Intentions to Marry, 1913 Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840453, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1913 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1913a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1913b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1913c).

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District of Geraldine Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar A. Andrews

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

905

16 April 1913

Frank Atherton Kinnard
Olive Banghin

Frank Atherton Kennard
Olive Baughen
💍 1913/6442

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Shop Assistant

24
20

Geraldine
Geraldine

4 years
20 years

St. Mary's Church, Geraldine

13/6030

Henry Banghin, Father

16 April 1913

Rev. Staples Hamilton, Church of England

No	905
Date of Notice	16 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Atherton Kinnard	Olive Banghin
BDM Match (90%)	Frank Atherton Kennard	Olive Baughen
	💍 1913/6442
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Shop Assistant
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Geraldine	Geraldine
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Geraldine
Folio	13/6030
Consent	Henry Banghin, Father
Date of Certificate	16 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Staples Hamilton, Church of England

906

2 June 1913

Aubrey De Vere Aldridge
Emily Catherine Walker

Aubrey De Vere Alderdice
Emily Catherine Walker
💍 1913/6443

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Housekeeper

28
23

Orari
Orari

3 days
10 years

Holy Trinity Church, Orari

13/6031

2 June 1913

Rev. Staples Hamilton, Church of England

No	906
Date of Notice	2 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aubrey De Vere Aldridge	Emily Catherine Walker
BDM Match (92%)	Aubrey De Vere Alderdice	Emily Catherine Walker
	💍 1913/6443
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Housekeeper
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Orari	Orari
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Orari
Folio	13/6031
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Staples Hamilton, Church of England

907

2 June 1913

Ernest Roderick McDonald
Mary Ann Pratt

Ernest Roderick McDonald
Mary Ann Pratt
💍 1913/4167

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk (Railway)
Domestic Duties

21
21

Geraldine
Geraldine

3 days
21 years

Methodist Church, Geraldine

13/374

2 June 1913

Rev. Ben. Dudley, F.R.A.S., Methodist

No	907
Date of Notice	2 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Roderick McDonald	Mary Ann Pratt
	💍 1913/4167
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk (Railway)	Domestic Duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Geraldine	Geraldine
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Geraldine
Folio	13/374
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ben. Dudley, F.R.A.S., Methodist

908

10 June 1913

Robert Waters
Gertrude Margaret Tiplady

Robert Waters
Gertrude Margaret Tiplady
💍 1913/6445

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

26
25

Geraldine
Hilton Road

26 years
4 years

St. Mary's Church, Geraldine

13/6032

10 June 1913

Rev. Staples Hamilton, Church of England

No	908
Date of Notice	10 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Waters	Gertrude Margaret Tiplady
	💍 1913/6445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Geraldine	Hilton Road
Length of Residence	26 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Geraldine
Folio	13/6032
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Staples Hamilton, Church of England

909

24 June 1913

Leonard Henry Ivory
Mary Agatha Sheridan

Leonard Henry Story
Mary Agatha Sheridan
💍 1913/4166

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Cook

29
27

Orari
Orari

10 years
5 days

Roman Catholic Church, Geraldine

13/3741

24 June 1912

Very Rev. H. G. Bourns, Dean, Roman Catholic

No	909
Date of Notice	24 June 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Henry Ivory	Mary Agatha Sheridan
BDM Match (95%)	Leonard Henry Story	Mary Agatha Sheridan
	💍 1913/4166
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Cook
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Orari	Orari
Length of Residence	10 years	5 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Geraldine
Folio	13/3741
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1912
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. H. G. Bourns, Dean, 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).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

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.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

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).