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 1345

District of Waitara Quarter ending 31 March 1927 Registrar F. W. Barnard

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 January 1927

Alexander David Mcneil
Zoe Percival

Alexander David McNeil
Zoe Percival
💍 1927/1962

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanical Engineer
Domestic duties

24
26

Stratford
Tikorangi

1 year
1 week

Church of England, Tikorangi

1767

10 January 1927

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	1
Date of Notice	10 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander David Mcneil	Zoe Percival
BDM Match (98%)	Alexander David McNeil	Zoe Percival
	💍 1927/1962
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanical Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Stratford	Tikorangi
Length of Residence	1 year	1 week
Marriage Place	Church of England, Tikorangi
Folio	1767
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

24 January 1927

Curtis Albert Bredow
Hilda Ivy Helen McCracken

Curtis Albert Bredow
Hilda Ivy Helen McCracken
💍 1927/1964

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Domestic duties

34
31

Douglas
Urenui

4 days
3 years

Church of England, Urenui

1768

24 January 1927

Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

No	2
Date of Notice	24 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Curtis Albert Bredow	Hilda Ivy Helen McCracken
	💍 1927/1964
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Domestic duties
Age	34	31
Dwelling Place	Douglas	Urenui
Length of Residence	4 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Urenui
Folio	1768
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gavin, Church of England

8 February 1927

Charles Robert Brown
Elizabeth Jean Rosina Conrad

Charles Robert Brown
Elizabeth Jean Rosina Conrad
💍 1927/1965

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor driver
Domestic duties

24
29

Waitara
Waitara

2 years
2 weeks

Presbyterian Church, Waitara

1769

8 February 1927

Rev. J. H. Combes, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	8 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Robert Brown	Elizabeth Jean Rosina Conrad
	💍 1927/1965
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor driver	Domestic duties
Age	24	29
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	2 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Waitara
Folio	1769
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Combes, Presbyterian

10 February 1927

Roy Goddard
Grace Hazel Myra Jones

Roy Goddard
Grace Haxel Myra Jones
💍 1927/1966

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

25
21

Waitara
Waitara

25 years
21 years

Dwelling of Rev. R. B. Gosnell, Mouatt Street, Waitara

1770

10 February 1927

Rev. R. B. Gosnell, Methodist

No	4
Date of Notice	10 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Goddard	Grace Hazel Myra Jones
BDM Match (98%)	Roy Goddard	Grace Haxel Myra Jones
	💍 1927/1966
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Rev. R. B. Gosnell, Mouatt Street, Waitara
Folio	1770
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. B. Gosnell, Methodist

14 February 1927

Charles Edward Miles
Eileen Jessie McFarlane

Charles Edward Miles
Eileen Jessie McFarlane
💍 1927/1967

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic duties

38
20

Waitara
Waitara

1 year
3 years

Methodist Church, Waitara

1771

Duncan McFarlane, father; Alice Mary McFarlane, mother

14 February 1927

Rev. R. B. Gosnell, Methodist

No	5
Date of Notice	14 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Miles	Eileen Jessie McFarlane
	💍 1927/1967
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic duties
Age	38	20
Dwelling Place	Waitara	Waitara
Length of Residence	1 year	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Waitara
Folio	1771
Consent	Duncan McFarlane, father; Alice Mary McFarlane, mother
Date of Certificate	14 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. B. Gosnell, Methodist

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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).