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 1341

District of Waitara Quarter ending 30 June 1925 Registrar J. W. Barnard

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

14 April 1925

William Arthur Watty
Kathleen Amelia Kershaw

William Arthur Watty
Kathleen Amelia Kershaw
💍 1925/4602

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
Domestic duties

22
19

Waitara
Waitara

1 year
18 years

Residence of William Kershaw, Leslie street, Waitara

4333

William Kershaw, Father

14 April 1925

Rev. Father Patrick John Kinogue, Roman Catholic

No	6
Date of Notice	14 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Watty	Kathleen Amelia Kershaw
	💍 1925/4602
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Domestic duties
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	1 year	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of William Kershaw, Leslie street, Waitara
Folio	4333
Consent	William Kershaw, Father
Date of Certificate	14 April 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Patrick John Kinogue, Roman Catholic

16 April 1925

Norman Roy St. George
Constance Violet Gwandoline Dugdale

Norman Roy St George
Constance Violet Gwendoline Dugdale
💍 1925/4603

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor carrier
Domestic duties

23
21

Waitara
Waitara

11 years
21 years

Church of England, Waitara

4384

16 April 1925

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	16 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Roy St. George	Constance Violet Gwandoline Dugdale
BDM Match (96%)	Norman Roy St George	Constance Violet Gwendoline Dugdale
	💍 1925/4603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor carrier	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	11 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waitara
Folio	4384
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

22 May 1925

Francis Richard Vickery
Mary Taylor Mackie

Francis Richard Vickery
Mary Taylor Mackie
💍 1925/4580

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

23
24

Tikorangi
Pukeho Tarata

23 years
20 years

Residence of Mr. Edward Gordon Mackie, Pukeho

4385

22 May 1925

Rev. O. Blundell, Presbyterian

No	8
Date of Notice	22 May 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Richard Vickery	Mary Taylor Mackie
	💍 1925/4580
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Tikorangi	Pukeho Tarata
Length of Residence	23 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Edward Gordon Mackie, Pukeho
Folio	4385
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 May 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. Blundell, Presbyterian

27 May 1925

Leonard Allen Alexander
Marjorie Gertrude Sarten

Leonard Allen Alexander
Marjorie Gertrude Sarten
💍 1925/4581

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

21
22

Tikorangi
Tikorangi

18 years
22 years

Church of England, Tikorangi

4386

27 May 1925

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	9
Date of Notice	27 May 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Allen Alexander	Marjorie Gertrude Sarten
	💍 1925/4581
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Tikorangi	Tikorangi
Length of Residence	18 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tikorangi
Folio	4386
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 May 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

4 June 1925

James White
Emma Bailey

James White
Emma Bailey
💍 1925/5539

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

30
18

Waitara
Waitara

30 years
18 years

Residence of Manu White, Mamkonhi Hill, Waitara

5334

William Bailey, Father

4 June 1925

Rev. Mutu P. Kapa, Church of England

No	10
Date of Notice	4 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James White	Emma Bailey
	💍 1925/5539
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	30	18
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	30 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Manu White, Mamkonhi Hill, Waitara
Folio	5334
Consent	William Bailey, Father
Date of Certificate	4 June 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mutu P. Kapa, 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).