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 2695

District of Invercargill Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar F. G. Peter

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

134

17 December 1918

Arnold James Goodlet
Hilda May Campbell

Arnold James Goodsir
Hilda May Campbell
💍 1918/6437

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial traveller
Clerk

31
21

Invercargill
Invercargill

2 1/2 years
00 years

Residence of Rev. W. W. Burridge, Invercargill

6195

17 December 1918

Rev. W. W. Burridge

No	134
Date of Notice	17 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arnold James Goodlet	Hilda May Campbell
BDM Match (93%)	Arnold James Goodsir	Hilda May Campbell
	💍 1918/6437
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial traveller	Clerk
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	00 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. W. W. Burridge, Invercargill
Folio	6195
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. W. Burridge

135

18 December 1918

David Harris
Priscilla Maud Hardwicke

David Harris
Priscilla Maud Hardwicke
💍 1918/6438

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

31
20

Invercargill
Invercargill

30 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Invercargill

6196

Thomas Hardwicke, Father

18 December 1918

Registrar

No	135
Date of Notice	18 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Harris	Priscilla Maud Hardwicke
	💍 1918/6438
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	30 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Invercargill
Folio	6196
Consent	Thomas Hardwicke, Father
Date of Certificate	18 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Registrar

136

19 December 1918

Harold Morton Aitken
Elsie Simpson

Harold Mortan Aitken
Elsie England
💍 1918/6439

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial traveller
Domestic

27
28

Invercargill
Invercargill

29 years (from England)
28 years (Invercargill)

Residence of Mr. England, Yarrawonga, Invercargill

6197

19 December 1918

Rev. A. Peters

No	136
Date of Notice	19 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Morton Aitken	Elsie Simpson
BDM Match (71%)	Harold Mortan Aitken	Elsie England
	💍 1918/6439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial traveller	Domestic
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	29 years (from England)	28 years (Invercargill)
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. England, Yarrawonga, Invercargill
Folio	6197
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Peters

137

19 December 1918

Reuben Bruce Lambert
Ellen Henderson Milne

Reuben Bruce Lambert
Ellen Henderson Milne
💍 1918/6440

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

35
50

Woodlands
Invercargill

12 years (at A. Thornton)
50 years (203 Beaumont Street, Invercargill)

Residence of Mr. A. Thornton, 203 Beaumont Street, Invercargill

6198

19 December 1918

Rev. A. C. Wedderspoon

No	137
Date of Notice	19 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reuben Bruce Lambert	Ellen Henderson Milne
	💍 1918/6440
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	35	50
Dwelling Place	Woodlands	Invercargill
Length of Residence	12 years (at A. Thornton)	50 years (203 Beaumont Street, Invercargill)
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. A. Thornton, 203 Beaumont Street, Invercargill
Folio	6198
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Wedderspoon

138

20 December 1918

William Hanna
Rose Eileen Lawrence

William Hanna
Rose Eileen Lauredo
💍 1919/348

Bachelor
Spinster

Stockman
Domestic

44
47

Invercargill
Invercargill

44 years
47 years

Roman Catholic Church, Waikiwi

1919

20 December 1918

Rev. J. O'Neill

No	138
Date of Notice	20 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hanna	Rose Eileen Lawrence
BDM Match (90%)	William Hanna	Rose Eileen Lauredo
	💍 1919/348
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stockman	Domestic
Age	44	47
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	44 years	47 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Waikiwi
Folio	1919
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Neill

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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).