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 2976

District of Oamaru Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar Alexander Adam

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

3291

25 January 1915

David Stewart Bain
Jessie Beatrice Weller

David Stewart Bain
Jessie Beatrice Weller
💍 1915/9188

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemists Assistant
Domestic Duties

28
26

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 years
26 years

Residence of Mrs G. Weller, 112 Eden Street, Oamaru

1443

25 January 1915

Rev. J. D. Wilson

No	3291
Date of Notice	25 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Stewart Bain	Jessie Beatrice Weller
	💍 1915/9188
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemists Assistant	Domestic Duties
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs G. Weller, 112 Eden Street, Oamaru
Folio	1443
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Wilson

3292

27 January 1915

Walter Edward Purdy
Violet Jennie Milligan

Walter Edward Gundy
Violet Jennie Milligan
💍 1915/9204

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist
Domestic Duties

25
24

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
20 years

Residence of Mr Robert Milligan, Stour Street, Oamaru

1435

27 January 1915

Rev. John A. Lochore

No	3292
Date of Notice	27 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Edward Purdy	Violet Jennie Milligan
BDM Match (95%)	Walter Edward Gundy	Violet Jennie Milligan
	💍 1915/9204
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist	Domestic Duties
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Robert Milligan, Stour Street, Oamaru
Folio	1435
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. John A. Lochore

3293

3 February 1915

Charles Clinton Collins
Margaret Penton

Charles Clinton Collins
Margaret Fenton
💍 1915/9186

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Dressmaker

33
33

Kurow
Oamaru

30 years
3 days

St Luke's Church, Oamaru

1441

3 February 1915

Rev. J. D. Russell

No	3293
Date of Notice	3 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Clinton Collins	Margaret Penton
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Clinton Collins	Margaret Fenton
	💍 1915/9186
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Dressmaker
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Kurow	Oamaru
Length of Residence	30 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church, Oamaru
Folio	1441
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Russell

3294

10 February 1915

Charles Robert Moss
Annie Williams Hamilton

Charles Robert Moss
Annie Williams Hamilton
💍 1915/9187

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Dressmaker

25
24

Oamaru
Reservoir Road, Oamaru

3 days
24 years

St Luke's Church, Oamaru

1442

10 February 1915

Rev. J. D. Russell

No	3294
Date of Notice	10 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Robert Moss	Annie Williams Hamilton
	💍 1915/9187
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Dressmaker
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Reservoir Road, Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church, Oamaru
Folio	1442
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Russell

3295

18 February 1915

Ernest Hammill
Margaret Jean Russell

Ernest Hammill
Margaret Jean Russell
💍 1915/9206

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Servant

20
21

Oamaru
Oamaru

20 years
15 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Oamaru

1437

Grace Ivy Hammill, Mother

18 February 1915

Registrar of Marriages

No	3295
Date of Notice	18 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Hammill	Margaret Jean Russell
	💍 1915/9206
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Servant
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	20 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Oamaru
Folio	1437
Consent	Grace Ivy Hammill, Mother
Date of Certificate	18 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

3296

24 February 1915

Arthur Wesley Clayton
Christina Gibson Gibb

Arthur Wesley Clayton
Christina Gibson Gibb
💍 1915/9185

Bachelor
Spinster

Shop assistant
Tailoress

36
36

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
28 years

Dwelling house of Mr Walter Gibb, Greta Street, Oamaru

1440

24 February 1915

Rev. Joseph Lawson Robinson

No	3296
Date of Notice	24 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Wesley Clayton	Christina Gibson Gibb
	💍 1915/9185
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shop assistant	Tailoress
Age	36	36
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling house of Mr Walter Gibb, Greta Street, Oamaru
Folio	1440
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph Lawson Robinson

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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).