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 1125

District of Waihi Quarter ending 31 March 1927 Registrar W. R. Free

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

7 January 1927

Henry Edward Wigmore
Kathleen McLean

Henry Edward Wigmore
Kathleen McLean
💍 1927/1838

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic duties

24
21

Karangahake
Waitawheta, Waikino

10 years

Presbyterian Church, Waihi

1669

7 January 1927

Rev. J. D. McFarlane, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	7 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Edward Wigmore	Kathleen McLean
	💍 1927/1838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Karangahake	Waitawheta, Waikino
Length of Residence		10 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Waihi
Folio	1669
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. McFarlane, Presbyterian

10 January 1927

Leslie Roy Brokenshire
Annie Myrtle Grace

Leslie Roy Brokenshire
Annie Myrtle Grace
💍 1927/1839

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser
Domestic duties

22
22

Thames
Waikino

22 years

Church of England, Waihi

1670

10 January 1927

Rev. E. S. Wayne, Church of England

No	2
Date of Notice	10 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Roy Brokenshire	Annie Myrtle Grace
	💍 1927/1839
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser	Domestic duties
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Waikino
Length of Residence		22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waihi
Folio	1670
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. S. Wayne, Church of England

17 January 1927

Thomas Maurice Bunce
Thelma Esma Norah Bunce

Thomas Maurice Terry
Thelma Esme Norah Burke
💍 1927/1840

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

32
20

Waihi
Waihi

1 year
20 years

Registrar's Office, Waihi

1671

Patric Thomas Bunce, father; Sylvia Mary Bunce, mother

17 January 1927

W. J. Cummins, Deputy Registrar

No	3
Date of Notice	17 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Maurice Bunce	Thelma Esma Norah Bunce
BDM Match (81%)	Thomas Maurice Terry	Thelma Esme Norah Burke
	💍 1927/1840
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	1 year	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Waihi
Folio	1671
Consent	Patric Thomas Bunce, father; Sylvia Mary Bunce, mother
Date of Certificate	17 January 1927
Officiating Minister	W. J. Cummins, Deputy Registrar

29 January 1927

James Ernest Gilpin
Enid Letitia Devey

James Ernest Gilpin
Enid Letitia Devey
💍 1927/1841

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph lineman
Clerk

28
23

Waihi
Waihi

15 months
3 months

Church of England, Waihi

1672

29 January 1927

Rev. E. S. Wayne, Church of England

No	4
Date of Notice	29 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Ernest Gilpin	Enid Letitia Devey
	💍 1927/1841
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph lineman	Clerk
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	15 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waihi
Folio	1672
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. S. Wayne, Church of England

12 February 1927

Leonard Thomas
Edith Graham McKee

Leonard Thomas
Edith Graham McKee
💍 1927/1842

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

24
21

Waihi
Paeroa

3 days

Presbyterian Manse, Waihi

1673

12 February 1927

Rev. J. D. McFarlane, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	12 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Thomas	Edith Graham McKee
	💍 1927/1842
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Paeroa
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Waihi
Folio	1673
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. McFarlane, 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).