Intentions to Marry, 1916 Kaikoura to Rakaia

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840467, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1916 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.

1916e contains pages 1803-2396, covering districts from Kaikoura to Rakaia

Page 2101

District of Christchurch Quarter ending 31 March 1916

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

18 January 1916

Alfred Maurice Leslie White
Olive Elizabeth Grace Anderson

Alfred Maurice Leslie White
Olive Elizabeth Grace Anderson
💍 1916/4692

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman
Pressmaker

22
22

Linwood
Linwood

14 years
7 years

Holy Trinity Church, Avonside

1922

18 January 1916

Rev. J. H. Sykes, Anglican

No	51
Date of Notice	18 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Maurice Leslie White	Olive Elizabeth Grace Anderson
	💍 1916/4692
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman	Pressmaker
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Linwood	Linwood
Length of Residence	14 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Avonside
Folio	1922
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Sykes, Anglican

18 January 1916

Walter Austin Judkins
Ivy Emmeline Trevena

Walter Austin Judkins
Joy Emmeline Trevena
💍 1916/4691

Bachelor
Spinster

Instructor in Manual Training
Dressmaker

26
24

Christchurch
Christchurch

16 years
Life

Dwelling of T. P. Judkins, 159 Brougham St., Sydenham

1921

18 January 1916

Rev. C. E. Ward, Methodist

No	52
Date of Notice	18 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Austin Judkins	Ivy Emmeline Trevena
BDM Match (95%)	Walter Austin Judkins	Joy Emmeline Trevena
	💍 1916/4691
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Instructor in Manual Training	Dressmaker
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	16 years	Life
Marriage Place	Dwelling of T. P. Judkins, 159 Brougham St., Sydenham
Folio	1921
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. Ward, Methodist

19 January 1916

Alexander David Morrison
Edith Johnston

Alexander David Morrison
Edith Johnston
💍 1916/4693

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
34

Christchurch
Christchurch

3 days
4 days

St. Mary's Church, Addington

1923

19 January 1916

Rev. W. S. Bean, Anglican

No	53
Date of Notice	19 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander David Morrison	Edith Johnston
	💍 1916/4693
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	34
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Addington
Folio	1923
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Bean, Anglican

19 January 1916

Patrick Singer Draper
Johanna Dwyer

Patrick Singer Draper
Johanna Dwyer
💍 1916/5725

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

31
24

Christchurch
Christchurch

3 days
3 days

St. Mary's Church, Manchester St., Christchurch

3148

19 January 1916

Rev. J. O'Connor, R.C.

No	54
Date of Notice	19 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Singer Draper	Johanna Dwyer
	💍 1916/5725
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Manchester St., Christchurch
Folio	3148
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Connor, R.C.

19 January 1916

John Wylie
Christina Margaret Anne Campbell

John Wylie
Christina Margaret Ann Campbell
💍 1916/4627

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
30

Christchurch
Christchurch

3 days
3 days

St. Paul's Church, Christchurch

1924

19 January 1916

Rev. J. Paterson, Presbyterian

No	55
Date of Notice	19 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wylie	Christina Margaret Anne Campbell
BDM Match (98%)	John Wylie	Christina Margaret Ann Campbell
	💍 1916/4627
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Christchurch
Folio	1924
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson, Presbyterian

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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).