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 2667

District of Timaru Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar J. McKittrick

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

3 January 1919

Jack Patients
May Rogers

Jack Patients
May Rogers
💍 1919/1791

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
21

Timaru
Timaru

5 years
5 days

Chalmers church-manse, Timaru

1495

3 January 1919

Rev. E. R. Harries, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	3 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jack Patients	May Rogers
	💍 1919/1791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	5 years	5 days
Marriage Place	Chalmers church-manse, Timaru
Folio	1495
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. R. Harries, Presbyterian

14 January 1919

Frank McLaren Robinson
Edith Eleanor Giles

Frank McLaren Robinson
Edith Eleann Giles
💍 1919/1792

Bachelor
Spinster

Run-holder
Domestic

30
27

Glen-iti
Glen-iti

21 years
5 years

St Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru

1496

14 January 1919

Rev. C. Coates, Anglican

No	2
Date of Notice	14 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank McLaren Robinson	Edith Eleanor Giles
BDM Match (95%)	Frank McLaren Robinson	Edith Eleann Giles
	💍 1919/1792
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Run-holder	Domestic
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Glen-iti	Glen-iti
Length of Residence	21 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru
Folio	1496
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Coates, Anglican

15 January 1919

Arthur Tozer
Margaret Anderson

Arthur Tozer
Margaret Anderson
💍 1919/1793

Bachelor
Spinster

Threshing mill owner
Domestic

32
26

Levels
Southburn

32 years
26 years

Roman Catholic church, Timaru

1497

15 January 1919

Rev J Tubman, R. Catholic

No	3
Date of Notice	15 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Tozer	Margaret Anderson
	💍 1919/1793
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Threshing mill owner	Domestic
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Levels	Southburn
Length of Residence	32 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic church, Timaru
Folio	1497
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J Tubman, R. Catholic

15 January 1919

John McKim
Muriel Olive North

John McKim
Muriel Olive North
💍 1919/1794

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic

35
25

Timaru
Timaru

12 years
25 years

Chalmers Presbyterian church, Timaru

1498

15 January 1919

Rev E. R. Harries, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	15 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McKim	Muriel Olive North
	💍 1919/1794
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	12 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Chalmers Presbyterian church, Timaru
Folio	1498
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev E. R. Harries, Presbyterian

20 January 1919

Michael Hanifin
Catherine Breen

Michael Hanifin
Catherine Breen
💍 1919/1795

Bachelor
Spinster

Shearer
Domestic

30
29

Timaru
Levels

5 days
25 years

Roman Catholic Church, Timaru

1499

20 January 1919

Rev. J Tubman, R. Catholic

No	5
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Hanifin	Catherine Breen
	💍 1919/1795
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shearer	Domestic
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Levels
Length of Residence	5 days	25 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Timaru
Folio	1499
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J Tubman, R. Catholic

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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).