Intentions to Marry, 1925 Kaikoura to Christchurch

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840533, 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.

1925f contains pages 2177-2702, covering districts from Kaikoura to Christchurch

Page 2301

District of Motueka Quarter ending 30 September 1925 Registrar M. Jaques

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

15 July 1925

Francis George Hudson
Edith Kathleen Violet Boyes

Francis George Hudson
Edith Kathleen Violet Bayes
💍 1925/7229

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Shop assistant

21
23

Motueka
Motueka

21 years
23 years

Residence of C. J. Boyes, Motueka

25/7234

15 July 1925

Rev. R. Scott, Presbyterian

No	12
Date of Notice	15 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis George Hudson	Edith Kathleen Violet Boyes
BDM Match (98%)	Francis George Hudson	Edith Kathleen Violet Bayes
	💍 1925/7229
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Shop assistant
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	21 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of C. J. Boyes, Motueka
Folio	25/7234
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Scott, Presbyterian

16 July 1925

Henry Frederick Krammer
Ethel Florence Eggers

Henry Frederick Krammer
Ethel Florence Eggers
💍 1925/7206

Bachelor
Widow 29-9-1917

Farmer
Domestic

37
31

Lower Moutere
Lower Moutere

37 years
6 years

Residence of Mrs. Ewers, Neudorf

25/7235

16 July 1925

Rev. R. H. Altus, Lutheran

No	13
Date of Notice	16 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Frederick Krammer	Ethel Florence Eggers
	💍 1925/7206
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 29-9-1917
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	37	31
Dwelling Place	Lower Moutere	Lower Moutere
Length of Residence	37 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Ewers, Neudorf
Folio	25/7235
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Altus, Lutheran

5 August 1925

William John Robertson Clark
Ruby Josephine Saunders

William John Robertson Clark
Ruby Josephine Saunders
💍 1925/7207

Bachelor
Spinster

School teacher
Domestic

22
27

Motueka
Motueka

15 months
4 1/2 years

Residence of Harry Saunders, Motueka

25/7236

5 August 1925

Rev. Father Hoare, Roman Catholic

No	14
Date of Notice	5 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Robertson Clark	Ruby Josephine Saunders
	💍 1925/7207
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School teacher	Domestic
Age	22	27
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	15 months	4 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Harry Saunders, Motueka
Folio	25/7236
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Hoare, Roman Catholic

11 August 1925

Walter Richard Bowers
Grace Muriel Goodman

Walter Richard Bowers
Grace Muriel Goodman
💍 1925/7706

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Keeper
Domestic

24
22

Motueka
Motueka

2 years
22 years

St Luke's Church, Morningside, Auckland

25/7737

11 August 1925

Rev. A. J. Beck, Anglican

No	15
Date of Notice	11 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Richard Bowers	Grace Muriel Goodman
	💍 1925/7706
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Keeper	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	2 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church, Morningside, Auckland
Folio	25/7737
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 August 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Beck, Anglican

19 August 1925

Richmond Waghorn
Hilda Martha Annie Ewers

Richmond Waghorn
Hilda Martha Annie Ewers
💍 1925/7208

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Domestic

24
23

Dovedale
Neudorf

24 years
23 years

Residence of K. Ewers, Neudorf

25/7237

19 August 1925

Rev. R. H. Altus, Lutheran

No	16
Date of Notice	19 August 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richmond Waghorn	Hilda Martha Annie Ewers
	💍 1925/7208
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Domestic
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Dovedale	Neudorf
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of K. Ewers, Neudorf
Folio	25/7237
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 August 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Altus, Lutheran

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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).