Intentions to Marry, 1915 Kaikoura to Rakaia

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840461, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1915 is bound in six volumes (a to f) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1915e contains pages 1973-2618, covering districts from Kaikoura to Rakaia

Page 2192

District of Grey Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar E. W. Cave

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

20 May 1915

Walter Roche Kirk
Isabel Veronica Neilson

Walter Roche Kirk
Isabell Veronica Neilson
💍 1915/2061

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

28
26

Greymouth
Greymouth

3 days
3 days

Holy Trinity Church, Greymouth

3937

20 May 1915

Rev. J. A. Rogers

No	35
Date of Notice	20 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Roche Kirk	Isabel Veronica Neilson
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Roche Kirk	Isabell Veronica Neilson
	💍 1915/2061
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Greymouth
Folio	3937
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Rogers

25 May 1915

Sydney Richard Tomline
Elizabeth Ellen Mosley

Sydney Richard Tomline
Elizabeth Ellen Mosley
💍 1915/2583

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic

31
26

Greymouth, Christchurch
Greymouth, Christchurch

3 days, 5 years
3 days, 2 years

Holy Trinity Church, Greymouth

4395

25 May 1915

Rev. J. A. Rogers

No	37
Date of Notice	25 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Richard Tomline	Elizabeth Ellen Mosley
	💍 1915/2583
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Greymouth, Christchurch	Greymouth, Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 days, 5 years	3 days, 2 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Greymouth
Folio	4395
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Rogers

2 June 1915

William Daly Revington
Alice May Moss

William Daly Revington
Alice May Moss
💍 1915/2082

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic

28
27

Greymouth
Greymouth

25 years
27 years

St. Johns Presbyterian Church, Greymouth

3934

2 June 1915

Rev. W. Trotter

No	38
Date of Notice	2 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Daly Revington	Alice May Moss
	💍 1915/2082
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	25 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St. Johns Presbyterian Church, Greymouth
Folio	3934
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Trotter

4 June 1915

John Allan
Rosy May Griffiths

John Allan
Rose May Griffiths
💍 1915/11210

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

27
22

Greymouth, Brunnerton
Greymouth, Brunnerton

4 days, 16 years
4 days, 22 years

Residence of Mr George Dixon, Preston Road, Greymouth

3857

4 June 1915

Rev. J. J. Heard

No	39
Date of Notice	4 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Allan	Rosy May Griffiths
BDM Match (97%)	John Allan	Rose May Griffiths
	💍 1915/11210
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Greymouth, Brunnerton	Greymouth, Brunnerton
Length of Residence	4 days, 16 years	4 days, 22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr George Dixon, Preston Road, Greymouth
Folio	3857
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Heard

4 June 1915

Henry Francis Ogilvie
Lily Jane Pascoe

Henry Francis Ogilvie
Lily Jane Pascoe
💍 1915/3019

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Domestic

26
24

Greymouth
Greymouth

Life
Life

St. Paul's Methodist Church, Greymouth

5078

4 June 1915

Rev. E. D. Patchett

No	40
Date of Notice	4 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Francis Ogilvie	Lily Jane Pascoe
	💍 1915/3019
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Domestic
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Methodist Church, Greymouth
Folio	5078
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. D. Patchett

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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).