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 1018

District of Te Awamutu Quarter ending 31 March 1927 Registrar A. C. Huthnance

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

1 February 1927

Edgar Wilfred James
Constance Colfe Moody

Edgar Wilfred James
Constance Rolfe Moody
💍 1927/1804

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

42
32

Kihikihi
Kihikihi

11 years
2 months

Roman Catholic Church, Kihikihi

1636

1 February 1927

Rev. J. Zanna, Roman Catholic

No	6
Date of Notice	1 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Wilfred James	Constance Colfe Moody
BDM Match (98%)	Edgar Wilfred James	Constance Rolfe Moody
	💍 1927/1804
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	42	32
Dwelling Place	Kihikihi	Kihikihi
Length of Residence	11 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Kihikihi
Folio	1636
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Zanna, Roman Catholic

15 February 1927

Ioan Yavich
Katherine Ellen Rayner

Ivan Pavich
Katherine Ellen Rayner
💍 1927/1805

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic Help

31
24

Paterangi
Paterangi

1 year
24 years 11 months

Roman Catholic Church, Te Awamutu

1637

18 February 1927

Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

No	7
Date of Notice	15 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ioan Yavich	Katherine Ellen Rayner
BDM Match (91%)	Ivan Pavich	Katherine Ellen Rayner
	💍 1927/1805
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic Help
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Paterangi	Paterangi
Length of Residence	1 year	24 years 11 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Te Awamutu
Folio	1637
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

22 February 1927

Walter Douglas Mexted
Kathleen Cecelia Tuckepeny

Walter Douglas Mexted
Kathleen Cecelia Tickelpenny
💍 1927/1806

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

22
16

Te Kawa
Te Kawa

4 years
4 years

Roman Catholic Church, Kihikihi

1638

F. B. Tuckepeny, E. B. Tuckepeny, Parents

22 February 1927

Rev. J. Zanna, Roman Catholic

No	8
Date of Notice	22 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Douglas Mexted	Kathleen Cecelia Tuckepeny
BDM Match (95%)	Walter Douglas Mexted	Kathleen Cecelia Tickelpenny
	💍 1927/1806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	22	16
Dwelling Place	Te Kawa	Te Kawa
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Kihikihi
Folio	1638
Consent	F. B. Tuckepeny, E. B. Tuckepeny, Parents
Date of Certificate	22 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Zanna, Roman Catholic

25 February 1927

Nicholson Sainsbury
Gladys May Butcher

Nicholson Sainsbury
Gladys May Butcher
💍 1927/1807

Widower
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

34
24

Kihikihi
Kihikihi

1 year
1 year

Registrar's Office, Te Awamutu

1639

25 February 1927

Registrar of Marriages, Te Awamutu

No	9
Date of Notice	25 February 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nicholson Sainsbury	Gladys May Butcher
	💍 1927/1807
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Kihikihi	Kihikihi
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Te Awamutu
Folio	1639
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1927
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Te Awamutu

9 March 1927

William Lewis Durithick
Annie McGonnell

William Lewis Trevithick
Annie McGonnell
💍 1927/1808

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
21

Te Kawa
Te Awamutu

7 months
3 months

Roman Catholic Church, Te Awamutu

1640

4 March 1927

Rev. M. Edge, Roman Catholic

No	10
Date of Notice	9 March 1927
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lewis Durithick	Annie McGonnell
BDM Match (92%)	William Lewis Trevithick	Annie McGonnell
	💍 1927/1808
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Te Kawa	Te Awamutu
Length of Residence	7 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Te Awamutu
Folio	1640
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1927
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Edge, 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).