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 1731

District of Otaki Quarter ending 31 March 1927 Registrar H. E. Baughen

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

5 January 1927

Rolland Arthur Reid
Huia Edith Pulley

Rolland Arthur Reid
Huia Edith Pulley
💍 1927/2118

Bachelor
Divorced (Decree absolute 31/3/26)

Civil Servant

36
29

Waikanae
Waikanae

14 days
14 days

Registrar's Office Otaki

1975

5 January 1927

A. H. Batanach, Deputy Registrar

No	1
Date of Notice	5 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rolland Arthur Reid	Huia Edith Pulley
	💍 1927/2118
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (Decree absolute 31/3/26)
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Waikanae	Waikanae
Length of Residence	14 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Otaki
Folio	1975
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1927
Officiating Minister	A. H. Batanach, Deputy Registrar

14 January 1927

Wheldon Frederick Baton
Constance Gertrude Ormrod

Wheldon Frederick Caton
Constance Gertrude Ormrod
💍 1927/2126

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Saleswoman

36
26

Otaki
Wellington

14 days
23 years

Church of England Otaki

1976

14 January 1927

Rev. A. W. Monaghan, Anglican

No	2
Date of Notice	14 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wheldon Frederick Baton	Constance Gertrude Ormrod
BDM Match (98%)	Wheldon Frederick Caton	Constance Gertrude Ormrod
	💍 1927/2126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Saleswoman
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Otaki	Wellington
Length of Residence	14 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Otaki
Folio	1976
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. W. Monaghan, Anglican

26 January 1927

Edwin George Roberts
Ada Beatrice Kilby

Edwin George Roberts
Ada Beatrice Kilsby
💍 1927/2137

Widower (22/6/20)
Spinster

Writer & Decorator
Domestic Duties

44
29

Paekakariki
Paekakariki

6 years
6 months

Registrar's Office Otaki

1977

26 January 1927

H. E. Baughen, Deputy Registrar

No	3
Date of Notice	26 January 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin George Roberts	Ada Beatrice Kilby
BDM Match (97%)	Edwin George Roberts	Ada Beatrice Kilsby
	💍 1927/2137
Condition	Widower (22/6/20)	Spinster
Profession	Writer & Decorator	Domestic Duties
Age	44	29
Dwelling Place	Paekakariki	Paekakariki
Length of Residence	6 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Otaki
Folio	1977
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1927
Officiating Minister	H. E. Baughen, Deputy Registrar

2 February 1927

Charles William Jensen
Freda Sybil Allen

Charles William Jensen
Freda Sybil Allen
💍 1927/2142

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

21
18

Paraparaumu
Paraparaumu

4 days
4 days

Church of England Paraparaumu

1978

Ernest William Allen, Father

2 February 1927

Rev. G. K. Moir, Anglican

No	4
Date of Notice	2 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Jensen	Freda Sybil Allen
	💍 1927/2142
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Paraparaumu	Paraparaumu
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Church of England Paraparaumu
Folio	1978
Consent	Ernest William Allen, Father
Date of Certificate	2 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. K. Moir, Anglican

23 February 1927

William Gleeson
Myrtle Iris Doreen Boyle

William Gleeson
Myrtle Iris Doreen Boyle
💍 1927/2143

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Domestic Duties

26
22

Otaki
Otaki

18 months
3 years

Registrar's Office Otaki

1979

23 February 1927

H. E. Baughen, Deputy Registrar

No	5
Date of Notice	23 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Gleeson	Myrtle Iris Doreen Boyle
	💍 1927/2143
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Otaki	Otaki
Length of Residence	18 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Otaki
Folio	1979
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1927
Officiating Minister	H. E. Baughen, Deputy Registrar

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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).