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 3149

District of Invercargill Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar F. G. Petri

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

107

10 June 1915

Robert Mulford delaple Tomlinson
Eva Maude Blair

Robert Mitford deChapte Hankinson
Eva Maude Clare
💍 1915/2853

Bachelor
Divorced

Marine Engineer
Teacher of Music

44
48

Invercargill
Winton

8 days
1 year

Baptist Church, Gladstone, Invercargill

4737

10 June 1915

Rev. G. Swinburn

No	107
Date of Notice	10 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Mulford delaple Tomlinson	Eva Maude Blair
BDM Match (76%)	Robert Mitford deChapte Hankinson	Eva Maude Clare
	💍 1915/2853
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Marine Engineer	Teacher of Music
Age	44	48
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Winton
Length of Residence	8 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Gladstone, Invercargill
Folio	4737
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Swinburn

108

15 June 1915

William Rose
Agnes Jane Cathcart

William Gordon Rose
Agnes Jane Cathcart
💍 1915/92

Bachelor
Spinster

Porter New Zealand Railways
Domestic

31
25

Invercargill
Invercargill

5 years
2 years

Residence of Mr Wm Ryburn, Tay St, Invercargill

4254

15 June 1915

Rev. R. M. Ryburn

No	108
Date of Notice	15 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Rose	Agnes Jane Cathcart
BDM Match (82%)	William Gordon Rose	Agnes Jane Cathcart
	💍 1915/92
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Porter New Zealand Railways	Domestic
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Wm Ryburn, Tay St, Invercargill
Folio	4254
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Ryburn

109

17 June 1915

Albert Edward Shirley
Janet Kilkelly

Albert Edward Shirley
Janet Kilkelly
💍 1915/2697

Widower
Widow

Engine Driver
House duties

43
33

Fortrose, Invercargill
Fortrose, Invercargill

6 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Invercargill

4756

17 June 1915

Registrar

No	109
Date of Notice	17 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Shirley	Janet Kilkelly
	💍 1915/2697
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Engine Driver	House duties
Age	43	33
Dwelling Place	Fortrose, Invercargill	Fortrose, Invercargill
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Invercargill
Folio	4756
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar

110

22 June 1915

John Campbell
Eva Greig

John Campbell
Eva Greig
💍 1915/2368

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter
Domestic

24
23

Thornbury
Invercargill

7 years
3 days

Residence of Rev R. M. Ryburn, Tay St, Invercargill

4248

22 June 1915

Rev. R. M. Ryburn

No	110
Date of Notice	22 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Campbell	Eva Greig
	💍 1915/2368
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter	Domestic
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Thornbury	Invercargill
Length of Residence	7 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev R. M. Ryburn, Tay St, Invercargill
Folio	4248
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Ryburn

111

23 June 1915

Ernest Henry Barter
Violet Jeffery

Ernest Henry Barter
Violet Tuffery
💍 1915/2531

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

22
22

Kennington
Kennington, Invercargill

2 days
10 years

Residence of George Jeffery, Kennington, Invercargill

4262

23 June 1915

Rev. F. B. Lawrence

No	111
Date of Notice	23 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Henry Barter	Violet Jeffery
BDM Match (93%)	Ernest Henry Barter	Violet Tuffery
	💍 1915/2531
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Kennington	Kennington, Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of George Jeffery, Kennington, Invercargill
Folio	4262
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. B. Lawrence

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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).