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 1842

District of Taihape Quarter ending 30 September 1925 Registrar M. Fernow

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

21/25

28 July 1925

Francis Michael Healey
Evelyn Maude Johnson

Francis Michael Healy
Evelyn Maude Johnson
💍 1925/7685

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot Maker
Domestic Duties

20
21

Taihape
Taihape

19 years
6 months

Catholic Church, Taihape

7714

Richard Healey (Mother)

28 July 1925

Rev. C. Harnett, Roman Catholic

No	21/25
Date of Notice	28 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Michael Healey	Evelyn Maude Johnson
BDM Match (98%)	Francis Michael Healy	Evelyn Maude Johnson
	💍 1925/7685
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot Maker	Domestic Duties
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	19 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Taihape
Folio	7714
Consent	Richard Healey (Mother)
Date of Certificate	28 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Harnett, Roman Catholic

6 August 1925

Robinson Donald
Frances Jane Hughes

Robinson Donald
Frances Jane Hughes
💍 1925/7686

Widower
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

28
22

Mataroa
Mataroa

28 years
10 years

Presbyterian Church, Taihape

7715

6 August 1925

Rev. J. B. Hall, Presbyterian

No	22
Date of Notice	6 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robinson Donald	Frances Jane Hughes
	💍 1925/7686
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Mataroa	Mataroa
Length of Residence	28 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Taihape
Folio	7715
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 August 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Hall, Presbyterian

11 August 1925

Alfred John Piper
Violet May Gormonsway

Alfred John Piper
Violet May Garmonsway
💍 1925/7687

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmhand
Domestic

26
20

Mataroa
Mataroa

4 days
14 years

Church of England, Taihape

7716

Edith Gormonsway (Mother)

11 August 1925

Rev. E. J. Rich, Anglican

No	23
Date of Notice	11 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred John Piper	Violet May Gormonsway
BDM Match (98%)	Alfred John Piper	Violet May Garmonsway
	💍 1925/7687
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmhand	Domestic
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Mataroa	Mataroa
Length of Residence	4 days	14 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Taihape
Folio	7716
Consent	Edith Gormonsway (Mother)
Date of Certificate	11 August 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Rich, Anglican

31 August 1925

Lewis William Dinnies
Helen Young Khetie

Lewis William Dinniss
Helen Young Hastie
💍 1925/7688

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Shop Assistant

28
22

Greymouth
Taihape

12 months
3 years

Methodist Church, Taihape

7717

31 August 1925

Rev. J. Reid, Methodist

No	24
Date of Notice	31 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis William Dinnies	Helen Young Khetie
BDM Match (89%)	Lewis William Dinniss	Helen Young Hastie
	💍 1925/7688
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Shop Assistant
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Taihape
Length of Residence	12 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Taihape
Folio	7717
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Reid, Methodist

10 September 1925

Reginald Ernest Roches
Jean Davis

Reginald Ernest Bosher
Jean Davis
💍 1925/7689

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic

21
19

Taihape
Taihape

21 years
19 years

Residence of Mr. A. Bochel, Papakai Road, Taihape

7718

Robert Gordon Davis (Father)

10 September 1925

Rev. E. J. Rich, Anglican

No	25
Date of Notice	10 September 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Ernest Roches	Jean Davis
BDM Match (93%)	Reginald Ernest Bosher	Jean Davis
	💍 1925/7689
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	21 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. A. Bochel, Papakai Road, Taihape
Folio	7718
Consent	Robert Gordon Davis (Father)
Date of Certificate	10 September 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Rich, Anglican

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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).