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 2152

District of Nelson Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar S. Tyson

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

26 May 1919

Job Palmer
Edith Jane Hitchcock

Job Palmer
Edith Jane Hitchcock
💍 1919/3838

Widower
Divorced

Labourer
Domestic duties

46
38

Wakefield
Nelson

3 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

19/3749

26 May 1919

Miss L. G. Moulder, Deputy Registrar

No	31
Date of Notice	26 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Job Palmer	Edith Jane Hitchcock
	💍 1919/3838
Condition	Widower	Divorced
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	46	38
Dwelling Place	Wakefield	Nelson
Length of Residence		3 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	19/3749
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Miss L. G. Moulder, Deputy Registrar

26 May 1919

Harold James Robertson
Constance Clara Dayman

Harold James Robertson
Constance Clara Dayman
💍 1919/3839

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Domestic duties

25
22

Blenheim
Nelson

22 years

Cathedral, Nelson

19/3750

26 May 1919

Rev. Dr. G. S. Weeks, Church of England

No	32
Date of Notice	26 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold James Robertson	Constance Clara Dayman
	💍 1919/3839
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Domestic duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Nelson
Length of Residence		22 years
Marriage Place	Cathedral, Nelson
Folio	19/3750
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dr. G. S. Weeks, Church of England

30 May 1919

Samuel Lewis
Doris Linda Sigglekow

Samuel Lewis
Doris Linda Sigglekow
💍 1919/3772

Widower 27-11-18
Spinster

Railway Employer
Domestic duties

29
19

Nelson
Nelson

7 years
1 year

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

19/3751

Lena Sigglekow - Mother

30 May 1919

Miss L. G. Moulder, Deputy Registrar

No	33
Date of Notice	30 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Lewis	Doris Linda Sigglekow
	💍 1919/3772
Condition	Widower 27-11-18	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employer	Domestic duties
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	7 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	19/3751
Consent	Lena Sigglekow - Mother
Date of Certificate	30 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Miss L. G. Moulder, Deputy Registrar

5 June 1919

Thomas Balfour Pickering
Edna Muriel Clements

Thomas Balfour Pickering
Edna Muriel Clements
💍 1919/3783

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor driver
Domestic duties

23
19

Nelson
Nelson

3 years
19 years

Methodist Church, Nelson

19/3752

George Newton Clements

5 June 1919

Rev. E. D. Patchett, Methodist

No	34
Date of Notice	5 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Balfour Pickering	Edna Muriel Clements
	💍 1919/3783
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor driver	Domestic duties
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	3 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Nelson
Folio	19/3752
Consent	George Newton Clements
Date of Certificate	5 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. D. Patchett, Methodist

5 June 1919

Henry Alfred Davy
Kate Stratford

Henry Alfred Davy
Kate Stratford
💍 1919/3790

Bachelor
Spinster

Linesman
Domestic duties

22
21

Nelson
Nelson

16 years
2 years

Residence of Mr. J. H. Davy, Port, Nelson

19/3753

5 June 1919

Capt. C. H. Thomas, Salvation Army

No	35
Date of Notice	5 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Alfred Davy	Kate Stratford
	💍 1919/3790
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linesman	Domestic duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	16 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. H. Davy, Port, Nelson
Folio	19/3753
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Capt. C. H. Thomas, Salvation Army

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).