Intentions to Marry, 1926 Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840538, 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.

1926c contains pages 947-1388, covering districts from Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Page 1007

District of Tauranga Quarter ending 31 March 1926 Registrar J. Cameron

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

25 January 1926

Smith Healey
Jenett Wall

Smith Hedley
Janett Wall
💍 1926/2031

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

53
35

Katikati
Oropi

-
22 years

Registrar's Office, Tauranga

1835

25 January 1926

J. Cameron, Registrar

No	1
Date of Notice	25 January 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Smith Healey	Jenett Wall
BDM Match (91%)	Smith Hedley	Janett Wall
	💍 1926/2031
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	53	35
Dwelling Place	Katikati	Oropi
Length of Residence	-	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Tauranga
Folio	1835
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1926
Officiating Minister	J. Cameron, Registrar

6 February 1926

William Henry Roberts
Kathleen Mary Mcblinchie

William Henry Roberts
Kathleen Mary McClinchie
💍 1926/2032

Bachelor
Spinster

Timekeeper
Domestic Duties

27
23

Omokoroa
Omokoroa

4 years
23 years

Residence of Uriah Mcblinchie, Omokoroa

1836

6 February 1926

Rev. J.W. Smyth, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	6 February 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Roberts	Kathleen Mary Mcblinchie
BDM Match (98%)	William Henry Roberts	Kathleen Mary McClinchie
	💍 1926/2032
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timekeeper	Domestic Duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Omokoroa	Omokoroa
Length of Residence	4 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Uriah Mcblinchie, Omokoroa
Folio	1836
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.W. Smyth, Presbyterian

26 January 1926

Alfred Thomas Doidge
Olive Lena Ormsby

Alfred Thomas Doidge
Olive Lena Ormsby
💍 1926/2033

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith Striker
Domestic Duties

21
17

Mt Maunganui
Mt Maunganui

3 years
14 years

Registrar's Office, Tauranga

1837

Arthur Henry Ormsby, Father

26 February 1926

J. Cameron, Registrar

No	3
Date of Notice	26 January 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Thomas Doidge	Olive Lena Ormsby
	💍 1926/2033
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith Striker	Domestic Duties
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	Mt Maunganui	Mt Maunganui
Length of Residence	3 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Tauranga
Folio	1837
Consent	Arthur Henry Ormsby, Father
Date of Certificate	26 February 1926
Officiating Minister	J. Cameron, Registrar

26 January 1926

Arthur Henry Wylie
Alice Johanna Mashing Everett

Arthur Henry Wylie
Alice Johanna Mafeking Everett
💍 1926/2034

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanical Foreman
Waitress

38
25

Omokoroa
Tauranga

1 year 2 months
9 months

Methodist Church, Tauranga

1838

26 February 1926

Rev. P.L. Frost, Methodist

No	4
Date of Notice	26 January 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Henry Wylie	Alice Johanna Mashing Everett
BDM Match (95%)	Arthur Henry Wylie	Alice Johanna Mafeking Everett
	💍 1926/2034
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanical Foreman	Waitress
Age	38	25
Dwelling Place	Omokoroa	Tauranga
Length of Residence	1 year 2 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Tauranga
Folio	1838
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. P.L. Frost, Methodist

6 March 1926

Gerald Balvin Tuwai Bennett
Sarah Tewheoro

Gerald Calvin Tumai Bennett
Sarah Tewheoro
💍 1926/2035

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

21
17

Paeroa
Tauranga

-
17 years

Registrar's Office, Tauranga

1839

Jack Tuheoro, Father

6 March 1926

J. Cameron, Registrar

No	5
Date of Notice	6 March 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gerald Balvin Tuwai Bennett	Sarah Tewheoro
BDM Match (96%)	Gerald Calvin Tumai Bennett	Sarah Tewheoro
	💍 1926/2035
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Tauranga
Length of Residence	-	17 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Tauranga
Folio	1839
Consent	Jack Tuheoro, Father
Date of Certificate	6 March 1926
Officiating Minister	J. Cameron, 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).