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 1617

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 March 1927 Registrar G. H. Lington

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

Victor Thomas Reid
Eileen Mavis Whitehead

Victor Thomas Reid
Eileen Mavis Whitehead
💍 1927/2049

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
23

Makino
Makino

28 years
9 months

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

1907

10 January 1927

Rev. T. G. Shilton, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	10 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Thomas Reid	Eileen Mavis Whitehead
	💍 1927/2049
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Makino	Makino
Length of Residence	28 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	1907
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. G. Shilton, Presbyterian

18 January 1927

Charles Edwin Corpe
Kathleen Guylee

Charles Edwin Corpe
Kathleen Guylee
💍 1927/2050

Widower (20/5/05)
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

42
31

Cunningham's
Waituna West

32 years
Life

Methodist Church, Waituna West

1908

10 January 1927

Rev. J. F. Mayo, Church of England

No	2
Date of Notice	18 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edwin Corpe	Kathleen Guylee
	💍 1927/2050
Condition	Widower (20/5/05)	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	42	31
Dwelling Place	Cunningham's	Waituna West
Length of Residence	32 years	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Waituna West
Folio	1908
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Mayo, Church of England

18 January 1927

Charles Douglas Collis
Doris Ruth Boddy

Charles Douglas Collis
Doris Ruth Boddy
💍 1927/2051

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
27

Kairanga
Kopane

-
3 days

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

1909

10 January 1927

Rev. H. T. Peat, Methodist

No	3
Date of Notice	18 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Douglas Collis	Doris Ruth Boddy
	💍 1927/2051
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Kairanga	Kopane
Length of Residence	-	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	1909
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. T. Peat, Methodist

21 January 1927

John Sidney Klemmer
Grace Althea Adams

John Sidney Klenner
Grace Althea Adams
💍 1927/2028

Bachelor
Spinster

Buttermaker
Domestic duties

27
19

Feilding
Feilding

14 months
-

Church of England, Feilding

1910

Cecil Robert Adams and Gertrude Lasboque Adams, Parents

21 January 1927

Rev. F. H. Petrie, Church of England

No	4
Date of Notice	21 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Sidney Klemmer	Grace Althea Adams
BDM Match (95%)	John Sidney Klenner	Grace Althea Adams
	💍 1927/2028
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Buttermaker	Domestic duties
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	14 months	-
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	1910
Consent	Cecil Robert Adams and Gertrude Lasboque Adams, Parents
Date of Certificate	21 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Petrie, Church of England

1 February 1927

Henry Arthur Clayton
Edith Spencer Newman

Henry Arthur Clayton
Edith Spencer Newman
💍 1927/2029

Bachelor
Divorced (13/9/26)

Motor trimmer
Domestic duties

24
25

Feilding
Feilding

15 years
3 years

Methodist Church, Feilding

1911

1 February 1927

Rev. T. Mitchell, Methodist

No	5
Date of Notice	1 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Arthur Clayton	Edith Spencer Newman
	💍 1927/2029
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (13/9/26)
Profession	Motor trimmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	15 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Feilding
Folio	1911
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Mitchell, 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).