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 2643

District of Rangiora Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar A. R. Pownall

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

6 October 1919

William Smith
Amy Olivia Maude Walker

William Smith
Amy Olivia Maude Walker
💍 1919/9450

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Domestic Duties

39
31

Rangiora
Rangiora

14 years
31 years

Anglican Church Rangiora

9190

6 October 1919

Rev. F. P. Fendall Anglican

No	28
Date of Notice	6 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Smith	Amy Olivia Maude Walker
	💍 1919/9450
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Domestic Duties
Age	39	31
Dwelling Place	Rangiora	Rangiora
Length of Residence	14 years	31 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church Rangiora
Folio	9190
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. P. Fendall Anglican

6 October 1919

Douglas McSherry
Maud Cicelia Ealin

Douglas McSherry
Maud Ciscelia Edlin
💍 1919/9451

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine cleaner
Domestic

21
21

Ashburton
Southbrook

2 months
21 years

Anglican Church Southbrook

9191

6 October 1919

Rev. F. P. Fendall Anglican

No	29
Date of Notice	6 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas McSherry	Maud Cicelia Ealin
BDM Match (95%)	Douglas McSherry	Maud Ciscelia Edlin
	💍 1919/9451
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine cleaner	Domestic
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Southbrook
Length of Residence	2 months	21 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church Southbrook
Folio	9191
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. P. Fendall Anglican

11 October 1919

Arthur Charles Jones
Maria Ivy Marietta Reid

Arthur Charles Jones
Maria Ivy Manetta Reid
💍 1919/9452

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Dressmaker

19
22

Ashley
Ashley

12 months
14 years

Presbyterian Church Ashley

9192

Alfred Jones father

11 October 1919

Rev. Thos. McKenzie Presbyterian

No	30
Date of Notice	11 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Charles Jones	Maria Ivy Marietta Reid
BDM Match (96%)	Arthur Charles Jones	Maria Ivy Manetta Reid
	💍 1919/9452
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Dressmaker
Age	19	22
Dwelling Place	Ashley	Ashley
Length of Residence	12 months	14 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Ashley
Folio	9192
Consent	Alfred Jones father
Date of Certificate	11 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. McKenzie Presbyterian

21 October 1919

William Joseph Reynolds
Margaret Burns

William Joseph Reynolds
Margaret Burns
💍 1919/9453

Bachelor
Spinster

General Blacksmith
Domestic

25
23

Rangiora
Rangiora

14 days
14 days

Catholic Church Rangiora

9193

21 October 1919

Dean Hyland Catholic

No	31
Date of Notice	21 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Joseph Reynolds	Margaret Burns
	💍 1919/9453
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	General Blacksmith	Domestic
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Rangiora	Rangiora
Length of Residence	14 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Catholic Church Rangiora
Folio	9193
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Dean Hyland Catholic

22 October 1919

Francis Percy Keys
Agnes Edith Hills

Francis Percy Keys
Agnes Edith Hills
💍 1919/9455

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

25
21

Rangiora
Rangiora

3 days
6 weeks

St Johns Church Rangiora

9194

22 October 1919

Rev. F. P. Fendall Anglican

No	32
Date of Notice	22 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Percy Keys	Agnes Edith Hills
	💍 1919/9455
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Rangiora	Rangiora
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St Johns Church Rangiora
Folio	9194
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. P. Fendall 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).