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 2791

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar Henry Maxwell

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

167

14 April 1915

Joseph Mitchell
Margaret Taylor

Joseph Mitchell
Margaret Taylor
💍 1915/2871

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet maker

59
36

Dunedin
Dunedin

50 years
13 years

Methodist Church Manse, Dundas Street, Dunedin

4731

14 April 1915

S. Griffith

No	167
Date of Notice	14 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Mitchell	Margaret Taylor
	💍 1915/2871
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet maker
Age	59	36
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	50 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Manse, Dundas Street, Dunedin
Folio	4731
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1915
Officiating Minister	S. Griffith

168

15 April 1915

Arthur Martin Herbert
Mary Margaret Kennedy

Arthur Martin Herbert
Mary Margaret Kennedy
💍 1915/1183

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Dress maker

27
29

Dunedin
Dunedin

2 years
3 months

St. Joseph's Cathedral Vestry, Dunedin

2997

15 April 1915

W. Corcoran

No	168
Date of Notice	15 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Martin Herbert	Mary Margaret Kennedy
	💍 1915/1183
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Dress maker
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 years	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Cathedral Vestry, Dunedin
Folio	2997
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1915
Officiating Minister	W. Corcoran

169

16 April 1915

William Wilson
Katherine Cullen

William Wilson
Katherine Cullen
💍 1915/2439

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot maker

21
19

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
7 days

St. Patrick's Basilica Vestry, South Dunedin

4327

John Cullen, father

16 April 1915

J. P. Delany

No	169
Date of Notice	16 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Wilson	Katherine Cullen
	💍 1915/2439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot maker
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Basilica Vestry, South Dunedin
Folio	4327
Consent	John Cullen, father
Date of Certificate	16 April 1915
Officiating Minister	J. P. Delany

170

16 April 1915

William Gillanders
Nenetta Florence Ridley

William Gillanders
Nenetta Florence Ridley
💍 1915/932

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

35
27

West Harbour
Dunedin

15 years
27 years

House of W. W. Ridley, 64 Heriot Row, Dunedin

3019

16 April 1915

W. Saunders

No	170
Date of Notice	16 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Gillanders	Nenetta Florence Ridley
	💍 1915/932
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	West Harbour	Dunedin
Length of Residence	15 years	27 years
Marriage Place	House of W. W. Ridley, 64 Heriot Row, Dunedin
Folio	3019
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1915
Officiating Minister	W. Saunders

171

17 April 1915

James Vair Lambert
Gertrude Eleanor Brickles

James Vair Lambert
Gertrude Eleanor Brickles
💍 1915/9505

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

37
39

Dunedin
Dunedin

6 weeks
10 days

Registrar's Office, Dunedin

2112

17 April 1915

H. Maxwell

No	171
Date of Notice	17 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Vair Lambert	Gertrude Eleanor Brickles
	💍 1915/9505
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	37	39
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	6 weeks	10 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dunedin
Folio	2112
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1915
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

172

17 April 1915

Lachlan Grant
Mavis Margaret Callender

Lachlan Grant
Mavis Margaret Callender
💍 1915/9506

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse breaker

29
19

Dunedin
Dunedin

14 days
10 days

Registrar's Office, Dunedin

2113

Scott Jane Callender, mother

17 April 1915

H. Maxwell

No	172
Date of Notice	17 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lachlan Grant	Mavis Margaret Callender
	💍 1915/9506
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse breaker
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	14 days	10 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dunedin
Folio	2113
Consent	Scott Jane Callender, mother
Date of Certificate	17 April 1915
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

173

17 April 1915

James Linster Passmore
Martha Grange Paterson

James Linster Passmore
Martha Grange Paterson
💍 1915/1542

Bachelor
Spinster

Indent agent

30
32

Dunedin
Dunedin

23 years
32 years

First Church, Dunedin

2963

17 April 1915

G. H. Balfour

No	173
Date of Notice	17 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Linster Passmore	Martha Grange Paterson
	💍 1915/1542
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Indent agent
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	23 years	32 years
Marriage Place	First Church, Dunedin
Folio	2963
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1915
Officiating Minister	G. H. Balfour

174

19 April 1915

Henry Herbert Wellbourn
Gladys Smith

Henry Herbert Wellbourn
Gladys Smith
💍 1915/9507

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot maker

21
19

Dunedin
Dunedin

21 years
19 years

Registrar's Office, Dunedin

2114

John Smith, father

19 April 1915

H. Maxwell

No	174
Date of Notice	19 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Herbert Wellbourn	Gladys Smith
	💍 1915/9507
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot maker
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	21 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dunedin
Folio	2114
Consent	John Smith, father
Date of Certificate	19 April 1915
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

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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).