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 2482

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

848

18 November 1919

Frank Palliser
Margaret Hislop

Frank Palliser
Margaret Hislop
💍 1919/7827

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

33
32

Addington
Addington

1 month
Life

St. Mary's Church, Addington

7375

18 November 1919

Rev. W. S. Bean, Anglican

No	848
Date of Notice	18 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Palliser	Margaret Hislop
	💍 1919/7827
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	33	32
Dwelling Place	Addington	Addington
Length of Residence	1 month	Life
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Addington
Folio	7375
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Bean, Anglican

849

18 November 1919

Hubert Ernest Davidson Traill
Mary Philomena Barrett

Hubert Ernest Davidson Traill
Mary Philomena Barrett
💍 1919/7785

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet - maker

31
24

Christchurch
Christchurch

12 years
Life

St. Mary's Church, Manchester St. Christchurch

7376

18 November 1919

Rev. C. H. Seymour, Roman Catholic

No	849
Date of Notice	18 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hubert Ernest Davidson Traill	Mary Philomena Barrett
	💍 1919/7785
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet - maker
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	12 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Manchester St. Christchurch
Folio	7376
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Seymour, Roman Catholic

850

18 November 1919

Frederick John Gallagher
Maud Gibson

Frederick John Gallagher
Maud Gibson
💍 1919/7796

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Clerk

22
23

Christchurch
Christchurch

3 days
23 years

Roman Catholic Presbytery, Barbadoes Street, Christchurch

7377

18 November 1919

Rev. J. A. Kennedy, Roman Catholic

No	850
Date of Notice	18 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Gallagher	Maud Gibson
	💍 1919/7796
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Clerk
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Presbytery, Barbadoes Street, Christchurch
Folio	7377
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Kennedy, Roman Catholic

851

19 November 1919

Alfred Ernest White
Stella Grace Barr

Alfred Ernest White
Stella Grace Barr
💍 1919/7803

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Nurse

24
33

Christchurch
Christchurch

5 months
3 days

St. Matthew's Church, St. Albans

7378

19 November 1919

Rev. A. Hore, Anglican

No	851
Date of Notice	19 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest White	Stella Grace Barr
	💍 1919/7803
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Nurse
Age	24	33
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	5 months	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, St. Albans
Folio	7378
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Hore, Anglican

852

19 November 1919

Samuel George Peters
Annie Elizabeth Bailey

Samuel George Peters
Annie Elizabeth Bailey
💍 1919/7804

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Engineer

38
31

New Brighton
New Brighton

6 years
7 years

St. John's Church, Christchurch

7379

19 November 1919

Rev. H. H. Mathias, Anglican

No	852
Date of Notice	19 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel George Peters	Annie Elizabeth Bailey
	💍 1919/7804
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Engineer
Age	38	31
Dwelling Place	New Brighton	New Brighton
Length of Residence	6 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Christchurch
Folio	7379
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Mathias, 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).