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 1329

District of Stratford Quarter ending 30 September 1927 Registrar P. J. Kelleher

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

1 July 1927

Francis William Loose
Elinor Marie Kidd

Francis William Loose
Elinor Marie Kidd
💍 1927/7036

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

27
19

Stratford
Stratford

4 years
18 months

Presbyterian Church, Stratford

7070

Henry Beresford Kidd (Father), Emily Matilda Kidd (Mother)

1 July 1927

Rev. John MacGregor, Presbyterian

No	33
Date of Notice	1 July 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William Loose	Elinor Marie Kidd
	💍 1927/7036
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Stratford	Stratford
Length of Residence	4 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Stratford
Folio	7070
Consent	Henry Beresford Kidd (Father), Emily Matilda Kidd (Mother)
Date of Certificate	1 July 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. John MacGregor, Presbyterian

1 July 1927

Edward Douglas Gray
Ivy Ethel Burkitt

Edward Douglas Gray
Ivy Ethel Burkitt
💍 1927/7037

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
20

Lowgarth
Lowgarth

20 years
20 years

Residence of H. Burkitt, Finnerty Road, Lowgarth

7071

John William Burkitt (Father), Hannah Mary Burkitt (Mother)

1 July 1927

Rev. G. S. Cook, Methodist

No	34
Date of Notice	1 July 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Douglas Gray	Ivy Ethel Burkitt
	💍 1927/7037
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	20
Dwelling Place	Lowgarth	Lowgarth
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of H. Burkitt, Finnerty Road, Lowgarth
Folio	7071
Consent	John William Burkitt (Father), Hannah Mary Burkitt (Mother)
Date of Certificate	1 July 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. S. Cook, Methodist

5 July 1927

Raymond Charles Webb
Phyllis Harriet Ada Volzke

Raymond Charles Webb
Phyllis Harriet Ada Volzke
💍 1927/7038

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheesemaker

22
22

Stratford
Eltham

4 days

Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford

7072

6 July 1927

Rev. J. L. A. Kayll, Church of England

No	35
Date of Notice	5 July 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Raymond Charles Webb	Phyllis Harriet Ada Volzke
	💍 1927/7038
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheesemaker
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Stratford	Eltham
Length of Residence	4 days
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford
Folio	7072
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. L. A. Kayll, Church of England

11 July 1927

Joseph Kelly
Frances May Brotherton

Joseph Kelly
Frances May Bretherton
💍 1927/7039

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
33

Stratford
Stratford

9 weeks
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Stratford

7073

11 July 1927

Rev. J. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

No	36
Date of Notice	11 July 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Kelly	Frances May Brotherton
BDM Match (98%)	Joseph Kelly	Frances May Bretherton
	💍 1927/7039
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	33
Dwelling Place	Stratford	Stratford
Length of Residence	9 weeks	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Stratford
Folio	7073
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Cahill, Roman Catholic

16 July 1927

Eric Harry Bailey Sharrock
Gladys Irena Anderson

Eric Harry Bailey Sharrock
Gladys Tena Anderson
💍 1927/7040

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

23
20

Stratford
Stratford

20 years
20 years

Presbyterian Church, Stratford

7074

16 July 1927

Rev. John MacGregor, Presbyterian

No	37
Date of Notice	16 July 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Harry Bailey Sharrock	Gladys Irena Anderson
BDM Match (95%)	Eric Harry Bailey Sharrock	Gladys Tena Anderson
	💍 1927/7040
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Stratford	Stratford
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Stratford
Folio	7074
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. John MacGregor, 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).