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 1631

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 December 1927 Registrar G. H. Livington

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

8 October 1927

William Francis Hall
Constance Annie Robinson

William Francis Hall
Constance Annie Robinson
💍 1927/9521

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employer
Waitress

22
22

Marton
Feilding

-
3 days

Baptist Church, Feilding

9829

8 October 1927

Rev. C. D. Gardiner, Baptist

No	54
Date of Notice	8 October 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Hall	Constance Annie Robinson
	💍 1927/9521
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employer	Waitress
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Marton	Feilding
Length of Residence	-	3 days
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Feilding
Folio	9829
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. D. Gardiner, Baptist

14 October 1927

Frederick Munro
Nellie Elizabeth Wright

Bernard Patrick Broughan
Elsie Elizabeth Wright
💍 1927/5868

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm manager
Domestic duties

23
21

Kimbolton
Feilding

-
1 year

Church of England, Feilding

9830

14 October 1927

Rev. J. H. Petrie, Anglican

No	55
Date of Notice	14 October 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Munro	Nellie Elizabeth Wright
BDM Match (60%)	Bernard Patrick Broughan	Elsie Elizabeth Wright
	💍 1927/5868
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm manager	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Kimbolton	Feilding
Length of Residence	-	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	9830
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Petrie, Anglican

25 October 1927

Percy Nesbit
Mabel Millicent Lane

Percy Nesbit
Mabel Millicent Lane
💍 1927/9523

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward
Lady Help

33
27

Feilding
Feilding

27 years
4 years

Residence of Mr. J. Kenyon, 174 Manchester Street, Feilding

9831

25 October 1927

Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	56
Date of Notice	25 October 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Nesbit	Mabel Millicent Lane
	💍 1927/9523
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward	Lady Help
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	27 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Kenyon, 174 Manchester Street, Feilding
Folio	9831
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

25 October 1927

Robert James Sporle
Etty Follett

Robert James Sporle
Etty Follett
💍 1927/9524

Widower (18 April 1925)
Widow (15 March 1920)

Butcher
Domestic Duties

70
69

Feilding
Feilding

30 years
8 years

Residence of Mrs. E. Follett, 15 Grey Street, Feilding

9832

25 October 1927

Rev. P. W. Jones, Methodist

No	57
Date of Notice	25 October 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert James Sporle	Etty Follett
	💍 1927/9524
Condition	Widower (18 April 1925)	Widow (15 March 1920)
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Duties
Age	70	69
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	30 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. E. Follett, 15 Grey Street, Feilding
Folio	9832
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Jones, Methodist

25 October 1927

Alfred Earnest Claude Jeffrey
Fanny Elizabeth Belle Campbell

Alfred Earnest Claude Jeffrey
Fanny Elizabeth Belle Campbell
💍 1927/9525

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

23
18

Sakitahuna
Feilding

-
11 years

Roman Catholic Church, Feilding

9833

Harold Dalton Campbell and Evelyn Campbell, Parents

25 October 1927

Rev. C. Harnett, Roman Catholic

No	58
Date of Notice	25 October 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Earnest Claude Jeffrey	Fanny Elizabeth Belle Campbell
	💍 1927/9525
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Sakitahuna	Feilding
Length of Residence	-	11 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Feilding
Folio	9833
Consent	Harold Dalton Campbell and Evelyn Campbell, Parents
Date of Certificate	25 October 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Harnett, Roman Catholic

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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).