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 1075

District of Thames Quarter ending 30 June 1926 Registrar H. R. Bush

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 April 1926

John Peter Danielsen
Flora Rebecca Vicary

John Peter Danielsen
Flora Rebecca Vicary
💍 1926/4456

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic duties

28
37

Thames
Thames

6 weeks
3 weeks

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Thames

4553

1 April 1926

H. R. Bush, Registrar

No	24
Date of Notice	1 April 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Peter Danielsen	Flora Rebecca Vicary
	💍 1926/4456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic duties
Age	28	37
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	6 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Thames
Folio	4553
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1926
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar

12 April 1926

Richmond Motion
Louise Mary Guilbert

Richmond Motion
Louise Mary Guilbert
💍 1926/4457

Divorced 2.4.25
Spinster

Ranger
Domestic duties

38
38

Totara
Totara

15 months
15 months

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Thames

4554

12 April 1926

H. R. Bush, Registrar

No	25
Date of Notice	12 April 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richmond Motion	Louise Mary Guilbert
	💍 1926/4457
Condition	Divorced 2.4.25	Spinster
Profession	Ranger	Domestic duties
Age	38	38
Dwelling Place	Totara	Totara
Length of Residence	15 months	15 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Thames
Folio	4554
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1926
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar

13 April 1926

Matthew Joseph Spellers
Elsie Alexandria Miles

Matthew Joseph Spellers
Elsie Alexandria Miles
💍 1926/4458

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

21
24

Thames
Thames

4 weeks
4 weeks

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Thames

4555

13 April 1926

H. R. Bush, Registrar

No	26
Date of Notice	13 April 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Joseph Spellers	Elsie Alexandria Miles
	💍 1926/4458
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	4 weeks	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Thames
Folio	4555
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1926
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar

14 April 1926

Alan George Jamieson
Mary Margaret McCorquidale

Alan George Jamieson
Mary Margaret McCorquindale
💍 1926/4459

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Bookkeeper

21
18

Tapa
Tapa

21 years
10 months

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Thames

4556

James McCorquidale, father

14 April 1926

H. R. Bush, Registrar

No	27
Date of Notice	14 April 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alan George Jamieson	Mary Margaret McCorquidale
BDM Match (98%)	Alan George Jamieson	Mary Margaret McCorquindale
	💍 1926/4459
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Bookkeeper
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Tapa	Tapa
Length of Residence	21 years	10 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Thames
Folio	4556
Consent	James McCorquidale, father
Date of Certificate	14 April 1926
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar

10 May 1926

Thomas Gower McBeth
Georgina Melaine Smith

Thomas Lowes McBeth
Georgina Melaine Smith
💍 1926/4460

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household duties

30
20

Hikuai
Puriri

7 years
12 years

Methodist Church, Puriri

4557

Edward Johnson Smith

10 May 1926

Rev. Jas. Milne, Presbyterian

No	28
Date of Notice	10 May 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Gower McBeth	Georgina Melaine Smith
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Lowes McBeth	Georgina Melaine Smith
	💍 1926/4460
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household duties
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Hikuai	Puriri
Length of Residence	7 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Puriri
Folio	4557
Consent	Edward Johnson Smith
Date of Certificate	10 May 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Milne, Presbyterian

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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).