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 1076

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

17 May 1926

John Reata Te Tauiha
Mariana Mikaere

Toko Renata Te Taniwha
Mariana Mikaere
💍 1926/4461

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

23
21

Kerepeehi
Kerepeehi

2 years
2 months

Registrar's Office, Thames

4558

17 May 1926

H. R. Bush, Registrar

No	29
Date of Notice	17 May 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Reata Te Tauiha	Mariana Mikaere
BDM Match (86%)	Toko Renata Te Taniwha	Mariana Mikaere
	💍 1926/4461
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Kerepeehi	Kerepeehi
Length of Residence	2 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Thames
Folio	4558
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 May 1926
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar

17 May 1926

Francis Arnold Taylor
Violet Christiana Johnson Dalgleish

Francis Arnold Taylor
Violet Christina Johnson Dalgeish
💍 1926/4462

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

23
16

Pipiroa
Pipiroa

4 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Thames

4559

Under section 27

17 May 1926

H. R. Bush, Registrar

No	30
Date of Notice	17 May 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Arnold Taylor	Violet Christiana Johnson Dalgleish
BDM Match (97%)	Francis Arnold Taylor	Violet Christina Johnson Dalgeish
	💍 1926/4462
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	23	16
Dwelling Place	Pipiroa	Pipiroa
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Thames
Folio	4559
Consent	Under section 27
Date of Certificate	17 May 1926
Officiating Minister	H. R. Bush, Registrar

19 May 1926

Alexander Patrick O'Hara
Daphne Maida Suedgar

Alexander Patrick O'Hara
Daphne Moira Snelgar
💍 1926/4439

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

27
17

Wharepoa
Wharepoa

27 years
17 years

Roman Catholic Church, Thames

4560

Albert George Suedgar, father

19 May 1926

Rev. F. J. Dignan, Roman Catholic

No	31
Date of Notice	19 May 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Patrick O'Hara	Daphne Maida Suedgar
BDM Match (90%)	Alexander Patrick O'Hara	Daphne Moira Snelgar
	💍 1926/4439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	27	17
Dwelling Place	Wharepoa	Wharepoa
Length of Residence	27 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Thames
Folio	4560
Consent	Albert George Suedgar, father
Date of Certificate	19 May 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. J. Dignan, Roman Catholic

21 May 1926

Felix John Butler
Ivy Syus

Felix John Butler
Ivy Syms
💍 1926/4440

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber orderman
Domestic duties

21
19

Thames
Thames

7 years
7 years

Presbyterian Manse, Thames

4561

Martha Syus, mother

21 May 1926

Rev. Jas. Milne, Presbyterian

No	32
Date of Notice	21 May 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Felix John Butler	Ivy Syus
BDM Match (94%)	Felix John Butler	Ivy Syms
	💍 1926/4440
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber orderman	Domestic duties
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	7 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Thames
Folio	4561
Consent	Martha Syus, mother
Date of Certificate	21 May 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Milne, Presbyterian

26 May 1926

Henry Akobroy Cameron
Mavis Annie Whelan

Henry Anthobroy Cameron
Mavis Annie Whelan
💍 1926/4441

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine fitter
Shop assistant

27
23

Thames
Thames

27 years
21 years

St Georges Anglican Church, Thames

4562

26 May 1926

Rev. Robertshawe, Church of England

No	33
Date of Notice	26 May 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Akobroy Cameron	Mavis Annie Whelan
BDM Match (94%)	Henry Anthobroy Cameron	Mavis Annie Whelan
	💍 1926/4441
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine fitter	Shop assistant
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	27 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St Georges Anglican Church, Thames
Folio	4562
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 May 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).