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 1017

District of Te Awamutu Quarter ending 31 March 1927 Registrar S. A. Chidendy

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

4 January 1927

Arthur Fleming
Eileen Flora Leddy

Arthur Fleming
Eileen Flora Teddy
💍 1927/1823

Bachelor
Spinster

Mercer
Domestic

25
22

Ohaupo
Ohaupo

3 days
22 years

Christs Church

1631

4 January 1927

Rev. G. I. Robson, Church of England

No	1
Date of Notice	4 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Fleming	Eileen Flora Leddy
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur Fleming	Eileen Flora Teddy
	💍 1927/1823
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mercer	Domestic
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Ohaupo	Ohaupo
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Christs Church
Folio	1631
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. I. Robson, Church of England

17 January 1927

Kenneth Glenroy May
Kathleen Margaret Harlick

Kenneth Glenroy May
Kathleen Margaret Harlick
💍 1927/1824

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

30
25

Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu

4 years
2 days

Registrar Office, Te Awamutu

1632

17 January 1927

Registrar of Marriages, Te Awamutu

No	2
Date of Notice	17 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Glenroy May	Kathleen Margaret Harlick
	💍 1927/1824
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	4 years	2 days
Marriage Place	Registrar Office, Te Awamutu
Folio	1632
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Te Awamutu

18 January 1927

Albert William Lawson
Isabella Leys Sharp

Albert William Lawson
Isabella Leys Sharp
💍 1927/1825

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Worker
Domestic

26
26

Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu

2 months
2 months

Presbyterian Church, Te Awamutu

1633

18 January 1927

Rev. W. Butterworth, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	18 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert William Lawson	Isabella Leys Sharp
	💍 1927/1825
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Worker	Domestic
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Te Awamutu
Folio	1633
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Butterworth, Presbyterian

19 January 1927

Joseph Denby Bean
Constance Sylvia Smart

Joseph Denby Bean
Constance Sylvia Smart
💍 1927/1802

Widower (16 October 1923)
Spinster

Plumber
Domestic

32
23

Pukeatua
Pukeatua

2 months
12 years

Residence of Bride's Parents, Pukeatua

1634

19 January 1927

Rev. W. Butterworth, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	19 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Denby Bean	Constance Sylvia Smart
	💍 1927/1802
Condition	Widower (16 October 1923)	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Domestic
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Pukeatua	Pukeatua
Length of Residence	2 months	12 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's Parents, Pukeatua
Folio	1634
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Butterworth, Presbyterian

24 January 1927

James Francis Hyland
Edith Vera Savill

James Francis Hyland
Edith Vera Savill
💍 1927/1803

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic

31
23

Papatoetoe
Te Awamutu

-
2 years

Church of England, Te Awamutu

1635

24 January 1927

Rev. G. I. Robson, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	24 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Francis Hyland	Edith Vera Savill
	💍 1927/1803
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Papatoetoe	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	-	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Te Awamutu
Folio	1635
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. I. Robson, 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).