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 1086

District of Thames Quarter ending 31 December 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

30 November 1926

Joseph Albert Hays
Gladys Edna Autridge

Joseph Albert Hays
Gladys Edna Autridge
💍 1926/8438

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker
Domestic duties

25
23

Thames
Thames

25 years
23 years

Residence of Mrs. Mary Autridge, 23 Richmond Street, Thames

9700

30 November 1926

Rev. J. M. Milne, Presbyterian

No	69
Date of Notice	30 November 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Albert Hays	Gladys Edna Autridge
	💍 1926/8438
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker	Domestic duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	25 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Mary Autridge, 23 Richmond Street, Thames
Folio	9700
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 November 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Milne, Presbyterian

30 November 1926

Charles Henry Leslie Christian
Rose Lillian Boe

Charles Henry Leslie Christian
Rose Lillian Coe
💍 1926/8446

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

26
21

Ngatea
Ngatea

1 year
4 months

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Thames

9701

30 November 1926

H. R. Bush, Registrar of Marriages

No	70
Date of Notice	30 November 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Leslie Christian	Rose Lillian Boe
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Henry Leslie Christian	Rose Lillian Coe
	💍 1926/8446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Ngatea	Ngatea
Length of Residence	1 year	4 months
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Thames
Folio	9701
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 November 1926
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar of Marriages

2 December 1926

Thomas Francis Ryan
Angelie Aherata Grey Boxall

Thomas Francis Ryan
Angeline Aherata Grey Boxall
💍 1926/8457

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmhand
Domestic duties

21
18

Turua
Turua

1 year
18 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Thames

9702

Charlotte Boxall, mother

2 December 1926

H. R. Bush, Registrar of Marriages

No	71
Date of Notice	2 December 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Francis Ryan	Angelie Aherata Grey Boxall
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Francis Ryan	Angeline Aherata Grey Boxall
	💍 1926/8457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmhand	Domestic duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Turua	Turua
Length of Residence	1 year	18 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Thames
Folio	9702
Consent	Charlotte Boxall, mother
Date of Certificate	2 December 1926
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar of Marriages

8 December 1926

Edward Thomas Dufty
Rosina Lyuda Amy

Edward Thomas Duffy
Rosina Lynda Amy
💍 1926/8464

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic help

21
16

Thames
Thames

21 years
16 years

St Georges Church, Thames

9703

Francis Nathaniel Amy, father

8 December 1926

Rev. N. Robertshawe, Church of England

No	72
Date of Notice	8 December 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Thomas Dufty	Rosina Lyuda Amy
BDM Match (94%)	Edward Thomas Duffy	Rosina Lynda Amy
	💍 1926/8464
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic help
Age	21	16
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	21 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Church, Thames
Folio	9703
Consent	Francis Nathaniel Amy, father
Date of Certificate	8 December 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. Robertshawe, Church of England

31 December 1926

James Aubrey Williams
Frida May Taylor

James Aubrey Williams
Linda May Taylor
💍 1926/8465

Bachelor
Spinster

Enginedriver
Clerk

22
20

Thames
Thames

2 years
20 years

Church of England, Thames

9704

Julia Caroline Taylor, mother

31 December 1926

Rev. Robertshawe, Church of England

No	73
Date of Notice	31 December 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Aubrey Williams	Frida May Taylor
BDM Match (91%)	James Aubrey Williams	Linda May Taylor
	💍 1926/8465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Enginedriver	Clerk
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Thames
Folio	9704
Consent	Julia Caroline Taylor, mother
Date of Certificate	31 December 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robertshawe, 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).