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 1193

District of Eltham Quarter ending 30 September 1925 Registrar A. W. Cready

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

9 July 1925

Sidney John Mellow
Nina Caroline Wanen

Sidney John Nellow
Nina Caroline Warren
💍 1925/6759

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
23

Kaponga
Eltham

27 years
3 days

Methodist Church, Eltham

6751

9 July 1925

Rev. W. W. Avery, Methodist

No	14
Date of Notice	9 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney John Mellow	Nina Caroline Wanen
BDM Match (92%)	Sidney John Nellow	Nina Caroline Warren
	💍 1925/6759
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Kaponga	Eltham
Length of Residence	27 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Eltham
Folio	6751
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. W. Avery, Methodist

27 July 1925

Charles Nelson Mauder
Violet Millicent Nairn

Charles Nelson Maulder
Violet Millicent Nairn
💍 1925/6770

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

24
23

Stratford
Eltham

2 months
Life

Residence of R. Maim, Stewart Road, Eltham

6752

27 July 1925

Rev. E. J. Orange, Presbyterian

No	15
Date of Notice	27 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Nelson Mauder	Violet Millicent Nairn
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Nelson Maulder	Violet Millicent Nairn
	💍 1925/6770
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Stratford	Eltham
Length of Residence	2 months	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of R. Maim, Stewart Road, Eltham
Folio	6752
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Orange, Presbyterian

28 July 1925

William Ernest McKay
Margaret Elizabeth Penny

William Ernest McKay
Margaret Elizabeth Penny
💍 1925/6777

Bachelor
Widow (24 October 1921)

Farmer
Domestic duties

33
36

Mangatoki
Mangatoki

4 years
13 years

Presbyterian Church, Eltham

6753

28 July 1925

Rev. E. J. Orange, Presbyterian

No	16
Date of Notice	28 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ernest McKay	Margaret Elizabeth Penny
	💍 1925/6777
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (24 October 1921)
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	33	36
Dwelling Place	Mangatoki	Mangatoki
Length of Residence	4 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Eltham
Folio	6753
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Orange, Presbyterian

1 August 1925

Hugh Stephen Turner
Maud Ethel Harrison

Hugh Stephen Turner
Maud Ethel Harrison
💍 1925/6778

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

27
22

Eltham
Eltham

Life
Life

All Saints Church, Eltham

6754

1 August 1925

C. H. Isaacson, All Saints Church

No	17
Date of Notice	1 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Stephen Turner	Maud Ethel Harrison
	💍 1925/6778
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Eltham
Folio	6754
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1925
Officiating Minister	C. H. Isaacson, All Saints Church

14 August 1925

Malcolm Stuart Haswell
Sarah Elizabeth Tayler

Malcolm Stuart Haswell
Sarah Elizabeth Taylor
💍 1925/6779

Bachelor
Spinster

Exchange clerk Post office
Clerk

23
23

Eltham
Eltham

8 months
5 months

Presbyterian Church, Eltham

6755

14 August 1925

Rev. E. J. Orange, Presbyterian

No	18
Date of Notice	14 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Malcolm Stuart Haswell	Sarah Elizabeth Tayler
BDM Match (98%)	Malcolm Stuart Haswell	Sarah Elizabeth Taylor
	💍 1925/6779
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Exchange clerk Post office	Clerk
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Eltham
Length of Residence	8 months	5 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Eltham
Folio	6755
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 August 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Orange, 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).