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)

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District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 September 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

348

22 July 1915

Cecil Boock
Lucille Ahlbrandt

Cecil Boock
Lucille Ahlbrandt
💍 1915/2647

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

24
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 years
22 years

Registrar's Office, Dunedin

4679

22 July 1915

H. Maxwell

No	348
Date of Notice	22 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Boock	Lucille Ahlbrandt
	💍 1915/2647
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dunedin
Folio	4679
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1915
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

349

22 July 1915

Fred Tetlow
Martha Ann Scott

Fred Letlow
Martha Ann Stott
💍 1915/4402

Bachelor
Spinster

Wool spinner
Weaver

31
31

Dunedin
Dunedin

8 years
2 months

St. John's Church, Roslyn

6581

22 July 1915

W.A.R. Fitchett

No	349
Date of Notice	22 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Tetlow	Martha Ann Scott
BDM Match (92%)	Fred Letlow	Martha Ann Stott
	💍 1915/4402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wool spinner	Weaver
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	8 years	2 months
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Roslyn
Folio	6581
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1915
Officiating Minister	W.A.R. Fitchett

350

23 July 1915

Alfred Armstrong Edward Pennefather
Alice Maud Mary Baron

Alfred Armstrong Edward Pennefather
Alice Maud Mary Baron
💍 1915/4646

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
43

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
43 years

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Dunedin

6795

23 July 1915

E.R. Nevill

No	350
Date of Notice	23 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Armstrong Edward Pennefather	Alice Maud Mary Baron
	💍 1915/4646
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	43
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	43 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	6795
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1915
Officiating Minister	E.R. Nevill

351

23 July 1915

William Fleming Turnbull
Jemima Muir

William Fleming Turnbull
Jemima Muir
💍 1915/4403

Widower
Widow

Confectioner

57
42

Dunedin
Dunedin

8 years
1 year

First Church Manse, Dunedin

6582

23 July 1915

G.H. Balfour

No	351
Date of Notice	23 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Fleming Turnbull	Jemima Muir
	💍 1915/4403
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Confectioner
Age	57	42
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	8 years	1 year
Marriage Place	First Church Manse, Dunedin
Folio	6582
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1915
Officiating Minister	G.H. Balfour

352

23 July 1915

John Aloysius McCartney
Elizabeth Rose Broadbent

John Aloysius McCartney
Elizabeth Rose Broadbent
💍 1915/4404

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

22
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

8 months
2 years

St. Peter's Church, Caversham

6583

23 July 1915

J.L. Mortimer

No	352
Date of Notice	23 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Aloysius McCartney	Elizabeth Rose Broadbent
	💍 1915/4404
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	8 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Caversham
Folio	6583
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1915
Officiating Minister	J.L. Mortimer

353

24 July 1915

Alexander Christie
Catherine Christina Ruth McIntosh

Alexander Christie
Catherine Christina Ruth McIntosh
💍 1915/4405

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

24
25

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 years
25 years

St. John's Church, Roslyn

6584

24 July 1915

W.A.R. Fitchett

No	353
Date of Notice	24 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Christie	Catherine Christina Ruth McIntosh
	💍 1915/4405
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Roslyn
Folio	6584
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1915
Officiating Minister	W.A.R. Fitchett

354

26 July 1915

William Allen Lynn
Mary Hobbs Taylor

William Allen Lynn
Mary Hobbs Taylor
💍 1915/4406

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
35

Dunedin
Dunedin

34 years
13 years

House of Mr J. Lynn, Anderson's Bay

6585

26 July 1915

A. Cameron

No	354
Date of Notice	26 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Allen Lynn	Mary Hobbs Taylor
	💍 1915/4406
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	35
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	34 years	13 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr J. Lynn, Anderson's Bay
Folio	6585
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1915
Officiating Minister	A. Cameron

355

27 July 1915

Alan Edgar Mitchell
Iris Isabel Fache

Alan Edgar Mitchell
Iris Isabel Fache
💍 1915/4407

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
30

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
6 weeks

St. John's Church, Roslyn

6586

27 July 1915

W.A.R. Fitchett

No	355
Date of Notice	27 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alan Edgar Mitchell	Iris Isabel Fache
	💍 1915/4407
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Roslyn
Folio	6586
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1915
Officiating Minister	W.A.R. Fitchett

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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).