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 2665

District of Gore Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar J. G. Trail

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

7 October 1918

James Andrew Cuddihy
Isabel Matheson

James Andrew Cuddihy
Isabella Mathieson
💍 1918/6482

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Domestic

33
26

Gore
Gore

30 years
30 years

Roman Catholic Church Gore

6161

7 October 1918

Rev. P. O'Donnell, Roman Catholic

No	41
Date of Notice	7 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Andrew Cuddihy	Isabel Matheson
BDM Match (92%)	James Andrew Cuddihy	Isabella Mathieson
	💍 1918/6482
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Domestic
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	30 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Gore
Folio	6161
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Donnell, Roman Catholic

8 October 1918

Barton Victor Gillespie
Helen Marianne Whyte

Barton Nisbet Gillespie
Helen Marianne Wayte
💍 1918/6483

Bachelor
Spinster

Watchmaker
Domestic

31
27

Dunedin
Otamita

3 days
Life

Anglican Church Mandeville

6162

8 October 1918

Rev. H. H. B. Hamblett, Anglican

No	42
Date of Notice	8 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Barton Victor Gillespie	Helen Marianne Whyte
BDM Match (87%)	Barton Nisbet Gillespie	Helen Marianne Wayte
	💍 1918/6483
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Watchmaker	Domestic
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Otamita
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	Anglican Church Mandeville
Folio	6162
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. B. Hamblett, Anglican

19 October 1918

Herbert Allan Price
Norah Elizabeth Wyeth

Herbert Allan Price
Norah Elizabeth Wyeth
💍 1918/6484

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Manager
School teacher

31
25

Edendale
Gore

3 days
8 days

Presbyterian Manse Gore

6163

23 October 1918

Rev. T. H. Simpson, Presbyterian

No	43
Date of Notice	19 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Allan Price	Norah Elizabeth Wyeth
	💍 1918/6484
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Manager	School teacher
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Edendale	Gore
Length of Residence	3 days	8 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse Gore
Folio	6163
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. H. Simpson, Presbyterian

26 October 1918

Arthur William Innes Miller
Christina Jessie Gillies

Arthur William Innes Miller
Christina Jessie Gillies
💍 1918/5493

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Clerk

30
30

Dunedin
Gore

3 days
11 years

Presbyterian Church Caversham

5076

26 October 1918

Rev. D. Dutton, Presbyterian

No	44
Date of Notice	26 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Innes Miller	Christina Jessie Gillies
	💍 1918/5493
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Clerk
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Gore
Length of Residence	3 days	11 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Caversham
Folio	5076
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Dutton, Presbyterian

2 November 1918

Peter Bryce Cunningham
Margaret Nelson Crawford

Peter Bryce Cunningham
Margaret Nelson Crawford
💍 1918/6485

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist assistant
Domestic

18
26

Gore
Gore

Life
12 years

House of M. Cunningham Gore

6164

M. Cunningham, Father

2 November 1918

Rev. G. H. Eccersall, Baptist

No	45
Date of Notice	2 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Bryce Cunningham	Margaret Nelson Crawford
	💍 1918/6485
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist assistant	Domestic
Age	18	26
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	Life	12 years
Marriage Place	House of M. Cunningham Gore
Folio	6164
Consent	M. Cunningham, Father
Date of Certificate	2 November 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Eccersall, Baptist

16 December 1918

Hugh Miller Christie
Vera Velvin Walker

Hugh Miller Christie
Vera Veloni Walker
💍 1918/6486

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Tailoress

31
20

Gore
Gore

Life
Life

Methodist Church, Gore.

6165

Alexander Walker, Father

16 December 1918

Rev. F. J. Harris, Methodist

No	46
Date of Notice	16 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Miller Christie	Vera Velvin Walker
BDM Match (92%)	Hugh Miller Christie	Vera Veloni Walker
	💍 1918/6486
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Tailoress
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Gore.
Folio	6165
Consent	Alexander Walker, Father
Date of Certificate	16 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. J. Harris, Methodist

18 December 1918

Daniel Francis Fitzpatrick
Jemima McDonald Kelly

Daniel Francis Fitzpatrick
Jemima McDonald Kelly
💍 1918/6487

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
22

Gore
Gore

6 years
20 years

Roman Catholic Church Gore

6166

18 December 1918

Rev. P. O'Donnell, Roman Catholic

No	47
Date of Notice	18 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Francis Fitzpatrick	Jemima McDonald Kelly
	💍 1918/6487
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Gore
Folio	6166
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Donnell, Roman Catholic

19 December 1918

George Gibb Menzies
Olive Campbell Sproat

George Gibb Menzies
Olive Campbell Sproat
💍 1918/6488

Bachelor
Spinster

School teacher
School teacher

30
28

Gore
Gore

3 days
3 days

Presbyterian Church Gore

6167

23 December 1918

Rev. A. Gow, Presbyterian

No	48
Date of Notice	19 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Gibb Menzies	Olive Campbell Sproat
	💍 1918/6488
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School teacher	School teacher
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Gore
Folio	6167
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Gow, Presbyterian

24 December 1918

John James Murillo McMullan
Eliza Myrtle Taylor

John James Murrillo McMullan
Elza Myrtle Taylor
💍 1919/357

Bachelor
Spinster

School teacher
School teacher

25
24

Gore
Gore

3 days
3 days

Church of England Gore

82/1918

30 December 1918

Rev. W. H. Hamblett, Anglican

No	49
Date of Notice	24 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Murillo McMullan	Eliza Myrtle Taylor
BDM Match (96%)	John James Murrillo McMullan	Elza Myrtle Taylor
	💍 1919/357
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School teacher	School teacher
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England Gore
Folio	82/1918
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Hamblett, Anglican

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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).