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 2099

District of Motueka Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar W. McInnes

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

253

14 April 1915

Leo Francis Birkett
Emily Gertrude Eggers

Leo Francis Berkett
Emily Gertrude Eggers
💍 1915/11

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

27
20

Upper Moutere
Upper Moutere

3 days
20 years

Lutheran Church, Upper Moutere

15/3879

Edward Carl Frederick Eggers, Father

14 April 1915

Rev. R. A. Appelt

No	253
Date of Notice	14 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leo Francis Birkett	Emily Gertrude Eggers
BDM Match (97%)	Leo Francis Berkett	Emily Gertrude Eggers
	💍 1915/11
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Upper Moutere	Upper Moutere
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Lutheran Church, Upper Moutere
Folio	15/3879
Consent	Edward Carl Frederick Eggers, Father
Date of Certificate	14 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. A. Appelt

254

01 May 1915

Robert Melvin Franklin
Muriel Grace Chapman

Robert Melvin Franklin
Muriel Grace Chapman
💍 1915/2003

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

23
18

Sandy Bay
Riwaka

21 years
7 months

House of Mr. T. Franklin, Sandy Bay

15/3877

Stephen James Chapman, father

04 May 1915

Rev. W. W. French

No	254
Date of Notice	01 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Melvin Franklin	Muriel Grace Chapman
	💍 1915/2003
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Sandy Bay	Riwaka
Length of Residence	21 years	7 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. T. Franklin, Sandy Bay
Folio	15/3877
Consent	Stephen James Chapman, father
Date of Certificate	04 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. W. French

255

03 May 1915

Ernest McKellar Green
Alice Amelia Eyles

Ernest McKellar Green
Alice Amelia Eyles
💍 1915/11235

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

26
20

Baton
Baton

26 years
20 years

Woodstock School, Thorpe

15/3878

Amelia Eyles, Mother

04 May 1915

Rev. Chas A. Foston

No	255
Date of Notice	03 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest McKellar Green	Alice Amelia Eyles
	💍 1915/11235
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Baton	Baton
Length of Residence	26 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Woodstock School, Thorpe
Folio	15/3878
Consent	Amelia Eyles, Mother
Date of Certificate	04 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Chas A. Foston

256

03 May 1915

Frederick Guy Rotton
Amy Annie Jones

Frederick Guy Rotton
Amy Annie Jones
💍 1915/9520

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit Farmer
Technical School Instructress

58
32

Riwaka
Motueka

10 years
4 weeks

St Barnabas Church, Riwaka

15/2103

03 May 1915

Rev. George Widdup

No	256
Date of Notice	03 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Guy Rotton	Amy Annie Jones
	💍 1915/9520
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit Farmer	Technical School Instructress
Age	58	32
Dwelling Place	Riwaka	Motueka
Length of Residence	10 years	4 weeks
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church, Riwaka
Folio	15/2103
Consent
Date of Certificate	03 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Widdup

257

08 May 1915

Bertram Norman Richards
Maud Charlotte Barnett

Bertram Norman Richards
Maud Charlotte Barnett
💍 1915/9513

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Draper's Assistant

34
26

Motueka
Riwaka

6 years
26 years

St Barnabas Church, Riwaka

15/2102

08 May 1915

Rev. George Widdup

No	257
Date of Notice	08 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Norman Richards	Maud Charlotte Barnett
	💍 1915/9513
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Draper's Assistant
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Riwaka
Length of Residence	6 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church, Riwaka
Folio	15/2102
Consent
Date of Certificate	08 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Widdup

258

29 May 1915

Harold Leslie Hall
Dorothy Mary Bartlett

Harold Leslie Hall
Dorothy Mary Bartlett
💍 1915/2002

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

32
27

Riwaka
Riwaka

32 years
4 months

House of Mr. David Hall, Riwaka

15/3876

29 May 1915

Rev. W. W. French

No	258
Date of Notice	29 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Leslie Hall	Dorothy Mary Bartlett
	💍 1915/2002
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Riwaka	Riwaka
Length of Residence	32 years	4 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. David Hall, Riwaka
Folio	15/3876
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. W. French

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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).