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 2471

District of Christchurch Quarter ending 31 December 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

823

3 November 1919

Harry Page
Helen May Turner

Harry Page
Ialeen May Turner
💍 1919/7723

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
22

Halkett
Halkett

4 days
22 years

St Matthew's Church, Halkett

7321

3 November 1919

Rev. B. Fox, Anglican

No	823
Date of Notice	3 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Page	Helen May Turner
BDM Match (91%)	Harry Page	Ialeen May Turner
	💍 1919/7723
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Halkett	Halkett
Length of Residence	4 days	22 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Halkett
Folio	7321
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Fox, Anglican

824

3 November 1919

Thomas Mitchell Aubrey Haslett
Jessie Olive Abernethy

Thomas Mitchell Aubrey Haslett
Jessie Olive Abernethy
💍 1919/7724

Bachelor
Spinster

Secretary

34
34

Christchurch
Christchurch

9 weeks
6 months

Residence of Mr A. H. Turnbull, Holmwood Road, Fendalton

7322

3 November 1919

Rev. C. Abernethy, Methodist

No	824
Date of Notice	3 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Mitchell Aubrey Haslett	Jessie Olive Abernethy
	💍 1919/7724
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Secretary
Age	34	34
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	9 weeks	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr A. H. Turnbull, Holmwood Road, Fendalton
Folio	7322
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Abernethy, Methodist

825

4 November 1919

Allan Norton Sharp
Florence Ruby May Berry

Allan Norton Sharp
Florence Ruby May Berry
💍 1919/7725

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Costumier

32
31

Cashmere
Spreydon

12 years
4 months

Methodist Church, Sydenham

7323

4 November 1919

Rev. W. Beckett, Methodist

No	825
Date of Notice	4 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Norton Sharp	Florence Ruby May Berry
	💍 1919/7725
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Costumier
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Cashmere	Spreydon
Length of Residence	12 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Sydenham
Folio	7323
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beckett, Methodist

826

4 November 1919

John Lewis Grant
Emily Agnes Phipps

John Lewis Grant
Emily Agnes Phipps
💍 1919/7726

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer

22
21

New Brighton
New Brighton

10 days
12 years

Anglican Church, Burwood

7324

4 November 1919

Rev. C. A. Tobin, Anglican

No	826
Date of Notice	4 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lewis Grant	Emily Agnes Phipps
	💍 1919/7726
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	New Brighton	New Brighton
Length of Residence	10 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Burwood
Folio	7324
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Tobin, Anglican

827

4 November 1919

Frederick George Baker Weeks
Rebecca Campbell

Frederick George Baker Weeks
Rebecca Campbell
💍 1919/7727

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Dressmaker

24
25

Linwood
Addington

18 years
16 years

St Mary's Church, Addington

7325

4 November 1919

Rev. W. S. Bean, Anglican

No	827
Date of Notice	4 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Baker Weeks	Rebecca Campbell
	💍 1919/7727
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Dressmaker
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Linwood	Addington
Length of Residence	18 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Church, Addington
Folio	7325
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Bean, Anglican

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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).