Intentions to Marry, 1919 Kaikoura to Christchurch

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840485, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1919 is bound in seven volumes (a to g) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1919e contains pages 2001-2520, covering districts from Kaikoura to Christchurch

Page 2121

District of Motueka Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar M. M. Jones

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

7 January 1919

John Newlands
Pearl Irene McFarlane

John Newlands
Pearl Irene McFarlane
💍 1919/1676

Bachelor
Spinster

Presbyterian Missionary
Drapers Assistant

32
21

Motueka
Motueka

12 days
9 years

Presbyterian Church, Motueka

19/1382

7 January 1919

Rev. F. H. Bailey

No	1
Date of Notice	7 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Newlands	Pearl Irene McFarlane
	💍 1919/1676
	💍 1919/1676
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Presbyterian Missionary	Drapers Assistant
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	12 days	9 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Motueka
Folio	19/1382
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Bailey

15 January 1919

Frank Ernest Mark
Elizabeth Ann Savage

Frank Ernest Mark
Elizabeth Ann Savage
💍 1919/1677

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Domestic

32
27

Motueka
Motueka

5 days
3 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Motueka

19/1383

15 January 1919

Rev. K. J. McGrath

No	2
Date of Notice	15 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Ernest Mark	Elizabeth Ann Savage
	💍 1919/1677
	💍 1919/1677
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	5 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Motueka
Folio	19/1383
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. K. J. McGrath

3 February 1919

Eric Heine
Johanna Hedwig Eggers

Eric Heine
Johanna Hedwig Eggers
💍 1919/1678

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
22

Upper Moutere
Upper Moutere

4 days
22 years

Lutheran Church, Upper Moutere

19/1384

3 February 1919

Rev. A. Appelt

No	3
Date of Notice	3 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Heine	Johanna Hedwig Eggers
	💍 1919/1678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Upper Moutere	Upper Moutere
Length of Residence	4 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Lutheran Church, Upper Moutere
Folio	19/1384
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Appelt

5 March 1919

Francis Albert Dunstall
Olive Marion Moffatt

Francis Albert Dunstall
Olive Marion Moffatt
💍 1919/1656

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Operator
Domestic

23
24

Motueka
Motueka

5 days
1 month

Wesleyan Church, Motueka

19/1385

5 March 1919

Rev. A. Nicholls

No	4
Date of Notice	5 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Albert Dunstall	Olive Marion Moffatt
	💍 1919/1656
	💍 1919/1656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Operator	Domestic
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	5 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Motueka
Folio	19/1385
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Nicholls

10 March 1919

Frank Edward Stade
Laurence Jane Campbell

Frank Edward Stade
Laurence Jane Campbell
💍 1919/1657

Bachelor
Widow

Carter
Domestic Duties

33
26

Motueka
Motueka

5 years
2 months

McNabbs Boarding House, Motueka

19/1386

10 March 1919

Rev. W. J. Harvey

No	5
Date of Notice	10 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Edward Stade	Laurence Jane Campbell
	💍 1919/1657
	💍 1919/1657
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Carter	Domestic Duties
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	5 years	2 months
Marriage Place	McNabbs Boarding House, Motueka
Folio	19/1386
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Harvey

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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).