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 2309

District of Christchurch Quarter ending 31 March 1919

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 January 1919

George Hodson
Mary Cutfield

George Hodson
Mary Cutfield
💍 1919/885

Widower
Divorced decree absolute signed 12th December 1912

Carpenter
Cook

58
37

Christchurch
Christchurch

34 years
2 weeks

Registrar's Office, Christchurch

737

18 January 1919

Registrar

No	31
Date of Notice	18 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hodson	Mary Cutfield
	💍 1919/885
Condition	Widower	Divorced decree absolute signed 12th December 1912
Profession	Carpenter	Cook
Age	58	37
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	34 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Christchurch
Folio	737
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

20 January 1919

Peter Ernest Loftus
Louise Leila Kroening

Peter Ernest Loftus
Louise Leila Kroening
💍 1919/886

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller
Saleswoman

39
31

Christchurch
Christchurch

3 days
14 days

Roman Catholic Cathedral, Barbadoes St, Christchurch

738

20 January 1919

Rev J. A. Kennedy, Roman Catholic

No	32
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Ernest Loftus	Louise Leila Kroening
	💍 1919/886
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller	Saleswoman
Age	39	31
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Cathedral, Barbadoes St, Christchurch
Folio	738
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J. A. Kennedy, Roman Catholic

20 January 1919

Clarence Joseph Archibald Ralph
Isa McMillan

Clarance Joseph Archibald Ralph
Isa McMillan
💍 1919/887

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman
Typiste

23
20

Christchurch
Christchurch

5 months
2 months

Presbyterian Church, Berwick Street, St Albans

739

16 days' notice

3 February 1919

Rev R. Erwin, Presbyterian

No	33
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Joseph Archibald Ralph	Isa McMillan
BDM Match (98%)	Clarance Joseph Archibald Ralph	Isa McMillan
	💍 1919/887
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman	Typiste
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	5 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Berwick Street, St Albans
Folio	739
Consent	16 days' notice
Date of Certificate	3 February 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev R. Erwin, Presbyterian

20 January 1919

Herbert Edwin Lindsay
Gertrude Margaret Raymond

Herbert Edwin Lindsay
Gertrude Margaret Raymond
💍 1919/888

Widower 1.9.13
Spinster

Accountant
Shop Assistant

36
22

St Albans
Spreydon

10 years
5 years

Residence of Mr J. J. Raymond, 61 Crescent Road, Spreydon

740

20 January 1919

Rev W. Tanner, Congregationalist

No	34
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Edwin Lindsay	Gertrude Margaret Raymond
	💍 1919/888
Condition	Widower 1.9.13	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Shop Assistant
Age	36	22
Dwelling Place	St Albans	Spreydon
Length of Residence	10 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr J. J. Raymond, 61 Crescent Road, Spreydon
Folio	740
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev W. Tanner, Congregationalist

20 January 1919

William George Foster
Marie Marguerite Sullivan

William George Foster
Marie Marguerite Sullivan
💍 1919/1210

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Letter Press Feeder

19
22

North New Brighton
North New Brighton

9 years
22 years

St Mary's Church, Manchester Street, Christchurch

1714

William Edward Foster, Father.

20 January 1919

Rev P. Regnault, Roman Catholic

No	35
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Foster	Marie Marguerite Sullivan
	💍 1919/1210
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Letter Press Feeder
Age	19	22
Dwelling Place	North New Brighton	North New Brighton
Length of Residence	9 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Church, Manchester Street, Christchurch
Folio	1714
Consent	William Edward Foster, Father.
Date of Certificate	20 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev P. Regnault, 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).