6745
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Parua Bay
Length of Residence	2 years	all life
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr. Worthington Whangarei
Folio	6727
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo Lochore, Presbyterian

6 July 1925

Allan Vincent Babe
Annie Harriet Johnstone Bell

Allan Vincent Babe
Annie Harriet Johnstone Hill
💍 1925/6752

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

26
22

Whangarei
Whangarei

3 years
2 years

Methodist Church Whangarei

6728

6 July 1925

Rev. I. R. B. Woollass, Methodist

No	57
Date of Notice	6 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Vincent Babe	Annie Harriet Johnstone Bell
BDM Match (96%)	Allan Vincent Babe	Annie Harriet Johnstone Hill
	💍 1925/6752
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Whangarei
Folio	6728
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. R. B. Woollass, Methodist

10 July 1925

Malcolm Richard Gavin
Marion Catherine Webb

Malcolm Richard Gavin
Marion Catherine Webb
💍 1925/6753

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician
Domestic

28
20

Titoki
Titoki

12 years
all life

Roman Catholic Church Whangarei

6729

Walter Webb, father

10 July 1925

Rev. W. Stewart, Roman Catholic

No	58
Date of Notice	10 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Malcolm Richard Gavin	Marion Catherine Webb
	💍 1925/6753
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician	Domestic
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Titoki	Titoki
Length of Residence	12 years	all life
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Whangarei
Folio	6729
Consent	Walter Webb, father
Date of Certificate	10 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Stewart, Roman Catholic

21 July 1925

Arthur Grantham
Sarah Rye

Arthur Grantham
Sarah Rye
💍 1925/6754

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

22
21

Ruatangata East
Ruatangata West

13 years
8 years

Methodist Church Whangarei

6730

21 July 1925

Rev. I. R. B. Woollass, Methodist

No	59
Date of Notice	21 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Grantham	Sarah Rye
	💍 1925/6754
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Ruatangata East	Ruatangata West
Length of Residence	13 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Whangarei
Folio	6730
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. R. B. Woollass, 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).