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 1339

District of Waimate Plains Quarter ending 30 June 1927 Registrar J. E. Ward

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

10 April 1927

Francis Edward Boyle
Hilda Ellen Judd

Francis Edward Boyle
Hilda Ellen Judd
💍 1927/4468

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Domestic Duties

26
22

Opunake
Manaia

1 1/2 years
10 years

Methodist Church, Manaia

4508

10 April 1927

Rev. H. E. Orchard, Methodist

No	3
Date of Notice	10 April 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Edward Boyle	Hilda Ellen Judd
	💍 1927/4468
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Opunake	Manaia
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Manaia
Folio	4508
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Orchard, Methodist

16 April 1927

John Hall Thatcher
Myra Putt

John Hall Thatcher
Myra Putt
💍 1927/4469

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

28
22

Otakeho
Otakeho

6 days
22 years

St. John's Church, Otakeho

4509

16 April 1927

Rev. B. W. Solomon, Church of England

No	4
Date of Notice	16 April 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hall Thatcher	Myra Putt
	💍 1927/4469
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Otakeho	Otakeho
Length of Residence	6 days	22 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Otakeho
Folio	4509
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. W. Solomon, Church of England

26 April 1927

Jonathan Bottrell
Doris May Botton

Jonathan Cottrell
Doris Mary Cotton
💍 1927/4446

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

33
31

Manaia
Manaia

3 years
10 months

Church of England, Manaia

4510

26 April 1927

Rev. B. W. Solomon, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	26 April 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jonathan Bottrell	Doris May Botton
BDM Match (91%)	Jonathan Cottrell	Doris Mary Cotton
	💍 1927/4446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Manaia
Length of Residence	3 years	10 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Manaia
Folio	4510
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. W. Solomon, Church of England

6 June 1927

George Jenkyns May
Violet May Lloyd

George Jenkyns May
Violet May Lloyd
💍 1927/4447

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

35
27

Manaia
Manaia

2 days
27 years

Methodist Church, Manaia

4511

6 June 1927

Rev. H. E. Orchard, Methodist

No	6
Date of Notice	6 June 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Jenkyns May	Violet May Lloyd
	💍 1927/4447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Manaia	Manaia
Length of Residence	2 days	27 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Manaia
Folio	4511
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Orchard, Methodist

14 June 1927

Frank Gore Sole
Marjorie Isabel Julian

Frank Gore Sole
Marjorie Isabell Julian
💍 1927/4448

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

20
18

Warea
Otakeho

6 years
8 years

St. John's Church, Otakeho

4512

Frank Gore Sole, Senr. and Emily Sole, Parents; William Henry Julian and Annie May Julian, Parents

14 June 1927

Rev. B. W. Solomon, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	14 June 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Gore Sole	Marjorie Isabel Julian
BDM Match (98%)	Frank Gore Sole	Marjorie Isabell Julian
	💍 1927/4448
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Warea	Otakeho
Length of Residence	6 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Otakeho
Folio	4512
Consent	Frank Gore Sole, Senr. and Emily Sole, Parents; William Henry Julian and Annie May Julian, Parents
Date of Certificate	14 June 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. W. Solomon, 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).