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 2500

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

938

10 December 1919

Albert Edward Cree
Isabel McKee Bone

Albert Edward Cree
Isabel McKee Cone
💍 1919/4540

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Draper's Assistant

36
26

Christchurch
Papanui

21 years
4 years

Presbyterian Church, Papanui

7458

10 December 1919

Rev. D. D. Rodger, Presbyterian

No	938
Date of Notice	10 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Cree	Isabel McKee Bone
BDM Match (97%)	Albert Edward Cree	Isabel McKee Cone
	💍 1919/4540
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Draper's Assistant
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Papanui
Length of Residence	21 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Papanui
Folio	7458
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. D. Rodger, Presbyterian

939

10 December 1919

Samuel Arthur Carroll
Lucinda Elizabeth Parker

Samuel Arthur Carroll
Lucinda Elizabeth Parker
💍 1919/4541

Bachelor
Spinster

Vulcaniser

34
28

Christchurch
Christchurch

2 years
1 year

St. Mary's Church, Manchester Street, Christchurch

7459

10 December 1919

Rev. C. H. Seymour, Roman Catholic

No	939
Date of Notice	10 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Arthur Carroll	Lucinda Elizabeth Parker
	💍 1919/4541
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Vulcaniser
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Manchester Street, Christchurch
Folio	7459
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Seymour, Roman Catholic

940

10 December 1919

Robert Edward Wise
Minto Scott

Robert Edward Wise
Minto Scott
💍 1919/4518

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Dressmaker

25
27

Woolston
Beckenham

5 days
12 months

Methodist Church, Durham Street, Christchurch

7460

10 December 1919

Rev. P. Knight, Methodist

No	940
Date of Notice	10 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Edward Wise	Minto Scott
	💍 1919/4518
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Dressmaker
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Woolston	Beckenham
Length of Residence	5 days	12 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Durham Street, Christchurch
Folio	7460
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Knight, Methodist

941

10 December 1919

William John Burrows
Minnie Gertrude Cooper

William John Burrows
Minnie Gertrude Cooper
💍 1919/4519

Bachelor
Spinster

Turner and Machinist

30
29

New Brighton
New Brighton

4 months
9 years

Residence of Mr. E. H. Cooper, 45 Lonsdale Street, New Brighton

7461

10 December 1919

Rev. H. G. Goring, Baptist

No	941
Date of Notice	10 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Burrows	Minnie Gertrude Cooper
	💍 1919/4519
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Turner and Machinist
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	New Brighton	New Brighton
Length of Residence	4 months	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. E. H. Cooper, 45 Lonsdale Street, New Brighton
Folio	7461
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Goring, Baptist

942

11 December 1919

James Edmund McGee
Maida Anita Wacked

James Edmund McGee
Maida Anita Wacked
💍 1919/4520

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman Lineman

24
25

Linwood
Christchurch

24 years
9 years

Roman Catholic Cathedral, Christchurch

7462

11 December 1919

Rev. J. Long, Roman Catholic

No	942
Date of Notice	11 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edmund McGee	Maida Anita Wacked
	💍 1919/4520
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman Lineman
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Linwood	Christchurch
Length of Residence	24 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Cathedral, Christchurch
Folio	7462
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Long, 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).