Intentions to Marry, 1926 Bay of Islands to Raglan

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840537, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1926 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.

1926b contains pages 471-946, covering districts from Bay of Islands to Raglan

Page 927

District of Pukekohe Quarter ending 31 December 1926 Registrar [illegible]

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

1 October 1926

Herbert Marshall Woods
Winifred Susan Kaye

Herbert Marshall Woods
Winifred Susan Kayes
💍 1926/8355

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

23
21

Pukekohe
Glenbrook

23 years
23 years

Residence of J.R. Kaye, Glenbrook

9617

1 October 1926

Rev. J. Cumming, Presbyterian

No	35
Date of Notice	1 October 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Marshall Woods	Winifred Susan Kaye
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert Marshall Woods	Winifred Susan Kayes
	💍 1926/8355
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Glenbrook
Length of Residence	23 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J.R. Kaye, Glenbrook
Folio	9617
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 October 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cumming, Presbyterian

11 October 1926

Harold Ivan Charles Stuart
Millicent Fanny Trewartha

Harold Ivan Charles Stuart
Millicent Fanny Trewartha
💍 1926/8356

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Stationer's Assistant

22
19

Otahuhu
Pukekohe

5 years
5 years

Methodist Church, Pukekohe

9618

Elsie Izadore Trewartha, mother

11 October 1926

Rev. T. Coatsworth, Methodist

No	36
Date of Notice	11 October 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Ivan Charles Stuart	Millicent Fanny Trewartha
	💍 1926/8356
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Stationer's Assistant
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Otahuhu	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pukekohe
Folio	9618
Consent	Elsie Izadore Trewartha, mother
Date of Certificate	11 October 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Coatsworth, Methodist

8 November 1926

Albert William Dutton
Florence Olivia Ann Hewlett

Albert William Sutton
Florence Olivia Ann Hewlett
💍 1926/8357

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver
Music Teacher

28
35

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

14 years
16 years

Methodist Church, Pukekohe

9619

8 November 1926

Rev. T. Coatsworth, Methodist

No	37
Date of Notice	8 November 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert William Dutton	Florence Olivia Ann Hewlett
BDM Match (98%)	Albert William Sutton	Florence Olivia Ann Hewlett
	💍 1926/8357
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver	Music Teacher
Age	28	35
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	14 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pukekohe
Folio	9619
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Coatsworth, Methodist

8 November 1926

Henry Alexander Lash
Daisy Ellen Margaret Lash

Henry Alexander Cash
Daisy Ellen Margarette Fitness
💍 1926/8359

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
Domestic Duties

29
21

Pukekohe
Pukekohe

3 days
3 days

Presbyterian Church, Pukekohe

9620

8 November 1926

Rev. D. Nixon, Presbyterian

No	38
Date of Notice	8 November 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Alexander Lash	Daisy Ellen Margaret Lash
BDM Match (84%)	Henry Alexander Cash	Daisy Ellen Margarette Fitness
	💍 1926/8359
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Domestic Duties
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Pukekohe	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Pukekohe
Folio	9620
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Nixon, Presbyterian

26 November 1926

Ian Bruce Montgomery
Joyce Gwynn Jingen

Ian Bruce Montgomerie
Joyce Gwyn Zinzan
💍 1926/8360

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Teacher

24
23

Paerata
Mauku

5 years
23 years

St. Brides Church, Mauku

9621

26 November 1926

Rev. C. F. R. Harrison, Church of England

No	39
Date of Notice	26 November 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ian Bruce Montgomery	Joyce Gwynn Jingen
BDM Match (84%)	Ian Bruce Montgomerie	Joyce Gwyn Zinzan
	💍 1926/8360
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Teacher
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Paerata	Mauku
Length of Residence	5 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Brides Church, Mauku
Folio	9621
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. R. Harrison, Church of England

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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).