Intentions to Marry, 1919 Cust to Dunedin

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840486, 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.

1919f contains pages 2521-2942, covering districts from Cust to Dunedin

Page 2533

District of Ellesmere Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar J. Carleton

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

14/19

18 July 1919

Henry Neave
Antoinette Catherine McEvedy

Henry Neave
Antionette Catherine McEvedy
💍 1919/6774

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager Seed Company
Domestic Duties

41
27

Leeston
Southbridge

21 years
27 years

Catholic Church Leeston

6234

18 July 1919

Rev. F. Creed, Roman Catholic

No	14/19
Date of Notice	18 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Neave	Antoinette Catherine McEvedy
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Neave	Antionette Catherine McEvedy
	💍 1919/6774
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager Seed Company	Domestic Duties
Age	41	27
Dwelling Place	Leeston	Southbridge
Length of Residence	21 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church Leeston
Folio	6234
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Creed, Roman Catholic

15/19

31 July 1919

Albert Cridge
Gladys Amy Prosser

Albert Cridge
Gladys Amy Prosser
💍 1919/6751

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic Duties

28
21

Leeston
Leeston

2 months
21 years

Anglican Church Leeston

6235

31 July 1919

Rev. J. F. Wiseman, Anglican

No	15/19
Date of Notice	31 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Cridge	Gladys Amy Prosser
	💍 1919/6751
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic Duties
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Leeston	Leeston
Length of Residence	2 months	21 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church Leeston
Folio	6235
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Wiseman, Anglican

16/19

5 August 1919

Samuel Stafford Styles
May Elizabeth Smith

Samuel Stafford Styles
May Elizabeth Smith
💍 1919/4191

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Machinist

31
26

Southbridge
Christchurch

4 months
Life

St Saviour's Anglican Church Sydenham Christchurch

4248

15 August 1919

Rev. H. S. Leach, Anglican

No	16/19
Date of Notice	5 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Stafford Styles	May Elizabeth Smith
	💍 1919/4191
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Machinist
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Southbridge	Christchurch
Length of Residence	4 months	Life
Marriage Place	St Saviour's Anglican Church Sydenham Christchurch
Folio	4248
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. S. Leach, Anglican

17/19

23 August 1919

Ernest Johnson
Florence Louisa Young

Ernest Johnson
Florence Louisa Young
💍 1919/6752

Bachelor
Spinster

Bakers Driver
Domestic Duties

22
20

Leeston
Leeston

2 years
Life

Church of England Leeston

6236

S. Young, Father

23 August 1919

Rev. J. F. Wiseman, Anglican

No	17/19
Date of Notice	23 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Johnson	Florence Louisa Young
	💍 1919/6752
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bakers Driver	Domestic Duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Leeston	Leeston
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	Church of England Leeston
Folio	6236
Consent	S. Young, Father
Date of Certificate	23 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Wiseman, Anglican

18/19

27 August 1919

Leonard Ralph Barnett
Evelyn Maude Ash

Leonard Ralph Barnett
Evelyn Maude Ash
💍 1919/6753

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

37
39

Leeston
Leeston

Life
1 week

Wesleyan Church Leeston

6237

27 August 1919

Rev. T. A. Joughin, Wesleyan

No	18/19
Date of Notice	27 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Ralph Barnett	Evelyn Maude Ash
	💍 1919/6753
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	37	39
Dwelling Place	Leeston	Leeston
Length of Residence	Life	1 week
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church Leeston
Folio	6237
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. A. Joughin, Wesleyan

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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).