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 2750

District of Oamaru Quarter ending 31 March 1916 Registrar John Henry Cassells

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

3385

24 January 1916

James William Dalgleish
Mary Elizabeth Luck

James William Dalgleish
Mary Elizabeth Luck
💍 1916/4126

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
29

Pukeuri
Willowbridge

7 years
29 years

Private Dwelling of John Henry Luck, Willowbridge

1308

24 January 1916

Rev. Walter H. Evans

No	3385
Date of Notice	24 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Dalgleish	Mary Elizabeth Luck
	💍 1916/4126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Pukeuri	Willowbridge
Length of Residence	7 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Private Dwelling of John Henry Luck, Willowbridge
Folio	1308
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. Walter H. Evans

3386

26 January 1916

David Leslie Burt
Gladys May Aeron

David Leslie Burt
Gladys May Heron
💍 1916/4364

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic
Drapers Assistant

22
22

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
5 years

Church of Christ, Oamaru

1344

26 January 1916

Rev. F. J. Bull

No	3386
Date of Notice	26 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Leslie Burt	Gladys May Aeron
BDM Match (97%)	David Leslie Burt	Gladys May Heron
	💍 1916/4364
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic	Drapers Assistant
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Oamaru
Folio	1344
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. J. Bull

3387

29 January 1916

Sydney Henry Pile
Elizabeth Brice Hines Lawson

Sydney Henry Pile
Elizabeth Brice Hines Rawson
💍 1916/10148

Bachelor
Spinster

Flour miller
Domestic Duties

24
23

Oamaru
Reidston

24 years
2 weeks

Church of Christ, Oamaru

1345

29 January 1916

Rev. F. J. Bull

No	3387
Date of Notice	29 January 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Henry Pile	Elizabeth Brice Hines Lawson
BDM Match (98%)	Sydney Henry Pile	Elizabeth Brice Hines Rawson
	💍 1916/10148
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flour miller	Domestic Duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Reidston
Length of Residence	24 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Oamaru
Folio	1345
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. J. Bull

3388

5 February 1916

Andrew John Cassells
Elizabeth Johnston

Andrew John Cassells
Elizabeth Johnston
💍 1916/4368

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic Duties

26
22

Dunedin
Oamaru

26 years
15 years

St Paul's Manse, Oamaru

1347

5 February 1916

Rev. S. F. Hunter

No	3388
Date of Notice	5 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew John Cassells	Elizabeth Johnston
	💍 1916/4368
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Oamaru
Length of Residence	26 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Manse, Oamaru
Folio	1347
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. F. Hunter

3389

16 February 1916

Thomas Michael Perniskie
Catherine Mary Jane Fogarty

Thomas Michael Perniskie
Catherine Mary Jane Logan
💍 1916/4363

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep farmer
Domestic Duties

25
21

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
7 months

St Patrick's Basilica, Oamaru

1343

16 February 1916

Rev. D. O'Connell

No	3389
Date of Notice	16 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Michael Perniskie	Catherine Mary Jane Fogarty
BDM Match (93%)	Thomas Michael Perniskie	Catherine Mary Jane Logan
	💍 1916/4363
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	7 months
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Basilica, Oamaru
Folio	1343
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. O'Connell

3390

16 February 1916

Samuel Perkins
Roselan McIntyre

Samuel Perkins
Rose Ann McIntyre
💍 1916/10145

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Bridgeman
Domestic Duties

32
31

Oamaru
Oamaru

31 days
1 month

St Patrick's Basilica, Oamaru

1342

16 February 1916

Rev. Monsignor John Mackay

No	3390
Date of Notice	16 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Perkins	Roselan McIntyre
BDM Match (91%)	Samuel Perkins	Rose Ann McIntyre
	💍 1916/10145
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Bridgeman	Domestic Duties
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	31 days	1 month
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Basilica, Oamaru
Folio	1342
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. Monsignor John Mackay

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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).