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 1618

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 March 1927 Registrar G. Kilvington

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

9 February 1927

George Mantell
Elizabeth Annie Adams

George Mantell
Elizabeth Annie Adams
💍 1927/2030

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic duties

20
33

Wellington
Feilding

-
3 weeks

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

1912

9 February 1927

Rev. T. Miller, Presbyterian

No	6
Date of Notice	9 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Mantell	Elizabeth Annie Adams
	💍 1927/2030
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	20	33
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Feilding
Length of Residence	-	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	1912
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Miller, Presbyterian

19 February 1927

Harold Herbert Mawhinney
Pauline Seifert

Harold Herbert Mawhinnay
Pauline Seifert
💍 1927/2031

Bachelor
Spinster

Slaughterman
Domestic duties

23
21

Feilding
Feilding

6 years
3 years

Church of England, Feilding

1913

19 February 1927

Rev. H. A. Petrie, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	19 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Herbert Mawhinney	Pauline Seifert
BDM Match (98%)	Harold Herbert Mawhinnay	Pauline Seifert
	💍 1927/2031
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Slaughterman	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	1913
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Petrie, Church of England

21 February 1927

Neil McLean Campbell
Dorothy Beatrice Levin

Neil McLean Campbell
Dorothy Beatrice Levin
💍 1927/2032

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic duties

22
22

Feilding
Feilding

2 days
12 years

Church of England, Feilding

1914

21 February 1927

Rev. H. A. Petrie, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	21 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neil McLean Campbell	Dorothy Beatrice Levin
	💍 1927/2032
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	1914
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Petrie, Church of England

28 February 1927

James Sloane Parsons
Penelope Edney

James Sloane Parsons
Penelope Edney
💍 1927/2033

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
27

Feilding
Feilding

3 months
2 days

Church of England, Feilding

1915

28 February 1927

Rev. J. F. Mayo, Church of England

No	9
Date of Notice	28 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Sloane Parsons	Penelope Edney
	💍 1927/2033
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 months	2 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	1915
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Mayo, Church of England

2 March 1927

Arthur Robert Petherbridge Pearse
Irene Joan Cook

Arthur Robert Petherbridge Pearse
Irene Joan Cook
💍 1927/2034

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor
Domestic duties

24
19

Feilding
Rata Street, Feilding

11 years
9 months

Residence of J. R. Cook, Rata Street, Feilding

1916

James Richard Cook and Edith Cook, parents

2 March 1927

Rev. T. Miller, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	2 March 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Robert Petherbridge Pearse	Irene Joan Cook
	💍 1927/2034
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor	Domestic duties
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Rata Street, Feilding
Length of Residence	11 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Residence of J. R. Cook, Rata Street, Feilding
Folio	1916
Consent	James Richard Cook and Edith Cook, parents
Date of Certificate	2 March 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Miller, Presbyterian

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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).