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 2075

District of Granity Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar L. A. Jacobs

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

8 April 1915

John Thomas Stack
Amelia Minnie Levy

John Thomas Stack
Amelia Minnie Levy
💍 1915/1998

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill Hand
Domestic

24
19

Ngakawau
Ngakawau

2 years
1 1/2 years

Registrar's Office Granity

3872

Isabella Levy, mother

8 April 1915

J. G. R. Gibbes, Deputy Registrar

No	6
Date of Notice	8 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Stack	Amelia Minnie Levy
	💍 1915/1998
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill Hand	Domestic
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Ngakawau	Ngakawau
Length of Residence	2 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Granity
Folio	3872
Consent	Isabella Levy, mother
Date of Certificate	8 April 1915
Officiating Minister	J. G. R. Gibbes, Deputy Registrar

13 April 1915

Donald Matthew Straker
Hannah Smith

Donald Matthew Straker
Hannah Smith
💍 1915/1995

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

21
20

Ngakawau
Ngakawau

6 months
7 years

Church of England Granity

3870

James Smith, Father

13 April 1915

Rev. Wm. Venables, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	13 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Matthew Straker	Hannah Smith
	💍 1915/1995
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Ngakawau	Ngakawau
Length of Residence	6 months	7 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Granity
Folio	3870
Consent	James Smith, Father
Date of Certificate	13 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Venables, Church of England

19 April 1915

Joseph Vincent Carmine
Mary Whyte Burt

Joseph Vincent Carmine
Mary Whyte Burt
💍 1915/1996

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Barman
Housemaid

30
23

Millerton
Millerton

8 years
2 years

Registrar's Office Granity

3871

19 April 1915

J. G. R. Gibbes, Deputy Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	19 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Vincent Carmine	Mary Whyte Burt
	💍 1915/1996
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Barman	Housemaid
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Millerton	Millerton
Length of Residence	8 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Granity
Folio	3871
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1915
Officiating Minister	J. G. R. Gibbes, Deputy Registrar

10 May 1915

Charles Herbert Nuttall
Anne Christina Mann

Charles Herbert Nuttall
Annie Christina Mann
💍 1915/1994

Bachelor
Spinster

Coal Weighman
Domestic

26
20

Granity
Granity

18 years
20 years

St Peters Church of England Granity

3869

Duncan Mann, Father

10 May 1915

Rev. Wm. Venables, Church of England

No	9
Date of Notice	10 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Herbert Nuttall	Anne Christina Mann
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Herbert Nuttall	Annie Christina Mann
	💍 1915/1994
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coal Weighman	Domestic
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Granity	Granity
Length of Residence	18 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church of England Granity
Folio	3869
Consent	Duncan Mann, Father
Date of Certificate	10 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Venables, Church of England

29 May 1915

Ralph Henry Emerson Robinson
Margaret Ann Jeffrey

Ralph Henry Emerson Robinson
Margaret Ann Jeffrey
💍 1915/11224

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

29
24

Mangatina
Mangatina

2 years
4 months

Registrar's Office Granity

3868

29 May 1915

L. A. Jacobs, Registrar

No	10
Date of Notice	29 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Henry Emerson Robinson	Margaret Ann Jeffrey
	💍 1915/11224
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Mangatina	Mangatina
Length of Residence	2 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Granity
Folio	3868
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1915
Officiating Minister	L. A. Jacobs, Registrar

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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).