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 2147

District of Nelson Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar S. Tyson

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

18 March 1919

George Thomson
Jane Selina Annie Rogers

George Thomson
Jane Selina Annie Rogers
💍 1919/1653

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

37
37

Nelson
Nelson

3 days
8 months

Residence of Mrs. J. Rogers, Grove Street, Nelson

19/1397

18 March 1919

Rev. G. H. Gibb, Presbyterian

No	11
Date of Notice	18 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Thomson	Jane Selina Annie Rogers
	💍 1919/1653
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	37	37
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	3 days	8 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. J. Rogers, Grove Street, Nelson
Folio	19/1397
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gibb, Presbyterian

19 March 1919

Richard Pascoe
Violet Marshall

Richard Pascoe
Violet Marshall
💍 1919/1659

Bachelor
Divorced 14 March 1919

Miner
Domestic duties

37
34

Nelson
Nelson

3 days
3 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

19/1388

19 March 1919

Mr. S. Tyson, Registrar

No	12
Date of Notice	19 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Pascoe	Violet Marshall
	💍 1919/1659
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced 14 March 1919
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	37	34
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	19/1388
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Mr. S. Tyson, Registrar

21 March 1919

Albert William Westrupp
Trixie Mabel Bennett

Albert William Westrupp
Trixie Mabel Bennett
💍 1919/1660

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner
Domestic duties

22
20

Nelson
Nelson

22 years
20 years

Residence of Mr. G. Bennett, Brook Street, Nelson

19/1399

Beatrice M. Bennett

21 March 1919

Rev. J. Laird, Baptist

No	13
Date of Notice	21 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert William Westrupp	Trixie Mabel Bennett
	💍 1919/1660
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner	Domestic duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	22 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. G. Bennett, Brook Street, Nelson
Folio	19/1399
Consent	Beatrice M. Bennett
Date of Certificate	21 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Laird, Baptist

24 March 1919

James Ballard
Isabel Hewson

James Ballard
Isabel Hewson
💍 1919/1661

Widower 1909
Widow 1893

Gentleman
Lady

69
68

Nelson
Nelson

30 years
3 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

19/1400

24 March 1919

Mr. S. Tyson, Registrar

No	14
Date of Notice	24 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Ballard	Isabel Hewson
	💍 1919/1661
Condition	Widower 1909	Widow 1893
Profession	Gentleman	Lady
Age	69	68
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	30 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	19/1400
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Mr. S. Tyson, Registrar

25 March 1919

Athol Edwards Whitwell
Kathleen Marjorie Olive Von Ardleflurg Saxon

Athol Edwards Whitwell
Kathleen Marjorie Olive Von Ardleflurg Saxon
💍 1919/1662

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Clerk

31
24

Wakapuaka
Wakapuaka

2 months
2 months

Dwelling of Mr. Henry Clouston, Brook Street, Nelson

19/1401

25 March 1919

Rev. J. R. Dart, Church of England

No	15
Date of Notice	25 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Athol Edwards Whitwell	Kathleen Marjorie Olive Von Ardleflurg Saxon
	💍 1919/1662
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Clerk
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Wakapuaka	Wakapuaka
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr. Henry Clouston, Brook Street, Nelson
Folio	19/1401
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Dart, Church of England

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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).