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 3037

District of Tokomairiro Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar P. D. Maguire

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

20 January 1915

John Penny Graham
Isabella Jane Craigie

John Penny Graham
Isabella Jane Craigie
💍 1915/9346

Bachelor
Spinster

Flaxmiller
Nurse

45
35

Taieri Ferry
Taieri Ferry

one month
one month

Registrar's Office, Milton

1458

20 January 1915

P D Maguire, Registrar

No	1
Date of Notice	20 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Penny Graham	Isabella Jane Craigie
	💍 1915/9346
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flaxmiller	Nurse
Age	45	35
Dwelling Place	Taieri Ferry	Taieri Ferry
Length of Residence	one month	one month
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Milton
Folio	1458
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1915
Officiating Minister	P D Maguire, Registrar

23 January 1915

Francis Calway
Kate Kreft

Francis Calway
Kate Kreft
💍 1915/7953

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

44
25

Milton
Milton

44 years
25 years

St Marys Roman Catholic Church, Milton

1550

23 January 1915

A M Howard, Roman Catholic Minister

No	2
Date of Notice	23 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Calway	Kate Kreft
	💍 1915/7953
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	44	25
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	44 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St Marys Roman Catholic Church, Milton
Folio	1550
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1915
Officiating Minister	A M Howard, Roman Catholic Minister

26 January 1915

George Donald Johnston
Anguzina Margaret Shanks

George Donald Johnston
Anguzina Margaret Shanks
💍 1915/9347

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

34
28

Milton
Milburn

4 Days
6 weeks

Residence of Mr David Lyall Shanks, Milburn

1459

26 January 1915

R McCully, Presbyterian Minister

No	3
Date of Notice	26 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Donald Johnston	Anguzina Margaret Shanks
	💍 1915/9347
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milburn
Length of Residence	4 Days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr David Lyall Shanks, Milburn
Folio	1459
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1915
Officiating Minister	R McCully, Presbyterian Minister

23 February 1915

Henry Husbands Fitzroy Somerset King
Peterina Elizabeth Margaret Fuldseth

Henry Husbands Fitzroy Somerset King
Peterina Elizabeth Margaret Fuldseth
💍 1915/9345

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Manager
Domestic Duties

33
27

Milton
Milton

one Day
3 Days

St Johns Anglican Church, Milton

1457

23 February 1915

Archdeacon Richards, Anglican Minister

No	4
Date of Notice	23 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Husbands Fitzroy Somerset King	Peterina Elizabeth Margaret Fuldseth
	💍 1915/9345
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	one Day	3 Days
Marriage Place	St Johns Anglican Church, Milton
Folio	1457
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon Richards, Anglican Minister

23 February 1915

Peter Neil Fuldseth
Ruth Monica Marryatt

Peter Neil Fuldseth
Ruth Monica Marryatt
💍 1915/2327

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Clerk

23
23

Milton
Milton

6 months
23 Years

St Johns Anglican Church, Milton

4188

23 February 1915

J C Small, Anglican Minister

No	5
Date of Notice	23 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Neil Fuldseth	Ruth Monica Marryatt
	💍 1915/2327
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Clerk
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	6 months	23 Years
Marriage Place	St Johns Anglican Church, Milton
Folio	4188
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1915
Officiating Minister	J C Small, Anglican Minister

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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).