Intentions to Marry, 1927 Albertland to Raglan

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840544, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1927 is bound in four volumes (a to d) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1927a contains pages 1-926, covering districts from Albertland to Raglan

Page 455

District of Cambridge Quarter ending 31 March 1927 Registrar Allan

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

18 January 1927

Arthur Eric Southey
Mary Catherine Haste

Arthur Eric Southey
Mary Catherine Hastie
💍 1927/1616

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
20

Cambridge
Cambridge

1 week
20 years

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge

1401

George Herbert Sidney Haste (Father), Jane Haste (Mother)

18 January 1927

Rev. John Bisett, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	18 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Eric Southey	Mary Catherine Haste
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Eric Southey	Mary Catherine Hastie
	💍 1927/1616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	1 week	20 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge
Folio	1401
Consent	George Herbert Sidney Haste (Father), Jane Haste (Mother)
Date of Certificate	18 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Bisett, Presbyterian

26 January 1927

Lionel Wellington Dobbinson
Amy Lillian Jenstrom

Lionel Wellington Dobbinson
Amy Lillian Linstrom
💍 1927/1623

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic Duties

25
22

Cambridge
Cambridge

4 years
18 years

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge

1402

26 January 1927

Rev. James Hay, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	26 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Wellington Dobbinson	Amy Lillian Jenstrom
BDM Match (95%)	Lionel Wellington Dobbinson	Amy Lillian Linstrom
	💍 1927/1623
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic Duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	4 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge
Folio	1402
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Hay, Presbyterian

31 January 1927

Willie Webber
Louisa Webberley

Willie Webber
Louisa Webberley
💍 1927/1624

Widower
Spinster

Blacksmith
Waitress

37
23

Cambridge
Cambridge

37 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Cambridge

1403

31 January 1927

J. C. Allan, Registrar

No	3
Date of Notice	31 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Willie Webber	Louisa Webberley
	💍 1927/1624
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Waitress
Age	37	23
Dwelling Place	Cambridge	Cambridge
Length of Residence	37 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Cambridge
Folio	1403
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1927
Officiating Minister	J. C. Allan, Registrar

2 February 1927

Andrew George Anderson
Margaret Ann Henry

Andrew George Anderson
Margaret Ann Henry
💍 1927/1625

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Housekeeper

24
33

Fencourt, Cambridge
Fencourt, Cambridge

4 years
1 week

St. Pauls Methodist Church, Fencourt, Cambridge

1404

2 February 1927

Rev. W. J. Elliott, Methodist

No	4
Date of Notice	2 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew George Anderson	Margaret Ann Henry
	💍 1927/1625
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Housekeeper
Age	24	33
Dwelling Place	Fencourt, Cambridge	Fencourt, Cambridge
Length of Residence	4 years	1 week
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Methodist Church, Fencourt, Cambridge
Folio	1404
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Elliott, Methodist

3 February 1927

Cyril Henry Buckman
Elsie May Davys

Cyril Henry Buckman
Elsie May Davys
💍 1927/1626

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Domestic Duties

29
22

Bruntwood, Cambridge
Bruntwood, Cambridge

4 years
20 years

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge

1405

3 February 1927

Rev. T. H. Roseveare, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	3 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Henry Buckman	Elsie May Davys
	💍 1927/1626
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Domestic Duties
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Bruntwood, Cambridge	Bruntwood, Cambridge
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge
Folio	1405
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. H. Roseveare, 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).