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 2186

District of Greymouth Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar Ernest White 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

13 February 1915

Richard Joseph Power
Jessie Margaret Funnell

Richard Joseph Power
Jessie Margaret Tunnell
💍 1915/9207

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Barmaid

35
24

South Beach
Greymouth

1 week
5 years

St Patrick's Church, Greymouth

1480

13 February 1915

Dean Carew

No	8
Date of Notice	13 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Joseph Power	Jessie Margaret Funnell
BDM Match (98%)	Richard Joseph Power	Jessie Margaret Tunnell
	💍 1915/9207
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Barmaid
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	South Beach	Greymouth
Length of Residence	1 week	5 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Church, Greymouth
Folio	1480
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Dean Carew

15 February 1915

Samuel Flanagan Randall
Annie Houston

Samuel Flanagan Randall
Annie Clouston
💍 1915/9055

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Tailoress

27
21

Greymouth, Christchurch
Greymouth, Spreydon

2 weeks, 2½ years
4 days, 1 year

Registrar's Office, Greymouth

1283

15 February 1915

Registrar of Marriages

No	9
Date of Notice	15 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Flanagan Randall	Annie Houston
BDM Match (93%)	Samuel Flanagan Randall	Annie Clouston
	💍 1915/9055
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Tailoress
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Greymouth, Christchurch	Greymouth, Spreydon
Length of Residence	2 weeks, 2½ years	4 days, 1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Greymouth
Folio	1283
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

15 February 1915

John Hay Taylor Campbell
Evelyn Amy Smith

John Hay Taylor Campbell
Eveline Amy Smith
💍 1915/9040

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine-driver
Tailoress

32
20

Greymouth
Greymouth

4 years
10 years

St John's Presbyterian Church, Greymouth

1292

Frederick Henry Smith, Father

15 February 1915

Rev. W. Trotter

No	10
Date of Notice	15 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hay Taylor Campbell	Evelyn Amy Smith
BDM Match (94%)	John Hay Taylor Campbell	Eveline Amy Smith
	💍 1915/9040
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine-driver	Tailoress
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	4 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St John's Presbyterian Church, Greymouth
Folio	1292
Consent	Frederick Henry Smith, Father
Date of Certificate	15 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Trotter

22 February 1915

William Charles Mundy
Violet Scott

William Charles Mundy
Violet Scott
💍 1915/646

William Charles Spencer Shirley
Viola Scott
💍 1915/355

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Waitress

23
17

Greymouth
Greymouth

20 years
9 years

Residence of Mr John Scott at Dunollie

2773

John Scott, Father

22 February 1915

Rev. M. Ayrton

No	11
Date of Notice	22 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Mundy	Violet Scott
	💍 1915/646
BDM Match (71%)	William Charles Spencer Shirley	Viola Scott
	💍 1915/355
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Waitress
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	20 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr John Scott at Dunollie
Folio	2773
Consent	John Scott, Father
Date of Certificate	22 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Ayrton

22 February 1915

Horace Alexander Moore
Margaret McNulty

Horace Alexander Moore
Margaret McNulty
💍 1915/9056

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

28
27

Waiuta, Greymouth
Greymouth

2 years, 3 days
2 years

Registrar's Office, Greymouth

1284

22 February 1915

Registrar of Marriages

No	12
Date of Notice	22 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Alexander Moore	Margaret McNulty
	💍 1915/9056
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Waiuta, Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	2 years, 3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Greymouth
Folio	1284
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

8 March 1915

Richard Stanley Cunningham
Ida Gertrude Hall

Richard Stanley Cunningham
Ida Gertrude Hall
💍 1915/9039

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Draper's Assistant

23
26

Greymouth
Greymouth

2 years
12 years

St John's Church, Greymouth

1291

8 March 1915

Rev. Trotter

No	13
Date of Notice	8 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Stanley Cunningham	Ida Gertrude Hall
	💍 1915/9039
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Draper's Assistant
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	2 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St John's Church, Greymouth
Folio	1291
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Trotter

12 March 1915

Abraham Hudson
Rachel Lloyd

Abraham Hudson
Rachel Lloyd
💍 1915/9038

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Dressmaker

25
20

Greymouth
Greymouth

2 months
2 months

Presbyterian Church, Greymouth

1290

Joseph Lloyd, Father

12 March 1915

Rev. Trotter

No	14
Date of Notice	12 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Abraham Hudson	Rachel Lloyd
	💍 1915/9038
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Dressmaker
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Greymouth
Folio	1290
Consent	Joseph Lloyd, Father
Date of Certificate	12 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Trotter

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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).