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 2189

District of Greymouth Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar E. Weaver

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

1 April 1915

William Gustave Bullimore
Margaret Mary Quinn

William Gustave Bullimore
Margaret Mary Quinn
💍 1915/2066

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman
Housemaid

31
29

Greymouth
Cobden

2 1/2 years
27 years

St. Patrick's Church, Greymouth

3942

1 April 1915

Rev. D. P. Carew

No	21
Date of Notice	1 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Gustave Bullimore	Margaret Mary Quinn
	💍 1915/2066
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman	Housemaid
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Cobden
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Greymouth
Folio	3942
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. P. Carew

2 April 1915

Powell Leslie Weenink
Josephine Winifred Forman

Powell Leslie Weenink
Josephine Winifred Forman
💍 1915/2068

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Servant

27
19

Greymouth
Westport: Greymouth.

27 years
19 years, 3 days

St. John's Presbyterian Church, Greymouth

3944

Marshall Goodwin Forman, Father

2 April 1915

Rev. John Trotter

No	22
Date of Notice	2 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Powell Leslie Weenink	Josephine Winifred Forman
	💍 1915/2068
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Servant
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Westport: Greymouth.
Length of Residence	27 years	19 years, 3 days
Marriage Place	St. John's Presbyterian Church, Greymouth
Folio	3944
Consent	Marshall Goodwin Forman, Father
Date of Certificate	2 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Trotter

3 April 1915

Simeon Gage
Unity McAlloon

Simeon Gage
Unity McAloon
💍 1915/2067

Bachelor
Spinster

Coal Miner
Waitress

27
26

Greymouth
Dunollie

3 years
4 years

St. Patrick's Church, Greymouth

3943

3 April 1915

Dean D. P. Carew

No	23
Date of Notice	3 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Simeon Gage	Unity McAlloon
BDM Match (96%)	Simeon Gage	Unity McAloon
	💍 1915/2067
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coal Miner	Waitress
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Dunollie
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Greymouth
Folio	3943
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Dean D. P. Carew

7 April 1915

Malcolm Wallace Glenny Johnson
Minnie Ida Leach

Malcolm Wallace Glenny Johnson
Minnie Ida Leach
💍 1915/2080

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

20
19

Blaketown
Blaketown

7 days
7 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Greymouth

3932

Robert Johnson; father. Mary Ann Leach; mother.

7 April 1915

Registrar of Marriages

No	24
Date of Notice	7 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Malcolm Wallace Glenny Johnson	Minnie Ida Leach
	💍 1915/2080
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Blaketown	Blaketown
Length of Residence	7 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Greymouth
Folio	3932
Consent	Robert Johnson; father. Mary Ann Leach; mother.
Date of Certificate	7 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

7 April 1915

George Kendrick
Lily Hayes

George Kendrick
Lily Hayes
💍 1915/2059

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

24
20

Runanga
Runanga

1 3/4 years
5 months

St. Thomas's Church, Runanga

3935

14 days' notice given

22 April 1915

Rev. J. A. Rogers

No	25
Date of Notice	7 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Kendrick	Lily Hayes
	💍 1915/2059
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Runanga	Runanga
Length of Residence	1 3/4 years	5 months
Marriage Place	St. Thomas's Church, Runanga
Folio	3935
Consent	14 days' notice given
Date of Certificate	22 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Rogers

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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).