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 2669

District of Invercargill Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar H. G. Petrie

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

13 February 1918

John Morton Grieve
Margaret Gray

John Morton Grieve
Margaret Gray
💍 1918/1535

Bachelor
Spinster

Garage Proprietor
Domestic

34
29

Wallacetown
Wallacetown

One month
29 years

Dwelling house of Mrs Gray, Wallacetown

1470

13 February 1918

Rev. A. Begg

No	11
Date of Notice	13 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Morton Grieve	Margaret Gray
	💍 1918/1535
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Garage Proprietor	Domestic
Age	34	29
Dwelling Place	Wallacetown	Wallacetown
Length of Residence	One month	29 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling house of Mrs Gray, Wallacetown
Folio	1470
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Begg

14 February 1918

Arthur George Gilder
Jessie Coster

Arthur George Gilder
Jessie Coster
💍 1918/1537

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic

20
19

Invercargill
Invercargill

5 days
5 days

Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

1471

Andrew B. Gilder, father; John Coster, father

14 February 1918

Rev. R. M. Ryburn

No	12
Date of Notice	14 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur George Gilder	Jessie Coster
	💍 1918/1537
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	1471
Consent	Andrew B. Gilder, father; John Coster, father
Date of Certificate	14 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Ryburn

15 February 1918

Harold Percy Fougere
Emily Frances Stray

Harold Percy Fougere
Frances Emily Strang
💍 1918/1538

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Typist

31
20

Invercargill
Invercargill

18 months
20 years

Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

1472

Section 29

24 March 1918

Rev. R. M. Ryburn

No	13
Date of Notice	15 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Percy Fougere	Emily Frances Stray
BDM Match (65%)	Harold Percy Fougere	Frances Emily Strang
	💍 1918/1538
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Typist
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	18 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	1472
Consent	Section 29
Date of Certificate	24 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Ryburn

14 February 1918

Joseph Barkley Millar
Mary Doris Glover

Joseph Caskey Millar
Doris Mary Glover
💍 1918/1539

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Agent
Domestic

28
20

Invercargill
Invercargill

5 years
20 years

Methodist Church, Don Street, Invercargill

1473

William George Glover, father

16 February 1918

Rev. C. H. Olds

No	14
Date of Notice	14 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Barkley Millar	Mary Doris Glover
BDM Match (69%)	Joseph Caskey Millar	Doris Mary Glover
	💍 1918/1539
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Agent	Domestic
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Don Street, Invercargill
Folio	1473
Consent	William George Glover, father
Date of Certificate	16 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Olds

16 February 1918

Bertram Eaton Silk Brodie
Minnie Rattray

Bertram Eustace Silke Brodie
Minnie Rattray
💍 1918/1540

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Home duties

28
24

Invercargill
Invercargill

12 years
4 years

Residence of Mr. Hodges, Thames Street, Invercargill

1474

16 February 1918

Rev. R. M. Ryburn

No	15
Date of Notice	16 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Eaton Silk Brodie	Minnie Rattray
BDM Match (89%)	Bertram Eustace Silke Brodie	Minnie Rattray
	💍 1918/1540
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Home duties
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	12 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Hodges, Thames Street, Invercargill
Folio	1474
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Ryburn

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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).