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 2667

District of Invercargill Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar F. G. Petri

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

10 January 1918

Thomas Arthur Furby
Kate Florence Lucale

Thomas Arthur Frisby
Kate Florence Queale
💍 1918/1981

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

35
30

Benmore Bush, Invercargill
Lochiel, Winton

3 1/2 years
30 years

Residence of Jas. B. Lucale, Lochiel, Winton

1415

10 January 1918

Rev. A. H. Ross

No	1
Date of Notice	10 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Arthur Furby	Kate Florence Lucale
BDM Match (88%)	Thomas Arthur Frisby	Kate Florence Queale
	💍 1918/1981
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	35	30
Dwelling Place	Benmore Bush, Invercargill	Lochiel, Winton
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Jas. B. Lucale, Lochiel, Winton
Folio	1415
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Ross

25 January 1918

George William Mackie
Winifred Anne Patricia Miller

George Williamson Mackay
Winifred Annie Patricia Millar
💍 1918/1210

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk
Home duties

26
22

Tokomaru Bay
Invercargill

2 months
22 years

Residence of Mrs G. Williamson, Tokomaru Bay

973

25 January 1918

Mr R. Williamson

No	2
Date of Notice	25 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Mackie	Winifred Anne Patricia Miller
BDM Match (86%)	George Williamson Mackay	Winifred Annie Patricia Millar
	💍 1918/1210
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk	Home duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Tokomaru Bay	Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 months	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs G. Williamson, Tokomaru Bay
Folio	973
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Mr R. Williamson

28 January 1918

Sidney Alfred Norris
Florence Jane Kerr

Sidney Alfred Norris
Florence Jane Kerr
💍 1918/1527

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal Clerk
Draper's Assistant

29
27

Bluff
Invercargill

2 1/2 years
14 days

Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

1462

28 January 1918

Rev. R. M. Ryburn

No	3
Date of Notice	28 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Alfred Norris	Florence Jane Kerr
	💍 1918/1527
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal Clerk	Draper's Assistant
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Bluff	Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	14 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	1462
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Ryburn

28 January 1918

Gordon Robinson Whiting
Mabel Esther Southern

Gordon Robinson Whiting
Mabel Esther Southern
💍 1918/1528

Bachelor
Widow 24/3/1911

Railway fireman
Domestic

30
31

Invercargill
Invercargill

1 year
15 years

English Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

1463

28 January 1918

Ven. Archdeacon Richards

No	4
Date of Notice	28 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Robinson Whiting	Mabel Esther Southern
	💍 1918/1528
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 24/3/1911
Profession	Railway fireman	Domestic
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	1 year	15 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	1463
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Richards

30 January 1918

Cyril Meredith Eagar
Margaret Fitzroy Wade

Cyril Meredith Edgar
Margaret Fitzroy Wade
💍 1918/1529

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer

28
25

Invercargill
Invercargill

3 days
22 years

Residence of Mr Wm. Wade, Thomson Street, Invercargill

1464

30 January 1918

Rev. C. H. Olds

No	5
Date of Notice	30 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Meredith Eagar	Margaret Fitzroy Wade
BDM Match (98%)	Cyril Meredith Edgar	Margaret Fitzroy Wade
	💍 1918/1529
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Wm. Wade, Thomson Street, Invercargill
Folio	1464
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Olds

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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).