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 2664

District of Timaru Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar Alex Montgomery

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

15 June 1915

Ernest George Day
Minnie Elizabeth Webb

Ernest George Day
Minnie Elizabeth Webb
💍 1915/2164

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer
Domestic duties

29
38

Timaru
Timaru

3 days
2 days

Dwellinghouse of Mr. G. B. Webb, Booth St., Timaru

4043

15 June 1915

Rev. C. L. Harris, Presbyterian Minister

No	88
Date of Notice	15 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest George Day	Minnie Elizabeth Webb
	💍 1915/2164
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer	Domestic duties
Age	29	38
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	3 days	2 days
Marriage Place	Dwellinghouse of Mr. G. B. Webb, Booth St., Timaru
Folio	4043
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. L. Harris, Presbyterian Minister

15 June 1915

William Robinson
Bridget Boyle

William Robinson
Bridget Boyle
💍 1915/2166

Widower
Spinster

Fireman
Household duties

50
38

Pareora East
Timaru

5 years
3 1/2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Timaru

4045

15 June 1915

Rev. J. H. Seymour, Roman Catholic Priest

No	89
Date of Notice	15 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Robinson	Bridget Boyle
	💍 1915/2166
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Household duties
Age	50	38
Dwelling Place	Pareora East	Timaru
Length of Residence	5 years	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Timaru
Folio	4045
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Seymour, Roman Catholic Priest

19 June 1915

Archibald Richard Pool
Dorothy Christine Basham

Archibald Richard Pool
Dorothy Christine Basham
💍 1915/2192

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman
Domestic duties

33
22

Timaru
Timaru

3 days
4 months

St Marys English Church, Timaru

4071

19 June 1915

Rev. W. M. McWatters, Church of England Clergyman

No	90
Date of Notice	19 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Richard Pool	Dorothy Christine Basham
	💍 1915/2192
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman	Domestic duties
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	3 days	4 months
Marriage Place	St Marys English Church, Timaru
Folio	4071
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. M. McWatters, Church of England Clergyman

19 June 1915

Thomas John Lister
Gertrude Fanny Darby

Thomas John Lister
Gertrude Fanny Darby
💍 1915/2193

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill owner
Housekeeper

76
24

Timaru
Timaru

4 years
24 years

St Marys English Church, Timaru

4072

19 June 1915

Archdeacon Jacob, Church of England Clergyman

No	91
Date of Notice	19 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas John Lister	Gertrude Fanny Darby
	💍 1915/2193
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill owner	Housekeeper
Age	76	24
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	4 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St Marys English Church, Timaru
Folio	4072
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon Jacob, Church of England Clergyman

21 June 1915

Hugh Middleton Astley Wood
Ivy Lillian Clarke

Hugh Middleton Astley Woodd
Ivy Lillian Clarke
💍 1915/10097

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Tailoress

26
27

Levels
Christchurch

6 months
15 years

149 Ensors Rd, Opawa, Christchurch

2630

21 June 1915

Rev. P. B. Knight, Methodist Minister

No	92
Date of Notice	21 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Middleton Astley Wood	Ivy Lillian Clarke
BDM Match (98%)	Hugh Middleton Astley Woodd	Ivy Lillian Clarke
	💍 1915/10097
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Tailoress
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Levels	Christchurch
Length of Residence	6 months	15 years
Marriage Place	149 Ensors Rd, Opawa, Christchurch
Folio	2630
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. B. Knight, Methodist 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).