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 3003

District of Wyndham Quarter ending 30 September 1916 Registrar W. McPherson

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

4 July 1916

Thomas Kenneth Marshall
Annie Meggitt

Thomas Kenneth Marshall Rae
Annie Meffitt
💍 1916/713

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

22
23

Glenham
Edendale

Life
3 months

The Registrar's office Wyndham

5929

4 July 1916

Registrar of Marriages Wyndham

No	11
Date of Notice	4 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Kenneth Marshall	Annie Meggitt
BDM Match (85%)	Thomas Kenneth Marshall Rae	Annie Meffitt
	💍 1916/713
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Glenham	Edendale
Length of Residence	Life	3 months
Marriage Place	The Registrar's office Wyndham
Folio	5929
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Wyndham

15 July 1916

Henry Hugh Russell
Lillie Mason

Henry Hugh Russell
Lillie Mason
💍 1916/1304

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic member of N.Z. Expeditionary Force
Domestic duties

22
24

Wyndham
Wyndham

2 days
4 years

St Mary's Anglican Church Wyndham

6218

18 July 1916

Rev. H. J. Fletcher Wyndham

No	12
Date of Notice	15 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Hugh Russell	Lillie Mason
	💍 1916/1304
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic member of N.Z. Expeditionary Force	Domestic duties
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Wyndham	Wyndham
Length of Residence	2 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Anglican Church Wyndham
Folio	6218
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Fletcher Wyndham

18 July 1916

George Gould Stephen
Agnes Mullen

George Gould Stephen
Agnes Mullen
💍 1916/712

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Dressmaker

24
26

Mosgiel
Edendale

10 years
3 years

The residence of Mr. Peter Botting Edendale

5928

18 July 1916

Rev. J. Field Edendale

No	13
Date of Notice	18 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Gould Stephen	Agnes Mullen
	💍 1916/712
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Dressmaker
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel	Edendale
Length of Residence	10 years	3 years
Marriage Place	The residence of Mr. Peter Botting Edendale
Folio	5928
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Field Edendale

7 August 1916

Joseph Patrick Cassidy
Margaret Bogue

Joseph Patrick Cassidy
Margaret Bogue
💍 1916/705

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationmaster
School teacher

29
24

Wyndham
Wyndham

1 month
Life

The Catholic Church Wyndham

5927

7 August 1916

Rev. P. O'Donnell Gore

No	14
Date of Notice	7 August 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Patrick Cassidy	Margaret Bogue
	💍 1916/705
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationmaster	School teacher
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Wyndham	Wyndham
Length of Residence	1 month	Life
Marriage Place	The Catholic Church Wyndham
Folio	5927
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 August 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Donnell Gore

24 August 1916

James McKenzie
Flora Livingstone

James McKenzie
Flora Livingstone
💍 1916/715

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
27

Seaward Downs
Forest Hill

20 years
8 years

The dwellinghouse of Mr. Malcolm Livingstone Forest Hill Winton

5931

24 August 1916

Rev. A. K. Ross Browns

No	15
Date of Notice	24 August 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McKenzie	Flora Livingstone
	💍 1916/715
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Seaward Downs	Forest Hill
Length of Residence	20 years	8 years
Marriage Place	The dwellinghouse of Mr. Malcolm Livingstone Forest Hill Winton
Folio	5931
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 August 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. K. Ross Browns

5 September 1916

James Albert Dodd
Isabella Margaret Jane Ross

James Albert Dodd
Isabella Margaret Jane Ross
💍 1916/8292

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheese Factory Manager
Domestic duties

28
23

Winton
Menzies Ferry

4 years
14 years

The Catholic Church Wyndham

5926

5 September 1916

Rev. P. O'Donnell Gore

No	16
Date of Notice	5 September 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Albert Dodd	Isabella Margaret Jane Ross
	💍 1916/8292
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheese Factory Manager	Domestic duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Winton	Menzies Ferry
Length of Residence	4 years	14 years
Marriage Place	The Catholic Church Wyndham
Folio	5926
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 September 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Donnell Gore

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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).