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 2151

District of Nelson Quarter ending 30 June 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

29 April 1919

Charles William Lockyer
Maud Minnie Thomas

Charles William Lockyn
Maud Minnie Thomas
💍 1919/3791

Bachelor
Widow 1-8-18

Farmer
Domestic duties

37
37

Nelson
Nelson

4 days
8 years

St. Stephen's Church, Tahunanui

19/3754

29 April 1919

Rev. A. J. Carr, Church of England

No	26
Date of Notice	29 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Lockyer	Maud Minnie Thomas
BDM Match (96%)	Charles William Lockyn	Maud Minnie Thomas
	💍 1919/3791
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 1-8-18
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	37	37
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	4 days	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Tahunanui
Folio	19/3754
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Carr, Church of England

2 May 1919

Albert Leonard Jeffries
Annie Elizabeth Scaife

Albert Leonard Jeffries
Annie Elizabeth Scaife
💍 1919/3792

Bachelor
Divorced 29-4-19

Labourer
Domestic duties

49
47

Nelson
Nelson

3 days
4 years

Residence of Mr. George Bennett, Collingwood Street, Nelson

19/3755

2 May 1919

Rev. John Laird, Baptist

No	27
Date of Notice	2 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Leonard Jeffries	Annie Elizabeth Scaife
	💍 1919/3792
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced 29-4-19
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	49	47
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	3 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. George Bennett, Collingwood Street, Nelson
Folio	19/3755
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Laird, Baptist

5 May 1919

Charles Leslie Rowe
Gladys Mabel Bradley

Charles Leslie Rowe
Gladys Mabel Bradley
💍 1919/3793

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk, N.Z. Railways
Photographic Retoucher

26
27

Nelson
Nelson

2 years
26 years

All Saints' Church, Nelson

19/3756

5 May 1919

Rev. W. Wollstein, Church of England

No	28
Date of Notice	5 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Leslie Rowe	Gladys Mabel Bradley
	💍 1919/3793
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk, N.Z. Railways	Photographic Retoucher
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	2 years	26 years
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church, Nelson
Folio	19/3756
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Wollstein, Church of England

24 May 1919

John Wyllie
Isabella Theresa Fleming

James Wyllie
Isabella Theresa Fleming
💍 1919/3794

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanical Engineer

34
31

Nelson
Nelson

4 1/2 months
31 years

Residence of Mr. T. G. Fleming, Collingwood Street, Nelson

19/3757

24 May 1919

Rev. W. Wollstein, Church of England

No	29
Date of Notice	24 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wyllie	Isabella Theresa Fleming
BDM Match (83%)	James Wyllie	Isabella Theresa Fleming
	💍 1919/3794
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanical Engineer
Age	34	31
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	4 1/2 months	31 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. T. G. Fleming, Collingwood Street, Nelson
Folio	19/3757
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Wollstein, Church of England

24 May 1919

Henry Vernon Condell
Ada Madge McNabb

Henry Vernon Condell
Ada Madge McNabb
💍 1919/3795

Bachelor
Spinster

Law Clerk
School Teacher

26
22

Nelson
Nelson

26 years
18 months

Roman Catholic Church, Nelson

19/3758

24 May 1919

Rev. P. Fay, Roman Catholic

No	30
Date of Notice	24 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Vernon Condell	Ada Madge McNabb
	💍 1919/3795
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Law Clerk	School Teacher
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	26 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Nelson
Folio	19/3758
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Fay, 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).