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 1667

District of Levin Quarter ending 31 March 1927 Registrar A. M. Nagel

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

3 January 1927

Sidney George Thompson
Nera Boulton

Sidney George Thompson
Vera Boulton
💍 1927/2095

Bachelor
Spinster

Cycle Dealer
Domestic Duties

27
23

Levin
Levin

20 Years
4 days

Anglican Church, Levin

1929

3 January 1927

Rev. J. G. Davies, Church of England

No	1
Date of Notice	3 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney George Thompson	Nera Boulton
BDM Match (96%)	Sidney George Thompson	Vera Boulton
	💍 1927/2095
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cycle Dealer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	20 Years	4 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Levin
Folio	1929
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Davies, Church of England

11 January 1927

James Jamieson
Violet Winifred Ryder

James Jamieson
Violet Winifred Ryder
💍 1927/2096

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller
Household Duties

33
31

Levin
Levin

4 Years
31

Presbyterian Manse, Levin

1930

11 January 1927

Rev. Robert Bracket, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	11 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Jamieson	Violet Winifred Ryder
	💍 1927/2096
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller	Household Duties
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	4 Years	31
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Levin
Folio	1930
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Bracket, Presbyterian

21 January 1927

Reginald Prier
Kathleen Mary Vera Gimblett

Reginald Prier
Kathleen Mary Vera Gimblett
💍 1927/2097

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25
22

Shannon
Levin

-
20 Years

Roman Catholic Church, Levin

1931

21 January 1927

Rev. E. Lynch, Roman Catholic

No	3
Date of Notice	21 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Prier	Kathleen Mary Vera Gimblett
	💍 1927/2097
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Shannon	Levin
Length of Residence	-	20 Years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Levin
Folio	1931
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Lynch, Roman Catholic

5 February 1927

Cyril Walden Hardway
Ruby May Clayton

Cyril Walden Hardway
Ruby May Clayton
💍 1927/2098

Bachelor
Divorced (decree absolute 24th January 1927)

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
34

Levin
Levin

2 Years
10

Registrar's Office, Levin

1932

5 February 1927

Registrar, Levin

No	4
Date of Notice	5 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Walden Hardway	Ruby May Clayton
	💍 1927/2098
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (decree absolute 24th January 1927)
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	34
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	2 Years	10
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Levin
Folio	1932
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Levin

9 February 1927

Edward Henry Webber
Florine Doris Winifred Channings

Edward Henry Webber
Clorine Doris Winifred Channings
💍 1927/10634

Divorced (decree absolute 24th November 1926)
Spinster

Furnisher
Domestic Duties

37
18

Levin
Levin

3 Years
18

Registrar's Office, Levin

1933

Henry Channings, Father

9 February 1927

Registrar, Levin

No	5
Date of Notice	9 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Henry Webber	Florine Doris Winifred Channings
BDM Match (98%)	Edward Henry Webber	Clorine Doris Winifred Channings
	💍 1927/10634
Condition	Divorced (decree absolute 24th November 1926)	Spinster
Profession	Furnisher	Domestic Duties
Age	37	18
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	3 Years	18
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Levin
Folio	1933
Consent	Henry Channings, Father
Date of Certificate	9 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Levin

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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).