Intentions to Marry, 1925 Pongaroa to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840532, 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.

1925e contains pages 1785-2176, covering districts from Pongaroa to Wellington

Page 1846

District of Taihape Quarter ending 31 December 1925 Registrar M. J. Vernon

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

5 December 1925

Frederick Thomas White
Dorothy Myrtie Board

Frederick Thomas White
Dorothy Myrtle Beard
💍 1925/10533

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand
Domestic Duties

23
19

Hihitahi
Booths Liding

2 years
15 years

Mr. Beard Residence

9920

William James Board, Father

5 December 1925

Rev. E. J. Rich, Anglican

No	32
Date of Notice	5 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Thomas White	Dorothy Myrtie Board
BDM Match (95%)	Frederick Thomas White	Dorothy Myrtle Beard
	💍 1925/10533
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Hihitahi	Booths Liding
Length of Residence	2 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Beard Residence
Folio	9920
Consent	William James Board, Father
Date of Certificate	5 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Rich, Anglican

12 December 1925

Francis William Ellery
May Johansen

Francis William Ellery
May Johansen
💍 1925/10534

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand
Domestic Duties

23
19

Omatane
Taihape

9 months
6 months

Presbyterian Church, Taihape

9921

Mabel Johansen, Mother

12 December 1925

Rev. Bandy, Presbyterian

No	33
Date of Notice	12 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William Ellery	May Johansen
	💍 1925/10534
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Omatane	Taihape
Length of Residence	9 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Taihape
Folio	9921
Consent	Mabel Johansen, Mother
Date of Certificate	12 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Bandy, Presbyterian

19 December 1925

Ritchie Smith Arnott
Rose Gertrude Peter

Ritchie Smith Arnott
Rose Gertrude Peters
💍 1925/10535

Bachelor
Spinster

Lorry Driver
Domestic Duties

26
29

Taihape
Waiouru

20 years
24 years

Mr. A. Peters Residence, Waiouru

9922

19 December 1925

Father Tanning, Roman Catholic

No	34
Date of Notice	19 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ritchie Smith Arnott	Rose Gertrude Peter
BDM Match (98%)	Ritchie Smith Arnott	Rose Gertrude Peters
	💍 1925/10535
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Lorry Driver	Domestic Duties
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Waiouru
Length of Residence	20 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Mr. A. Peters Residence, Waiouru
Folio	9922
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Father Tanning, Roman Catholic

21 December 1925

Percy Thomas Banett
Maude Amanda Alice Waff

Percy Thomas Barnett
Maude Amanda Alice Wapp
💍 1925/10536

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill Employee
School Teacher

21
26

Kakahi
Taihape

21 years
3 years

Church of England, Taihape

9923

21 December 1925

Rev. E. J. Rich, Anglican

No	35
Date of Notice	21 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Thomas Banett	Maude Amanda Alice Waff
BDM Match (93%)	Percy Thomas Barnett	Maude Amanda Alice Wapp
	💍 1925/10536
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill Employee	School Teacher
Age	21	26
Dwelling Place	Kakahi	Taihape
Length of Residence	21 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Taihape
Folio	9923
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Rich, Anglican

22 December 1925

Francis Kennedy James Olsen
Marie Celiastine Bergerson

Francas Kennedy James Olsen
Marie Celiastine Bergerson
💍 1925/10537

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Line Foreman
Domestic Duties

29
18

Ohakune
Ohakune

1 year
16 years

Registrar's Office, Taihape

9924

Casper Bergerson, Father

24 December 1925

M. J. Vernon, Registrar

No	36
Date of Notice	22 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Kennedy James Olsen	Marie Celiastine Bergerson
BDM Match (98%)	Francas Kennedy James Olsen	Marie Celiastine Bergerson
	💍 1925/10537
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Line Foreman	Domestic Duties
Age	29	18
Dwelling Place	Ohakune	Ohakune
Length of Residence	1 year	16 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Taihape
Folio	9924
Consent	Casper Bergerson, Father
Date of Certificate	24 December 1925
Officiating Minister	M. J. Vernon, Registrar

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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).