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 952

District of Rotorua Quarter ending 31 December 1925 Registrar H. Crowther

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

26 November 1925

John Williamson
Mary Ann Rodger

John Williamson
Mary Ann Rodger
💍 1925/9437

Widower
Divorced (Decree Absolute 19.3.1921)

Plate Layer
Domestic Duties

60
50

Lake Rotoma
Lake Rotoma

5 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Rotorua

9423

26 November 1925

J. L. Crowther, Registrar

No	36
Date of Notice	26 November 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Williamson	Mary Ann Rodger
	💍 1925/9437
Condition	Widower	Divorced (Decree Absolute 19.3.1921)
Profession	Plate Layer	Domestic Duties
Age	60	50
Dwelling Place	Lake Rotoma	Lake Rotoma
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Rotorua
Folio	9423
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1925
Officiating Minister	J. L. Crowther, Registrar

8 December 1925

Leslie Frank Lupples
Muriel Ann Robertson

Leslie Frank Cupples
Miriel Ann Robertson
💍 1925/9438

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
21

Rotorua
Rotorua

1 day
21 years

Residence of Mr E. Robertson, Perenika Street, Rotorua

9424

8 December 1925

Rev. A. H. Randerson, Presbyterian

No	37
Date of Notice	8 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Frank Lupples	Muriel Ann Robertson
BDM Match (95%)	Leslie Frank Cupples	Miriel Ann Robertson
	💍 1925/9438
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	1 day	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr E. Robertson, Perenika Street, Rotorua
Folio	9424
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Randerson, Presbyterian

15 December 1925

Ralph Kraft Trimmer
Annie Roberta McLean

Ralph Kraeft Trimmer
Annie Roberta McLean
💍 1925/9439

Bachelor
Spinster

Barrister and Solicitor
Clerk

25
23

Rotorua
Rotorua

3 days
23 years

St John's Presbyterian Church, Rotorua

9425

15 December 1925

Rev. A. H. Randerson, Presbyterian

No	38
Date of Notice	15 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Kraft Trimmer	Annie Roberta McLean
BDM Match (98%)	Ralph Kraeft Trimmer	Annie Roberta McLean
	💍 1925/9439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barrister and Solicitor	Clerk
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	St John's Presbyterian Church, Rotorua
Folio	9425
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Randerson, Presbyterian

16 December 1925

Percy Reginald Hall
Kaumoana Tame

Percy Reginald Hill
Kaumoana Tame
💍 1925/9324

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

25
19

Rotorua
Rotorua

2 years
19 years

Church of England Mission House, Whakarewarewa

9426

Heretini Tame (father)

16 December 1925

Rev. W. T. F. Skey, Church of England

No	39
Date of Notice	16 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Reginald Hall	Kaumoana Tame
BDM Match (97%)	Percy Reginald Hill	Kaumoana Tame
	💍 1925/9324
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	2 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Mission House, Whakarewarewa
Folio	9426
Consent	Heretini Tame (father)
Date of Certificate	16 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. T. F. Skey, Church of England

18 December 1925

John Barrowman
Bessie Marcroft

John Barrowman
Bessie Murcroft
💍 1925/9335

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Worker
Domestic Duties

24
24

Ngongotaha
Ngongotaha

5 years
8 years

Presbyterian Church Hall, Ngongotaha

9427

18 December 1925

Rev. Arthur Nicholls, Presbyterian

No	40
Date of Notice	18 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Barrowman	Bessie Marcroft
BDM Match (97%)	John Barrowman	Bessie Murcroft
	💍 1925/9335
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Worker	Domestic Duties
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Ngongotaha	Ngongotaha
Length of Residence	5 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Hall, Ngongotaha
Folio	9427
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arthur Nicholls, 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).