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 982

District of Tauranga Quarter ending 31 March 1925 Registrar J. H. Cameron

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 March 1925

Charles Clyde Bennett
Gladys Margaret Vivian Brunton

Charles Clyde Bennett
Gladys Margaret Vivian Burton
💍 1925/1107

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Hotel Waitress

28
26

Omokoroa
Tauranga

6 months
3 months

Registrar's Office, Tauranga

1632

10 March 1925

W. E. Gundy, Deputy Registrar, Tauranga

No	6
Date of Notice	10 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Clyde Bennett	Gladys Margaret Vivian Brunton
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Clyde Bennett	Gladys Margaret Vivian Burton
	💍 1925/1107
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Hotel Waitress
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Omokoroa	Tauranga
Length of Residence	6 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Tauranga
Folio	1632
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1925
Officiating Minister	W. E. Gundy, Deputy Registrar, Tauranga

23 March 1925

Alexis Emil Henry Gronwall
Hilda Alice Harper

Alexis Emil Henry Gronwall
Hilda Alice Harper
💍 1925/1108

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Schoolteacher

30
22

Hamilton
Tauranga

3 months

Church of England, Tauranga

1633

23 March 1925

E. A. McCutcheon, Anglican, Tauranga

No	7
Date of Notice	23 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexis Emil Henry Gronwall	Hilda Alice Harper
	💍 1925/1108
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Schoolteacher
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Tauranga
Length of Residence		3 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tauranga
Folio	1633
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1925
Officiating Minister	E. A. McCutcheon, Anglican, Tauranga

27 March 1925

Henry Davenport Whitmore
Margaret Ellen Pemberton

Henry Davenport Whitmore
Margaret Ellen Pemberton
💍 1925/73

Divorced (Divorce absolute 15/4/1917)
Spinster

Stationmaster, N.Z. Railways
Domestic Duties

55
22

Tauranga
Tauranga

9 months
3 months

Registrar's Office, Tauranga

1634

27 March 1925

J. H. Cameron, Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	27 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Davenport Whitmore	Margaret Ellen Pemberton
	💍 1925/73
Condition	Divorced (Divorce absolute 15/4/1917)	Spinster
Profession	Stationmaster, N.Z. Railways	Domestic Duties
Age	55	22
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	9 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Tauranga
Folio	1634
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1925
Officiating Minister	J. H. Cameron, Registrar

27 March 1925

Ernest Smyth
Marion Allardyce

Ernest Smyth
Marion Allardyce
💍 1925/1087

Bachelor
Spinster

Chauffeur
Domestic Duties

25
18

Tauranga
Tauranga

5 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Tauranga

1635

Jean Phillips Allardyce, mother

27 March 1925

J. H. Cameron, Registrar

No	9
Date of Notice	27 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Smyth	Marion Allardyce
	💍 1925/1087
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chauffeur	Domestic Duties
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Tauranga	Tauranga
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Tauranga
Folio	1635
Consent	Jean Phillips Allardyce, mother
Date of Certificate	27 March 1925
Officiating Minister	J. H. Cameron, Registrar

30 March 1925

Axel Jensen
Eunice Brenda Covell

Axel Jensen
Eunice Brenda Covell
💍 1925/1088

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

34
28

Wairoa, Tauranga
Tipuna

11 years
6 years

Residence of H. Pascoe, 6th Avenue, Tauranga

1636

30 March 1925

P. L. Frost, Methodist

No	10
Date of Notice	30 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Axel Jensen	Eunice Brenda Covell
	💍 1925/1088
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Wairoa, Tauranga	Tipuna
Length of Residence	11 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of H. Pascoe, 6th Avenue, Tauranga
Folio	1636
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1925
Officiating Minister	P. L. Frost, Methodist

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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).