Intentions to Marry, 1915 Rangiora to Chatham Islands (includes Otago)

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840462, 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.

1915f contains pages 2619-3266, covering districts from Rangiora to Chatham Islands (includes Otago)

Page 2701

District of Waipara Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar L. A. Jolly

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

15/6

11 October 1915

Harold Wesley Harrison
Daisy Lilian Margaret McInnes

Harold Wesley Harrison
Daisy Lillian Margaret McInnes
💍 1915/7234

Bachelor
Spinster

Threshing Plant owner & Farmer
Domestic duties

33 Years
23 Years

Scargill
Scargill

7 Years
2 1/2 Years

Residence of Mr J Cameron Scargill

9706

11 October 1915

Rev D. D. Rodger, Presbyterian

No	15/6
Date of Notice	11 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Wesley Harrison	Daisy Lilian Margaret McInnes
BDM Match (98%)	Harold Wesley Harrison	Daisy Lillian Margaret McInnes
	💍 1915/7234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Threshing Plant owner & Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	33 Years	23 Years
Dwelling Place	Scargill	Scargill
Length of Residence	7 Years	2 1/2 Years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr J Cameron Scargill
Folio	9706
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev D. D. Rodger, Presbyterian

15/7

1 November 1915

John Butler
Ellen Johanna Hayes

John Butler
Ellen Johanna Hayes
💍 1915/7235

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

30 Years
30 Years

Medbury
Hawarden

28 Years
30 Years

Catholic Church Hawarden

9707

1 November 1915

Rev Father Quinn, Roman Catholic

No	15/7
Date of Notice	1 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Butler	Ellen Johanna Hayes
	💍 1915/7235
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	30 Years	30 Years
Dwelling Place	Medbury	Hawarden
Length of Residence	28 Years	30 Years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church Hawarden
Folio	9707
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Father Quinn, Roman Catholic

15/8

22 November 1915

Ernest Hart
Harriet Alice Lukey

Ernest Hart
Harriett Alice Lukey
💍 1915/7236

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Manager
Domestic Duties

30 years
32 Years

Waiau
Waikari

4 days
32 years

Church of England Waikari

9708

22 November 1915

Rev G. H. Harding, Church of England

No	15/8
Date of Notice	22 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Hart	Harriet Alice Lukey
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Hart	Harriett Alice Lukey
	💍 1915/7236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	30 years	32 Years
Dwelling Place	Waiau	Waikari
Length of Residence	4 days	32 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Waikari
Folio	9708
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev G. H. Harding, Church of England

15/9

25 November 1915

Benjamin Jordon
Elsie Christina Foster

Benjamin Jordon
Elsie Christina Foster
💍 1915/7175

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier N.Z.E.F
Domestic Duties

31 Years
27 Years

Rangiora
Omihi

1 year
5 years

Residence of W. H. Foster Omihi

9613

25 November 1915

Rev J. A. Joughin, Wesleyan Methodist

No	15/9
Date of Notice	25 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Jordon	Elsie Christina Foster
	💍 1915/7175
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier N.Z.E.F	Domestic Duties
Age	31 Years	27 Years
Dwelling Place	Rangiora	Omihi
Length of Residence	1 year	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of W. H. Foster Omihi
Folio	9613
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev J. A. Joughin, Wesleyan Methodist

15/10

29 November 1915

Robert William Quickenden
Marie Burch

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

20 Years
21 years

Christchurch
Motunau

2 weeks
9 months

St Paul's Church Papanui

7577

Kathleen Quickenden Mother

29 November 1915

Rev Orbell, Church of England

No	15/10
Date of Notice	29 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert William Quickenden	Marie Burch
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	20 Years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Motunau
Length of Residence	2 weeks	9 months
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church Papanui
Folio	7577
Consent	Kathleen Quickenden Mother
Date of Certificate	29 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Orbell, Church of England

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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).