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 2402

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar Maxwell

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

402

30 November 1918

Arthur George Halliday Wilson
Mary Woods

Arthur George Halliday Wilson
Mary Woods
💍 1918/5507

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway porter

24
29

Dunedin
Dunedin

1 week
6 years

St. Josephs Cathedral, Dunedin

5097

30 November 1918

J. Coffey, Roman Catholic

No	402
Date of Notice	30 November 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur George Halliday Wilson	Mary Woods
	💍 1918/5507
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway porter
Age	24	29
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 week	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Josephs Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	5097
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 November 1918
Officiating Minister	J. Coffey, Roman Catholic

403

5 December 1918

James Henry Moore
Agnes Hughes

James Henry Moore
Agnes Hughes
💍 1918/5508

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway porter

21
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
4 years

Church of Christ, King Street, Dunedin

5098

5 December 1918

S.G. Griffith, Church of Christ

No	403
Date of Notice	5 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Moore	Agnes Hughes
	💍 1918/5508
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway porter
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, King Street, Dunedin
Folio	5098
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 December 1918
Officiating Minister	S.G. Griffith, Church of Christ

404

6 December 1918

Percival Herbert Hayward
Marguerite Weavers

Percival Herbert Hayward
Marguerite Weavers
💍 1918/5509

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Officer

34
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 years
8 years

All Saints Church, Dunedin

5099

6 December 1918

A.R. Fitchett, Church of England

No	404
Date of Notice	6 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Herbert Hayward	Marguerite Weavers
	💍 1918/5509
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Officer
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 years	8 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Dunedin
Folio	5099
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1918
Officiating Minister	A.R. Fitchett, Church of England

405

10 December 1918

Alfred Hull
Margaret Jane Sim Winton

Alfred Hull
Margaret Jane Sim Winton
💍 1918/5510

Widower
Spinster

Fish dealer

57
51

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 days
3 weeks

House of Mrs. J. Winton, 51 Leith Street, Dunedin

5100

10 December 1918

C. Eaton, Methodist

No	405
Date of Notice	10 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Hull	Margaret Jane Sim Winton
	💍 1918/5510
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Fish dealer
Age	57	51
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. J. Winton, 51 Leith Street, Dunedin
Folio	5100
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 December 1918
Officiating Minister	C. Eaton, Methodist

406

11 December 1918

Charles James Johnston Storie
Mariam Lois Sara Watson

Charles James Johnston Storie
Miriam Lois Sara Watson
💍 1918/5518

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

28
27

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 days
10 days

House of C. J. Watson, 8 Cliffs Road, St. Clair

5101

11 December 1918

I. Sarginson, Congregational

No	406
Date of Notice	11 December 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles James Johnston Storie	Mariam Lois Sara Watson
BDM Match (98%)	Charles James Johnston Storie	Miriam Lois Sara Watson
	💍 1918/5518
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 days	10 days
Marriage Place	House of C. J. Watson, 8 Cliffs Road, St. Clair
Folio	5101
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 December 1918
Officiating Minister	I. Sarginson, Congregational

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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).