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 2123

District of Nelson Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar Samuel Tyson

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

23 March 1915

Keith Inwood
Eva Mildred Barnett

Keith Inwood
Eva Mildred Barnett
💍 1915/9007

Bachelor
Spinster

Schoolmaster
Domestic Duties

22
24

Nelson
Wakapuaka

2 years
24 years

Saint Peter's Church, Wakapuaka

15/1251

25 March 1915

Rev. A. J. Carr

No	13
Date of Notice	23 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Keith Inwood	Eva Mildred Barnett
	💍 1915/9007
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Schoolmaster	Domestic Duties
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Wakapuaka
Length of Residence	2 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Saint Peter's Church, Wakapuaka
Folio	15/1251
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Carr

23 March 1915

Allan Murray Grant
Florance Trundell

Allan Murray Grant
Florence Trundell
💍 1915/13139

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook
Waitress

26
29

Nelson
Nelson

2 years
8 days

Residence of George Mackenzie, No. 5 Nile St. West, Nelson

15/1252

25 March 1915

Rev. J. H. Mackenzie

No	14
Date of Notice	23 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Murray Grant	Florance Trundell
BDM Match (97%)	Allan Murray Grant	Florence Trundell
	💍 1915/13139
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook	Waitress
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	2 years	8 days
Marriage Place	Residence of George Mackenzie, No. 5 Nile St. West, Nelson
Folio	15/1252
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Mackenzie

26 March 1915

George William Milne
Jessie Florence Henry

George William Milne
Jessie Florence Henry
💍 1915/8999

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Mechanician
Domestic Duties

29
23

Nelson
Nelson

3 years
23 years

Congregational Church, Hardy Street, Nelson

15/1250

26 March 1915

Rev. J. G. Butler

No	15
Date of Notice	26 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Milne	Jessie Florence Henry
	💍 1915/8999
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Mechanician	Domestic Duties
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	3 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Hardy Street, Nelson
Folio	15/1250
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Butler

29 March 1915

Stanley Fletcher Tyermann
Florence Henry Paull

Stanley Fletcher Tyerman
Florence Helen Paull
💍 1915/2054

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Nurse

30
27

Nelson
Nelson

3 1/2 years
4 years

Cathedral, Nelson

15/3906

29 March 1915

Rev. J. P. Kempthorne

No	16
Date of Notice	29 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Fletcher Tyermann	Florence Henry Paull
BDM Match (91%)	Stanley Fletcher Tyerman	Florence Helen Paull
	💍 1915/2054
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Nurse
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Cathedral, Nelson
Folio	15/3906
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Kempthorne

30 March 1915

Lawrence William Mead
Eileen Ivor Jellyman

Lawrence William Mead
Eileen Ivor Jellyman
💍 1915/2053

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

24
22

Stoke
Stoke

7 years
22 years

Methodist Church, Stoke

15/3905

30 March 1915

Rev. C. Eaton

No	17
Date of Notice	30 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence William Mead	Eileen Ivor Jellyman
	💍 1915/2053
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Stoke	Stoke
Length of Residence	7 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Stoke
Folio	15/3905
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Eaton

31 March 1915

Charles Hagget Woodward
Lena Stella Vivian Ricketts

Charles Hagget Woodward
Lena Stella Vivian Ricketts
💍 1915/2055

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Tailoress

22
23

Nelson
Nelson

22 years
23 years

Dwelling House of C. A. Ricketts. Beachville. Nelson

15/3907

31 March 1915

Rev. J. H. Mackenzie

No	18
Date of Notice	31 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Hagget Woodward	Lena Stella Vivian Ricketts
	💍 1915/2055
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Tailoress
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	22 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling House of C. A. Ricketts. Beachville. Nelson
Folio	15/3907
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Mackenzie

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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).