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 1337

District of Waimate Plains Quarter ending 31 December 1925 Registrar J. B. 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

10 October 1925

George Edward Cooksley
Eva Maud Verry

George Edward Cooksley
Eva Maud Verry
💍 1925/9516

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic
Domestic

23
18

Otakeho
Otakeho

7 days
3 years

Office of the Registrar of marriages, Manaia

9630

William Arthur Verry, father

10 October 1925

J. B. Ward, Registrar of Marriages, Manaia

No	13
Date of Notice	10 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Cooksley	Eva Maud Verry
	💍 1925/9516
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic	Domestic
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Otakeho	Otakeho
Length of Residence	7 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of marriages, Manaia
Folio	9630
Consent	William Arthur Verry, father
Date of Certificate	10 October 1925
Officiating Minister	J. B. Ward, Registrar of Marriages, Manaia

24 November 1925

Ernest Uttinger
Emilia Andreoli

Ernest Uttinger
Emilia Andreoli
💍 1925/9517

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25
26

Okaiawa
Okaiawa

9 years
1 month

Roman Catholic Church, Manaia

9631

24 November 1925

Rev. M. M. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic

No	14
Date of Notice	24 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Uttinger	Emilia Andreoli
	💍 1925/9517
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Okaiawa	Okaiawa
Length of Residence	9 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Manaia
Folio	9631
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 November 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. M. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic

27 November 1925

Ernest Henry George Clark
Margaret Agnes May Curran

Ernest Henry George Clark
Margaret Agnes May Curran
💍 1925/9518

Bachelor
Spinster

Garage Proprietor
Domestic Duties

21
18

Manaia
Manaia

9 months
1 year

Roman Catholic Church, Manaia

9632

William Michael Curran, father

27 November 1925

Rev. M. M. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic

No	15
Date of Notice	27 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Henry George Clark	Margaret Agnes May Curran
	💍 1925/9518
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Garage Proprietor	Domestic Duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Manaia
Length of Residence	9 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Manaia
Folio	9632
Consent	William Michael Curran, father
Date of Certificate	27 November 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. M. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic

8 December 1925

Frederick William Waddell
Dorothy Mary Patterson

Frederick William Waddell
Dorothy Mary Patterson
💍 1925/9519

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

35
30

Manaia
Manaia

1 day
30 years

Methodist Church, Manaia

9633

8 December 1925

Rev. B. Roberts, Methodist

No	16
Date of Notice	8 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Waddell	Dorothy Mary Patterson
	💍 1925/9519
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	30
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Manaia
Length of Residence	1 day	30 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Manaia
Folio	9633
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Roberts, Methodist

17 December 1925

Oswald Gladstone Lambert
Elizabeth Dundas Bowman

Oswald Gladstone Lambert
Elizabeth Dundas Bowman
💍 1926/433

Bachelor
Spinster

Veterinary Surgeon
Domestic Duties

26
26

Hawera
Okaiawa

9 years
8 years

Presbyterian Church, Okaiawa

109

17 December 1925

Rev. Henry James Fletcher, Presbyterian

No	17
Date of Notice	17 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oswald Gladstone Lambert	Elizabeth Dundas Bowman
	💍 1926/433
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Veterinary Surgeon	Domestic Duties
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Okaiawa
Length of Residence	9 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Okaiawa
Folio	109
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry James Fletcher, 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).