Intentions to Marry, 1916 Rangiora to Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840468, 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.

1916f contains pages 2397-3014, covering districts from Rangiora to Chatham Islands

Page 2993

District of Winton Quarter ending 30 June 1916 Registrar Am. McLeod

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

3 April 1916

Henry Edward Greenway
Emily Cooney

Henry Edward Greenway
Emily Cooney
💍 1916/6960

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Midwife

32
46

Centrebush
Centrebush

2 years
25 years

Presbyterian Manse, Centrebush

4457

3 April 1916

Rev. R. Morgan

No	5
Date of Notice	3 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Edward Greenway	Emily Cooney
	💍 1916/6960
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Midwife
Age	32	46
Dwelling Place	Centrebush	Centrebush
Length of Residence	2 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Centrebush
Folio	4457
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Morgan

13 April 1916

Robert James Stewart
Ada Violet Effie Grimwood

Robert James Stewart
Ada Violet Effie Grimwood
💍 1916/6961

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic Duties

25
21

Winton
Winton

20 years
15 years

Presbyterian Manse, Winton

4458

13 April 1916

Rev. R. Mackie

No	6
Date of Notice	13 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert James Stewart	Ada Violet Effie Grimwood
	💍 1916/6961
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Winton	Winton
Length of Residence	20 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Winton
Folio	4458
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mackie

18 April 1916

David Brash
Catherine Jessie Love Warden

David Brash
Catherine Jessie Love Warden
💍 1916/10063

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
25

Hokonui
Mabel Bush

2 months
5 years

Dwellinghouse of John Warden, Mabel Bush

4433

18 April 1916

Rev. C. Shierly

No	7
Date of Notice	18 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Brash	Catherine Jessie Love Warden
	💍 1916/10063
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Hokonui	Mabel Bush
Length of Residence	2 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Dwellinghouse of John Warden, Mabel Bush
Folio	4433
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Shierly

20 April 1916

James Thomas Daniell
Margaret Ethel Courie

James Thomson Darnill
Margaret Ethel Cowie
💍 1916/6942

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
28

Oreti
Oreti

1 year 3 months
9 years

Presbyterian Church, Oreti

4460

20 April 1916

Rev. R. Mackie

No	8
Date of Notice	20 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Thomas Daniell	Margaret Ethel Courie
BDM Match (83%)	James Thomson Darnill	Margaret Ethel Cowie
	💍 1916/6942
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Oreti	Oreti
Length of Residence	1 year 3 months	9 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Oreti
Folio	4460
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mackie

20 April 1916

Robert Stewart Martin
Wilhelmina Williams Cole

Robert Stewart Martin
Wilhelmina Williams Cole
💍 1916/6962

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

25
27

Winton
Winton

3 days
27 years

Dwellinghouse of Francis Arthur Cole, Winton

4459

20 April 1916

Rev. R. Mackie

No	9
Date of Notice	20 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Stewart Martin	Wilhelmina Williams Cole
	💍 1916/6962
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Winton	Winton
Length of Residence	3 days	27 years
Marriage Place	Dwellinghouse of Francis Arthur Cole, Winton
Folio	4459
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mackie

29 May 1916

Edward O'Callaghan
Agnes Lawrence

Edward O'Callaghan
Agnes Lawrence
💍 1916/6959

Bachelor
Spinster

Teamster
Domestic Duties

27
20

Limehills
Limehills

3 days
6 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Winton

4456

Charles Frank Lawrence

29 May 1916

Am. McLeod, Registrar

No	10
Date of Notice	29 May 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward O'Callaghan	Agnes Lawrence
	💍 1916/6959
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teamster	Domestic Duties
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Limehills	Limehills
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Winton
Folio	4456
Consent	Charles Frank Lawrence
Date of Certificate	29 May 1916
Officiating Minister	Am. McLeod, Registrar

8 June 1916

John Clarke Muir
Annie McRae

John Clarke Muir
Annie McRae
💍 1916/6958

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
26

South Hillend
Winton

8 years

Roman Catholic Church, Winton

4455

8 June 1916

Rev. P. O'Neill

No	11
Date of Notice	8 June 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Clarke Muir	Annie McRae
	💍 1916/6958
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	South Hillend	Winton
Length of Residence	8 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Winton
Folio	4455
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Neill

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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).