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 1335

District of Waimate Plains Quarter ending 30 September 1925 Registrar J. E. Ward

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

James Ramsay
Mary Grace Betts

James Ramsay
Mary Grace Betts
💍 1925/6881

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheesemaker
Domestic Duties

27
21

Okaiawa
Okaiawa

5 years
21 years

Church of England, Okaiawa

6857

2 July 1925

R. B. Swainson, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	2 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Ramsay	Mary Grace Betts
	💍 1925/6881
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheesemaker	Domestic Duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Okaiawa	Okaiawa
Length of Residence	5 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Okaiawa
Folio	6857
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1925
Officiating Minister	R. B. Swainson, Church of England

16 July 1925

John Henry Miles
Dorothy Maud Willcox

John Henry Miles
Dorothy Maud Willcox
💍 1925/6882

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

22
14

Manaia
Kapuni

3 days
5 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Manaia

6858

Charles Willcox, Father

16 July 1925

J. E. Ward, Registrar of Marriages

No	9
Date of Notice	16 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Miles	Dorothy Maud Willcox
	💍 1925/6882
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	22	14
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Kapuni
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Manaia
Folio	6858
Consent	Charles Willcox, Father
Date of Certificate	16 July 1925
Officiating Minister	J. E. Ward, Registrar of Marriages

20 July 1925

Rudolph Guy Andreas Voullaire
Ivy Alice Vivian Millar

Rudolph Guy Andreas Voullaire
Ivy Alice Vivian Millar
💍 1925/6883

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer
Domestic Duties

30
27

Otakeho
Ouroa

5 years
5 years

Presbyterian Church, Manaia

6859

20 July 1925

J. D. Smith, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	20 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rudolph Guy Andreas Voullaire	Ivy Alice Vivian Millar
	💍 1925/6883
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Otakeho	Ouroa
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Manaia
Folio	6859
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1925
Officiating Minister	J. D. Smith, Presbyterian

20 July 1925

William Busby
May Amelia Rosewarne

William Busby
May Amelia Rosewarne
💍 1925/6860

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

33
20

Inaha
Inaha

3 weeks
3 weeks

Residence of Joseph Busby, Inaha

6860

Samuel Rosewarne, Father

20 July 1925

R. B. Swainson, Church of England

No	11
Date of Notice	20 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Busby	May Amelia Rosewarne
	💍 1925/6860
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	20
Dwelling Place	Inaha	Inaha
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Joseph Busby, Inaha
Folio	6860
Consent	Samuel Rosewarne, Father
Date of Certificate	20 July 1925
Officiating Minister	R. B. Swainson, Church of England

23 July 1925

Charles William Humphris
Edith Lilian Wilkins

Charles William Humphries
Edith Lilian Wilkins
💍 1925/6861

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Milliner

27
28

Haupokonui
Haupokonui

21 days
21 days

St Cuthbert's Church, Manaia

6861

23 July 1925

R. B. Swainson, Church of England

No	12
Date of Notice	23 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Humphris	Edith Lilian Wilkins
BDM Match (98%)	Charles William Humphries	Edith Lilian Wilkins
	💍 1925/6861
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Milliner
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Haupokonui	Haupokonui
Length of Residence	21 days	21 days
Marriage Place	St Cuthbert's Church, Manaia
Folio	6861
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1925
Officiating Minister	R. B. Swainson, 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).