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 2755

District of Winton Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar Amhead

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

11 January 1918

Thomas Arthur Licky
Kate Florence Oneale

Thomas Arthur Frisby
Kate Florence Queale
💍 1918/1981

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

35
30

Tussock Creek
Lochiel

34 yrs
30 yrs

Dwellinghouse of James B. Oneale, Lochiel

1495

11 January 1918

Rev. A K Ross, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	11 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Arthur Licky	Kate Florence Oneale
BDM Match (85%)	Thomas Arthur Frisby	Kate Florence Queale
	💍 1918/1981
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	35	30
Dwelling Place	Tussock Creek	Lochiel
Length of Residence	34 yrs	30 yrs
Marriage Place	Dwellinghouse of James B. Oneale, Lochiel
Folio	1495
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A K Ross, Presbyterian

12 January 1918

Robert Robertson
Barbara Malcolm

Robert Robertson
Barbara Malcolm
💍 1918/1983

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

31
20

Winton
Winton

5 days
20 yrs

Dwellinghouse of William Malcolm, Winton

1496

William Malcolm, Father

12 January 1918

Rev. R Morgan, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	12 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Robertson	Barbara Malcolm
	💍 1918/1983
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Winton	Winton
Length of Residence	5 days	20 yrs
Marriage Place	Dwellinghouse of William Malcolm, Winton
Folio	1496
Consent	William Malcolm, Father
Date of Certificate	12 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. R Morgan, Presbyterian

19 February 1918

Sydney Francis Cowan
Agnes Gertrude Mulligan

Sydney Francis Cowan
Agnes Gertrude Mulligan
💍 1918/1984

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk
Saleswoman

24
26

Winton
Winton

3 days
3 days

Anglican Church, Winton

1497

19 February 1918

Rev. C. Webb, Anglican

No	3
Date of Notice	19 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Francis Cowan	Agnes Gertrude Mulligan
	💍 1918/1984
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk	Saleswoman
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Winton	Winton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Winton
Folio	1497
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Webb, Anglican

4 March 1918

James Bowie Porteous
Mary Gilmour

James Bowie Porteous
Mary Gilmour
💍 1918/1982

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

29
22

Winton
Ryal Bush

29 yrs
10 yrs

Anglican Church, Ryal Bush

1478

4 March 1918

Rev. C. Webb, Anglican

No	4
Date of Notice	4 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Bowie Porteous	Mary Gilmour
	💍 1918/1982
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Winton	Ryal Bush
Length of Residence	29 yrs	10 yrs
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Ryal Bush
Folio	1478
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Webb, Anglican

30 March 1918

William Ronaldson Horsburgh
Jessie Tuffery

William Ronaldson Horsburgh
Jessie Tuffery
💍 1918/1994

Bachelor
Spinster

Flaxmiller
Domestic duties

35
29

Winton
Invercargill

2 yrs
29 yrs

Methodist Church, Strathearn

1485

30 March 1918

Rev. G. Clements, Methodist

No	5
Date of Notice	30 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ronaldson Horsburgh	Jessie Tuffery
	💍 1918/1994
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flaxmiller	Domestic duties
Age	35	29
Dwelling Place	Winton	Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 yrs	29 yrs
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Strathearn
Folio	1485
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Clements, Methodist

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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).