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 1169

District of Whangarei Quarter ending 31 December 1925 Registrar E. R. 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

101

12 December 1925

Allan Wilfred Wolfe
Edith Hammond

Allan Wilfrid Wolfe
Edith Hammonds
💍 1925/9395

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Linesman
Domestic

36
22

Kamo
Kamo

18 months
2 years

Church of England, Kamo

9533

12 December 1925

Rev. D. W. Edwards, Church of England

No	101
Date of Notice	12 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Wilfred Wolfe	Edith Hammond
BDM Match (94%)	Allan Wilfrid Wolfe	Edith Hammonds
	💍 1925/9395
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Linesman	Domestic
Age	36	22
Dwelling Place	Kamo	Kamo
Length of Residence	18 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Kamo
Folio	9533
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. W. Edwards, Church of England

102

12 December 1925

Alfred Otto Stephenson
Edith May Alberta Elgar

Aldred Atto Stephenson
Edith May Alberta Edgar
💍 1925/9396

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant
Domestic

31
20

Whangarei
Rekeura

4 days
3 years

Presbyterian Church, Whangarei

9534

William Samuel Elgar, Father

12 December 1925

Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	102
Date of Notice	12 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Otto Stephenson	Edith May Alberta Elgar
BDM Match (93%)	Aldred Atto Stephenson	Edith May Alberta Edgar
	💍 1925/9396
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant	Domestic
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Rekeura
Length of Residence	4 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whangarei
Folio	9534
Consent	William Samuel Elgar, Father
Date of Certificate	12 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

103

18 December 1925

Eric John Hook
Rubina Ruth Hall

Eric John Hook
Rubina Ruth Hall
💍 1925/9373

Bachelor
Spinster

Surfaceman
Hostel Keeper

31
33

Maungatapere
Whangarei

1 year
11 months

Registrar's Office, Whangarei

9535

18 December 1925

E. R. Ramsey, Registrar

No	103
Date of Notice	18 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric John Hook	Rubina Ruth Hall
	💍 1925/9373
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surfaceman	Hostel Keeper
Age	31	33
Dwelling Place	Maungatapere	Whangarei
Length of Residence	1 year	11 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Whangarei
Folio	9535
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 December 1925
Officiating Minister	E. R. Ramsey, Registrar

104

19 December 1925

Peter Joseph Costello
Rene Smith

Peter Joseph Costello
Rene Smith
💍 1925/9374

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher
Domestic

40
21

Tahere, Whangarei
Tahere, Whangarei

5 years
21 years

Roman Catholic Church, Whangarei

9536

19 December 1925

Rev. Father Campbell, Roman Catholic

No	104
Date of Notice	19 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Joseph Costello	Rene Smith
	💍 1925/9374
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher	Domestic
Age	40	21
Dwelling Place	Tahere, Whangarei	Tahere, Whangarei
Length of Residence	5 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Whangarei
Folio	9536
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Campbell, Roman Catholic

105

21 December 1925

Richard Owen Morgan
Eva Fleming

Richard Owen Morgan
Eva Fleming
💍 1925/9375

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Civil Service

38
29

Whangarei
Whangarei

8 years
26 years

Presbyterian Church, Whangarei

9537

21 December 1925

Rev. G. W. Lochore, Presbyterian

No	105
Date of Notice	21 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Owen Morgan	Eva Fleming
	💍 1925/9375
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Civil Service
Age	38	29
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	8 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Whangarei
Folio	9537
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Lochore, 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).