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 2778

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 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

16 March 1915

James Field
Eva Elizabeth Wynn

James Fielder
Eva Elizabeth Wynn
💍 1915/9417

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

31
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 months
21 years

House of A. W. Wynn, 36 St. Andrew Street, Dunedin

1772

16 March 1915

A. H. Wallace

No	83
Date of Notice	16 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Field	Eva Elizabeth Wynn
BDM Match (92%)	James Fielder	Eva Elizabeth Wynn
	💍 1915/9417
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 months	21 years
Marriage Place	House of A. W. Wynn, 36 St. Andrew Street, Dunedin
Folio	1772
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1915
Officiating Minister	A. H. Wallace

16 March 1915

Thomas Hollway Walker
Elizabeth Annie Berwick

Thomas Hollway Walker
Elizabeth Annie Berwick
💍 1915/9385

Bachelor
Spinster

Chauffeur

30
31

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 months
31 years

Knox Church Manse, Dunedin

1741

16 March 1915

R. E. Davies

No	84
Date of Notice	16 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hollway Walker	Elizabeth Annie Berwick
	💍 1915/9385
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chauffeur
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 months	31 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church Manse, Dunedin
Folio	1741
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1915
Officiating Minister	R. E. Davies

16 March 1915

Frank Oswald Gillam
Agnes Isabel Gibb

Frank Oswald Gillan
Agnes Isabel Gibb
💍 1915/13497

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

25
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

25 years
12 years

House of Rev. W. Slade, 56 Royal Terrace, Dunedin

1765

16 March 1915

W. Slade

No	85
Date of Notice	16 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Oswald Gillam	Agnes Isabel Gibb
BDM Match (97%)	Frank Oswald Gillan	Agnes Isabel Gibb
	💍 1915/13497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	25 years	12 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. W. Slade, 56 Royal Terrace, Dunedin
Folio	1765
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1915
Officiating Minister	W. Slade

16 March 1915

Edward Tennyson Smith Cameron
Jessie May Clarkson

Edward Tennyson Smith Cameron
Jessie May Clarkson
💍 1915/941

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

23
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

23 years
10 years

St. Paul's Cathedral Schoolroom, Dunedin

3004

16 March 1915

H. Curzon-Siggers

No	86
Date of Notice	16 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Tennyson Smith Cameron	Jessie May Clarkson
	💍 1915/941
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	23 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Cathedral Schoolroom, Dunedin
Folio	3004
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1915
Officiating Minister	H. Curzon-Siggers

14 March 1915

Jas. Macleod
Jeannie Gordon Cossens

James Macleod
Jeannie Gordon Cossens
💍 1915/9445

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Manager

34
32

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
5 years

House of Mrs M. Cossens, 26 Maitland St. Dunedin

1777

14 March 1915

G. H. Balfour

No	87
Date of Notice	14 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jas. Macleod	Jeannie Gordon Cossens
BDM Match (88%)	James Macleod	Jeannie Gordon Cossens
	💍 1915/9445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Manager
Age	34	32
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs M. Cossens, 26 Maitland St. Dunedin
Folio	1777
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1915
Officiating Minister	G. H. Balfour

18 March 1915

William Bridger Walker
Ethel Alice Pullen

William Bridger Walker
Ethel Alice Pullen
💍 1915/13484

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager

27
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
23 years

First Church, Dunedin

1778

18 March 1915

G. H. Balfour

No	88
Date of Notice	18 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bridger Walker	Ethel Alice Pullen
	💍 1915/13484
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	First Church, Dunedin
Folio	1778
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1915
Officiating Minister	G. H. Balfour

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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).