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)

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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

352

11 October 1918

George Eric Williamson
Olive Janet Grant

George Eric Williamson
Olive Janet Grant
💍 1918/5465

Bachelor
Spinster

Policeman

21
19

West Harbour
West Harbour

11 years
19 years

Rata Tea Rooms, Stuart Street, Dunedin

5057

G. Grant (father)

11 October 1918

R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

No	352
Date of Notice	11 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Eric Williamson	Olive Janet Grant
	💍 1918/5465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Policeman
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	West Harbour	West Harbour
Length of Residence	11 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Rata Tea Rooms, Stuart Street, Dunedin
Folio	5057
Consent	G. Grant (father)
Date of Certificate	11 October 1918
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

353

11 October 1918

Percy Campbell Austin
Agnes Veitch

Percy Campbell Austin
Agnes Veitch
💍 1918/5466

Bachelor
Spinster

Boilermaker

30
30

Dunedin
Dunedin

30 years
5 years

Central Mission, Octagon, Dunedin

5058

11 October 1918

C. Eaton, Methodist

No	353
Date of Notice	11 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Campbell Austin	Agnes Veitch
	💍 1918/5466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boilermaker
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	30 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Central Mission, Octagon, Dunedin
Folio	5058
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1918
Officiating Minister	C. Eaton, Methodist

354

14 October 1918

James Thomas Gilbert
Eunice Martha Dixon

James Thomas Gilbert
Eunice Martha Dixon
💍 1918/5467

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

26
27

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
15 years

House of A. Dixon, 79 Shetland Street, Kaikorai

5059

14 October 1918

R. Robertson, Baptist

No	354
Date of Notice	14 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Thomas Gilbert	Eunice Martha Dixon
	💍 1918/5467
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	House of A. Dixon, 79 Shetland Street, Kaikorai
Folio	5059
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1918
Officiating Minister	R. Robertson, Baptist

355

15 October 1918

Stewart Cecil Gibb
Ina Drummond Millar

Stewart Cecil Gibb
Ina Drummond Miller
💍 1918/5445

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

22
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 days
8 years

Presbyterian Church, South Dunedin

5060

15 October 1918

R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

No	355
Date of Notice	15 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stewart Cecil Gibb	Ina Drummond Millar
BDM Match (97%)	Stewart Cecil Gibb	Ina Drummond Miller
	💍 1918/5445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 days	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, South Dunedin
Folio	5060
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1918
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

356

15 October 1918

John Henry Fox
Violet Christina Jessie Brown

John Henry Fox
Violet Christina Jessie Brown
💍 1918/5446

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

19
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

10 years
18 years

St. Patricks Basilica, South Dunedin

5061

H. Fox (father)

15 October 1918

J.P. Delany, Roman Catholic

No	356
Date of Notice	15 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Fox	Violet Christina Jessie Brown
	💍 1918/5446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	19	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St. Patricks Basilica, South Dunedin
Folio	5061
Consent	H. Fox (father)
Date of Certificate	15 October 1918
Officiating Minister	J.P. Delany, Roman Catholic

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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).