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 2378

District of Christchurch Quarter ending 30 June 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

374

30 May 1919

Patrick Edward Edmond Dromgool
May Margaret Goulding

Patrick Edward Edmond Dromgool
May Margaret Goulding
💍 1919/2308

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor
Saleswoman

25
32

Wellington
Christchurch

12 years
1 month

Roman Catholic Cathedral Christchurch

2164

30 May 1919

Rev. T. W. Price, Roman Catholic

No	374
Date of Notice	30 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Edward Edmond Dromgool	May Margaret Goulding
	💍 1919/2308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor	Saleswoman
Age	25	32
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Christchurch
Length of Residence	12 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Cathedral Christchurch
Folio	2164
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. W. Price, Roman Catholic

375

31 May 1919

John Patrick Noonan
Eileen Sarah Maloney

John Patrick Noonan
Eileen Sarah Moloney
💍 1919/2309

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
28

Christchurch
Christchurch

5 years
20 years

Roman Catholic Cathedral Christchurch

2165

31 May 1919

Rev. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

No	375
Date of Notice	31 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Patrick Noonan	Eileen Sarah Maloney
BDM Match (98%)	John Patrick Noonan	Eileen Sarah Moloney
	💍 1919/2309
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Cathedral Christchurch
Folio	2165
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Murphy, Roman Catholic

376

31 May 1919

Herbert Frickleton
Emily Louise French

Herbert Frickleton
Emily Louise French
💍 1919/2310

Bachelor
Spinster

Taxi Proprietor

21
34

Christchurch
Christchurch

7 months
10 years

St. Andrew's Church Christchurch

2166

31 May 1919

Rev. R. M. Ryburn, Presbyterian

No	376
Date of Notice	31 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Frickleton	Emily Louise French
	💍 1919/2310
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Taxi Proprietor
Age	21	34
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	7 months	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church Christchurch
Folio	2166
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Ryburn, Presbyterian

377

2 June 1919

Allan Francis McKenzie
Dorothy Hilda Brightmore

Allan Francis McKenzie
Dorothy Hilda Brightmore
💍 1919/2311

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
25

Redcliffs
Linwood

5 years
18 years

Dwelling of Mr. G. H. Brightmore, 471 Tuam St. Linwood

2167

2 June 1919

Rev. R. M. Ryburn, Presbyterian

No	377
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Francis McKenzie	Dorothy Hilda Brightmore
	💍 1919/2311
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Redcliffs	Linwood
Length of Residence	5 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr. G. H. Brightmore, 471 Tuam St. Linwood
Folio	2167
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Ryburn, Presbyterian

378

2 June 1919

Frederick Joseph Robertson
Barbara Mary Henderson

Frederick Joseph Robertson
Barbara May Henderson
💍 1919/2312

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

23
22

Christchurch
Christchurch

Life
4 days

St. Paul's Church Christchurch

2168

2 June 1919

Rev. J. Paterson, Presbyterian

No	378
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Joseph Robertson	Barbara Mary Henderson
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick Joseph Robertson	Barbara May Henderson
	💍 1919/2312
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	Life	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church Christchurch
Folio	2168
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson, Presbyterian

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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).