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 1339

District of Waitara Quarter ending 31 March 1925 Registrar J. H. Stewart

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 February 1925

Rudolph Edward Laurent
Barbara Maud Taylor

Rudolph Edward Laurent
Barbara Maud Taylor
💍 1925/9904

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmhand
Domestic duties

26
28

Waitara
Waitara

4 years
9 years

Residence of Thomas Taylor, Nelson Street, Waitara

1811

2 February 1925

Rev. E. H. Hedgley, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	2 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rudolph Edward Laurent	Barbara Maud Taylor
	💍 1925/9904
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmhand	Domestic duties
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	4 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Taylor, Nelson Street, Waitara
Folio	1811
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. H. Hedgley, Presbyterian

16 February 1925

Donald Laing
Nita Victorine Goddard

Donald Laing
Nita Victorine Goddard
💍 1925/9905

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Music Teacher

28
21

Waitara
Waitara

10 years
21 years

Church of England, Waitara

1812

16 February 1925

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	2
Date of Notice	16 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Laing	Nita Victorine Goddard
	💍 1925/9905
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Music Teacher
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	10 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waitara
Folio	1812
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

18 February 1925

Charles Tudor Hall
Patricia Baker

Charles Tudor Hall
Patricia Baker
💍 1925/9906

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School Teacher

25
19

Brixton
Waitara

8 years
19 years

Presbyterian Church, Waitara

1813

William Baker, Father

18 February 1925

Rev. E. H. Hedgley, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	18 February 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Tudor Hall	Patricia Baker
	💍 1925/9906
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School Teacher
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Brixton	Waitara
Length of Residence	8 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Waitara
Folio	1813
Consent	William Baker, Father
Date of Certificate	18 February 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. H. Hedgley, Presbyterian

4 March 1925

John George Howell
Nellie Mary Isabelle Hutchins

John George Howell
Nellie Mavis Isobelle Hutchins
💍 1925/9907

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

24
20

Tongaporutu
Tongaporutu

2 years
3 years

Church of England, Waitara

1814

4 March 1925

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	4
Date of Notice	4 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John George Howell	Nellie Mary Isabelle Hutchins
BDM Match (93%)	John George Howell	Nellie Mavis Isobelle Hutchins
	💍 1925/9907
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Tongaporutu	Tongaporutu
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waitara
Folio	1814
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

26 March 1925

Frederick Adrian Tansell Jenkins
Margaret Scaife

Frederick Adrian Maunsell Jenkins
Margaret Scaife
💍 1925/9908

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nursing sister

31
31

Urenui
Urenui

10 months
2 years

Church of England, Urenui

1815

26 March 1925

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	26 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Adrian Tansell Jenkins	Margaret Scaife
BDM Match (97%)	Frederick Adrian Maunsell Jenkins	Margaret Scaife
	💍 1925/9908
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nursing sister
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Urenui	Urenui
Length of Residence	10 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Urenui
Folio	1815
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, 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).