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 1206

District of Hawera Quarter ending 30 June 1925 Registrar L. J. Bull

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

23 May 1925

Samuel Norman Flight
Pearl Jane Crosby

Samuel Norman Slight
Pearl Jane Crosby
💍 1925/4055

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
20

Normanby
Normanby

7 years
8 years

Methodist Church Hawera

4259

Charles Crosby, Father

23 May 1925

W. G. Oxbrow, Methodist

No	32
Date of Notice	23 May 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Norman Flight	Pearl Jane Crosby
BDM Match (98%)	Samuel Norman Slight	Pearl Jane Crosby
	💍 1925/4055
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Normanby	Normanby
Length of Residence	7 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Hawera
Folio	4259
Consent	Charles Crosby, Father
Date of Certificate	23 May 1925
Officiating Minister	W. G. Oxbrow, Methodist

26 May 1925

William Burns
May Victoria Dimming

William Burns
May Victoria Dinning
💍 1925/4032

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman
Domestic Duties

31
34

Hawera
Hawera

1 year
4 years

Church of England Hawera

4260

26 May 1925

H. W. Monaghan, Anglican

No	33
Date of Notice	26 May 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Burns	May Victoria Dimming
BDM Match (95%)	William Burns	May Victoria Dinning
	💍 1925/4032
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman	Domestic Duties
Age	31	34
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	1 year	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Hawera
Folio	4260
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 May 1925
Officiating Minister	H. W. Monaghan, Anglican

30 May 1925

Stanley Abel Warner
Maud Ethel Harvey

Stanley Abe Warner
Maude Ethel Harvey
💍 1925/4033

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Manager
Domestic Duties

22
24

Waitotara
Normanby

22 years
3 years

Residence of Mr G. W. H. Harvey, Normanby

4261

30 May 1925

R. R. Evans, Presbyterian

No	34
Date of Notice	30 May 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Abel Warner	Maud Ethel Harvey
BDM Match (95%)	Stanley Abe Warner	Maude Ethel Harvey
	💍 1925/4033
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Waitotara	Normanby
Length of Residence	22 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr G. W. H. Harvey, Normanby
Folio	4261
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1925
Officiating Minister	R. R. Evans, Presbyterian

4 June 1925

Stanley Ronald Gundesen
Mary Dorothy Payne

Stanley Ronald Gundesen
Mary Dorothy Payne
💍 1925/4034

Bachelor
Spinster

Caretaker
Domestic Duties

24
19

Hawera
Hawera

7 years
9 years

Church of England Hawera

4262

Beatrice Alice Mary Payne, Mother

4 June 1925

H. W. Monaghan, Anglican

No	35
Date of Notice	4 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Ronald Gundesen	Mary Dorothy Payne
	💍 1925/4034
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Caretaker	Domestic Duties
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	7 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Hawera
Folio	4262
Consent	Beatrice Alice Mary Payne, Mother
Date of Certificate	4 June 1925
Officiating Minister	H. W. Monaghan, Anglican

5 June 1925

Orlando Richard Canty
Doris May Ingram

Orlando Richard Canty
Doris May Ingram
💍 1925/4035

Bachelor
Spinster

Ford Motor Mechanic
Domestic Duties

25
22

Hawera
Hawera

15 years
22 years

Presbyterian Church Hawera

4263

5 June 1925

R. R. Evans, Presbyterian

No	36
Date of Notice	5 June 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Orlando Richard Canty	Doris May Ingram
	💍 1925/4035
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ford Motor Mechanic	Domestic Duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Hawera	Hawera
Length of Residence	15 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Hawera
Folio	4263
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1925
Officiating Minister	R. R. Evans, 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).