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 964

District of Rotorua Quarter ending 31 March 1926 Registrar H. Crowther

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

27 January 1926

Douglas Jervis
Nita Maud Lazenby

Douglas Jervis
Nita Maud Lasenby
💍 1926/1071

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Domestic Duties

30
23

Rotorua
Rotorua

14 years
14 years

St. Luke's Church of England, Rotorua

1806

27 January 1926

Rev. W. G. H. Weadon, Church of England

No	6
Date of Notice	27 January 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Jervis	Nita Maud Lazenby
BDM Match (97%)	Douglas Jervis	Nita Maud Lasenby
	💍 1926/1071
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Domestic Duties
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	14 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church of England, Rotorua
Folio	1806
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. H. Weadon, Church of England

5 February 1926

Alan Eric Carruthers
Lilian Smith

Alan Eric Carruthers
Lilian Smith
💍 1926/1072

Bachelor
Spinster

Garage Proprietor
Clerk

30
30

Rotorua
Rotorua

3 years
2 weeks

St. Luke's Church of England, Rotorua

1807

5 February 1926

Rev. W. G. H. Weadon, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	5 February 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alan Eric Carruthers	Lilian Smith
	💍 1926/1072
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Garage Proprietor	Clerk
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church of England, Rotorua
Folio	1807
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. H. Weadon, Church of England

6 February 1926

Percy Lenard Hicks
Minnie Mitchell

Percy Lenard Hicks
Minnie Mitchell
💍 1926/1073

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Painter
Waitress

26
22

Rotorua
Rotorua

10 years
11 months

Registrar's Office, Rotorua

1808

6 February 1926

W. B. I. Sumner, Deputy Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	6 February 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Lenard Hicks	Minnie Mitchell
	💍 1926/1073
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Painter	Waitress
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	10 years	11 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Rotorua
Folio	1808
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1926
Officiating Minister	W. B. I. Sumner, Deputy Registrar

11 February 1926

Edward Middleton Gibson
Mary Jenifer Kernick Buckhill

Edward Middleton Gibson
Mary Jenifer Kernick Cuthill
💍 1926/1074

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Typist

30
31

Rotorua
Rotorua

3 days
3 days

St. Luke's Church of England, Rotorua

1809

11 February 1926

Rev. W. G. H. Weadon, Church of England

No	9
Date of Notice	11 February 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Middleton Gibson	Mary Jenifer Kernick Buckhill
BDM Match (95%)	Edward Middleton Gibson	Mary Jenifer Kernick Cuthill
	💍 1926/1074
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Typist
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church of England, Rotorua
Folio	1809
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. H. Weadon, Church of England

13 February 1926

John Joseph Mcbarchy
Helen Margaret Williamson

John Joseph McCarthy
Helen Margaret Williamson
💍 1926/1051

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

24
22

Rotorua
Rotorua

3 years
2 years

St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua

1810

13 February 1926

Rev. A. Lightheart, Roman Catholic

No	10
Date of Notice	13 February 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Mcbarchy	Helen Margaret Williamson
BDM Match (95%)	John Joseph McCarthy	Helen Margaret Williamson
	💍 1926/1051
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua
Folio	1810
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Lightheart, Roman Catholic

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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).