Intentions to Marry, 1927 Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840545, 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.

1927b contains pages 927-1804, covering districts from Rangiriri to Whangamomona

Page 951

District of Rotorua Quarter ending 30 September 1927 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

5 July 1927

Charles Henderson
Lucy Catherine Tyson

Charles Henderson
Lucy Catherine Tyson
💍 1927/6868

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic

21
21

Rotoma
Rotoma

3 years
15 years

The Presbyterian Manse, Rotorua

6875

5 July 1927

Rev. A. B. Randerson, Presbyterian

No	30
Date of Notice	5 July 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henderson	Lucy Catherine Tyson
	💍 1927/6868
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Rotoma	Rotoma
Length of Residence	3 years	15 years
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Manse, Rotorua
Folio	6875
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Randerson, Presbyterian

7 July 1927

Willie Moore
Mary Dory Davies

Willie Moore
Mary Ivy Davies
💍 1927/6707

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

40
22

Rotorua
Rotorua

1 week
1 week

The Presbyterian Manse, Rotorua

6876

7 July 1927

Rev. A. B. Randerson, Presbyterian

No	31
Date of Notice	7 July 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Willie Moore	Mary Dory Davies
BDM Match (91%)	Willie Moore	Mary Ivy Davies
	💍 1927/6707
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	40	22
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Manse, Rotorua
Folio	6876
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Randerson, Presbyterian

11 July 1927

Charlie Kameka Poihipa
Hilda Wi Te Pou

Charlie Kameta Poihipa
Hilda Wi Te Pou
💍 1927/6718

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

21
18

Rotoiti
Waimana

21 years
18 years

Registrar's Office, Rotorua

6877

Wi Te Pou (father), Te Ririkouka (mother)

11 July 1927

J. S. Crowther, Registrar

No	32
Date of Notice	11 July 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charlie Kameka Poihipa	Hilda Wi Te Pou
BDM Match (98%)	Charlie Kameta Poihipa	Hilda Wi Te Pou
	💍 1927/6718
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Rotoiti	Waimana
Length of Residence	21 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Rotorua
Folio	6877
Consent	Wi Te Pou (father), Te Ririkouka (mother)
Date of Certificate	11 July 1927
Officiating Minister	J. S. Crowther, Registrar

27 July 1927

Charles Allen Frampton
Edna Tait Chalmers

Charles Allen Frampton
Edna Tait Chalmers
💍 1927/6724

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

28
21

Rotorua
Rotorua

3 months
6 months

Residence of Mr. Beeson, Emuera Street, Rotorua

6878

27 July 1927

Rev. C. C. Harrison, Methodist

No	33
Date of Notice	27 July 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Allen Frampton	Edna Tait Chalmers
	💍 1927/6724
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Rotorua	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Beeson, Emuera Street, Rotorua
Folio	6878
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison, Methodist

2 August 1927

Thomas Tuki
Winnie Wiari

Thomas Tuki
Winnie Wiari
💍 1927/4496

Thomas Tuki
Winnie Wiari
💍 1927/10490

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver
Domestic Duties

26
20

Whakarewarewa
Whakarewarewa

3 months
20 years

St Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua

Aperahama Wiari (father), Bella Wiari (step mother)

2 August 1927

Rev. E. B. Schoonhof, Roman Catholic

No	34
Date of Notice	2 August 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Tuki	Winnie Wiari
	💍 1927/4496
	💍 1927/10490
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver	Domestic Duties
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Whakarewarewa	Whakarewarewa
Length of Residence	3 months	20 years
Marriage Place	St Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Rotorua
Folio
Consent	Aperahama Wiari (father), Bella Wiari (step mother)
Date of Certificate	2 August 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. B. Schoonhof, 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).