Intentions to Marry, 1918 Rangiora to Chatham Islands (includes Otago)

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840480, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1918 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.

1918f contains pages 2189-2777, covering districts from Rangiora to Chatham Islands (includes Otago)

Page 2381

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar J. Maxwell

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

302

29 August 1918

Nathan St. Patrick Peacock
Annie Ross

Nathan H Patrick Peacock
Annie Ross
💍 1918/5024

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist's assistant

25
29

Dunedin
Fairfield

3 days
29 years

Bungalow Tea Rooms, Victoria Street, St. Kilda

3324

29 August 1918

J. Kilpatrick, Presbyterian

No	302
Date of Notice	29 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nathan St. Patrick Peacock	Annie Ross
BDM Match (94%)	Nathan H Patrick Peacock	Annie Ross
	💍 1918/5024
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist's assistant
Age	25	29
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Fairfield
Length of Residence	3 days	29 years
Marriage Place	Bungalow Tea Rooms, Victoria Street, St. Kilda
Folio	3324
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1918
Officiating Minister	J. Kilpatrick, Presbyterian

303

2 September 1918

Horace John Algar
Anna Rose McGrath

Horace John Algar
Anna Rose McGrath
💍 1918/5025

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil servant

25
26

Dunedin
St. Kilda

22 years
3 years

All Saints Church, Dunedin

3325

A. R. Fitchett, Church of England

No	303
Date of Notice	2 September 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace John Algar	Anna Rose McGrath
	💍 1918/5025
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil servant
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	St. Kilda
Length of Residence	22 years	3 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Dunedin
Folio	3325
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	A. R. Fitchett, Church of England

304

2 September 1918

Leonard Erle Paterson Barrett
Margaret Maud Aitken

Leonard Erle Paterson Barrett
Margaret Maud Aitken
💍 1918/4045

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

24
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
23 years

Presbyterian Church, South Dunedin

3326

2 September 1918

R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

No	304
Date of Notice	2 September 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Erle Paterson Barrett	Margaret Maud Aitken
	💍 1918/4045
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, South Dunedin
Folio	3326
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 September 1918
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

305

6 September 1918

William Anthony Bushell
Euphemia Crisp

William Anthony Bushell
Euphemia Crisp
💍 1918/4056

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
25

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 days
8 months

Salvation Army Home, Caversham

3327

6 September 1918

F. G. Cumming, Presbyterian

No	305
Date of Notice	6 September 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Anthony Bushell	Euphemia Crisp
	💍 1918/4056
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 days	8 months
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Home, Caversham
Folio	3327
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 September 1918
Officiating Minister	F. G. Cumming, Presbyterian

306

9 September 1918

Stanley Telford Rough
Una Barton

Stanley Telford Rough
Una Barton
💍 1918/4063

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

43
26

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
26 years

House of Rev. G. H. Jupp, 169 Queen Street, Dunedin

3328

9 September 1918

G. H. Jupp, Presbyterian

No	306
Date of Notice	9 September 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Telford Rough	Una Barton
	💍 1918/4063
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	43	26
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. G. H. Jupp, 169 Queen Street, Dunedin
Folio	3328
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 September 1918
Officiating Minister	G. H. Jupp, 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).