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 2153

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

7 June 1919

Ernest Liley Jarrett
Florence Ann Jellyman

Ernest Liley Jarrott
Florence Ann Jellyman
💍 1919/3796

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic Duties

25
23

Nelson
Stoke

25 years
23 years

Methodist Church, Stoke

19/3759

7 June 1919

Rev. W. Wills, Methodist

No	36
Date of Notice	7 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Liley Jarrett	Florence Ann Jellyman
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Liley Jarrott	Florence Ann Jellyman
	💍 1919/3796
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic Duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Stoke
Length of Residence	25 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Stoke
Folio	19/3759
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Wills, Methodist

12 June 1919

Leonard Marsh Dando
Annie Elizabeth Crackett

Leonard Marsh Dands
Annie Elizabeth Crackett
💍 1919/3773

Bachelor
Widow 22-10-18

Labourer
Domestic

28
34

Nelson
Nelson

14 years
1 year

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

19/3760

12 June 1919

Mr. S. Tyson, Registrar

No	37
Date of Notice	12 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Marsh Dando	Annie Elizabeth Crackett
BDM Match (97%)	Leonard Marsh Dands	Annie Elizabeth Crackett
	💍 1919/3773
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 22-10-18
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	28	34
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	14 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	19/3760
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Mr. S. Tyson, Registrar

16 June 1919

George Leonard Housiaux
Sybil Isobel Flett

George Leonard Housiaux
Sybil Isabel Flett
💍 1919/3774

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
30

Nelson
Nelson

1 month
30 years

Dwelling of Miss Mabel J. Flett, Collingwood Street, Nelson

19/3761

16 June 1919

Rev. K. J. McGrath, Roman Catholic

No	38
Date of Notice	16 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Leonard Housiaux	Sybil Isobel Flett
BDM Match (97%)	George Leonard Housiaux	Sybil Isabel Flett
	💍 1919/3774
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	1 month	30 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Miss Mabel J. Flett, Collingwood Street, Nelson
Folio	19/3761
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. K. J. McGrath, Roman Catholic

17 June 1919

Charles Henry Goad
Lottie Cecelia Way

Charles Henry Goad
Lottie Cecilia Way
💍 1919/3775

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory hand
Domestic

18
18

Nelson
Nelson

2 years
18 years

Dwelling of James Way, Waimea Street, Nelson

19/3762

Mary Ellen Goad - mother; James Way - father

17 June 1919

Rev. W. Wollstein, Church of England

No	39
Date of Notice	17 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Goad	Lottie Cecelia Way
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Henry Goad	Lottie Cecilia Way
	💍 1919/3775
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory hand	Domestic
Age	18	18
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	2 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of James Way, Waimea Street, Nelson
Folio	19/3762
Consent	Mary Ellen Goad - mother; James Way - father
Date of Certificate	17 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Wollstein, Church of England

18 June 1919

Sage Peter Ornberg
Agnes Takarea McRae

Aage Peter Ornberg
Agnes Takarea McRae
💍 1919/3776

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
31

Nelson
Nelson

3 days
8 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

19/3763

18 June 1919

Mr. S. Tyson, Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

No	40
Date of Notice	18 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sage Peter Ornberg	Agnes Takarea McRae
BDM Match (97%)	Aage Peter Ornberg	Agnes Takarea McRae
	💍 1919/3776
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	3 days	8 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	19/3763
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Mr. S. Tyson, Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

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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).