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 1391

District of Hastings Quarter ending 30 June 1927 Registrar Robt. Brathwaite

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 June 1927

Edward Walter Long
Kathleen Florence Penellum

Edward Walter Long
Kathleen Florence Penellum
💍 1927/4581

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic duties

21
21

Hastings
Hastings

21 years
2 years

St. Matthews Church, Hastings

4566

10 June 1927

Rev. J. G. Thompson, Anglican

No	67
Date of Notice	10 June 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Walter Long	Kathleen Florence Penellum
	💍 1927/4581
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	21 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Hastings
Folio	4566
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Thompson, Anglican

13 June 1927

Henry Francis Large
Eva Helen Parkinson

Harvey Francis Large
Eva Ileen Parkinson
💍 1927/4582

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm hand
Domestic duties

19
21

Hastings
Hastings

18 years
4 days

Registrars Office, Hastings

4567

Henry and Ellen Large, Parents

13 June 1927

Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

No	68
Date of Notice	13 June 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Francis Large	Eva Helen Parkinson
BDM Match (82%)	Harvey Francis Large	Eva Ileen Parkinson
	💍 1927/4582
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm hand	Domestic duties
Age	19	21
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	18 years	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Hastings
Folio	4567
Consent	Henry and Ellen Large, Parents
Date of Certificate	13 June 1927
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

21 June 1927

Hemi Waerea
Puti Edwards

Hemi Waerea
Puti Edwards
💍 1927/4583

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

32
19

Bridge Pa, Hastings
Bridge Pa, Hastings

8 months
19 years

Registrars Office, Hastings

4568

Davie-Kara Edwards, Parents

21 June 1927

Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

No	69
Date of Notice	21 June 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hemi Waerea	Puti Edwards
	💍 1927/4583
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	32	19
Dwelling Place	Bridge Pa, Hastings	Bridge Pa, Hastings
Length of Residence	8 months	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Hastings
Folio	4568
Consent	Davie-Kara Edwards, Parents
Date of Certificate	21 June 1927
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite, Registrar

24 June 1927

Edward Albert Collison
Olive May Harbord

Edward Albert Collison
Olive May Harbord
💍 1927/4584

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver
Domestic duties

29
25

Napier
Havelock North

29 years
15 years

St. Matthews Church, Hastings

4569

24 June 1927

Rev. C. Mortimer Jones, Anglican

No	70
Date of Notice	24 June 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Albert Collison	Olive May Harbord
	💍 1927/4584
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver	Domestic duties
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Napier	Havelock North
Length of Residence	29 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Hastings
Folio	4569
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Mortimer Jones, Anglican

27 June 1927

William Staniland
Hilda Cannon

William Staniland
Hilda Cannon
💍 1927/4586

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Household duties

33
22

Puketapu, Bay
Hastings

4 years
3 days

St. Matthews Church, Hastings

4570

24 June 1927

Rev. C. Mortimer Jones, Anglican

No	71
Date of Notice	27 June 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Staniland	Hilda Cannon
	💍 1927/4586
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Household duties
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Puketapu, Bay	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Hastings
Folio	4570
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Mortimer Jones, Anglican

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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).