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 2912

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar A. M. Russell

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

619

27 November 1919

Alexander Tyrie
Amy Sibbald

Alexander Tyne
Amy Sibbald
💍 1919/8003

Widower 6:4:17
Widow 13:9:17

Plasterer

57
48

Dunedin
Dunedin

15 years
12 years

Presbyterian Manse, 59 Queen's Drive, St Kilda

7630

27 November 1919

Rev. R. S. Allan, Presbyterian

No	619
Date of Notice	27 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Tyrie	Amy Sibbald
BDM Match (93%)	Alexander Tyne	Amy Sibbald
	💍 1919/8003
Condition	Widower 6:4:17	Widow 13:9:17
Profession	Plasterer
Age	57	48
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	15 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, 59 Queen's Drive, St Kilda
Folio	7630
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. S. Allan, Presbyterian

620

27 November 1919

Alfred Charles George
Catherine Hardie Turner

Alfred Charles George
Catherine Hardie Turner
💍 1919/8004

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

28
28

Dunedin
Dunedin

28 years
7 years

Knox Church Vestry, Dunedin

7631

27 November 1919

Rev. R. E. Davies, Presbyterian

No	620
Date of Notice	27 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Charles George	Catherine Hardie Turner
	💍 1919/8004
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	28 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church Vestry, Dunedin
Folio	7631
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. E. Davies, Presbyterian

621

27 November 1919

Edwin Arthur Leonard Grigg
Lily Maud Goyen

Edwin Arthur Leonard Grigg
Lily Maud Goyen
💍 1919/8005

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic

29
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

18 years
18 years

All Saints Church, Dunedin

7632

27 November 1919

Rev. F. V. Fisher, Church of England

No	621
Date of Notice	27 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Arthur Leonard Grigg	Lily Maud Goyen
	💍 1919/8005
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	18 years	18 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Dunedin
Folio	7632
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. V. Fisher, Church of England

622

27 November 1919

George Frederick Bosworth
Rebecca Macnab

George Frederick Bosworth
Rebecca Macnab
💍 1919/8006

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
27

Dunedin
Dunedin

10 years
5 years

House of J Reid, 4 Glenross Street, Kaikorai

7633

27 November 1919

Rev. R. Raine, Methodist

No	622
Date of Notice	27 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frederick Bosworth	Rebecca Macnab
	💍 1919/8006
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of J Reid, 4 Glenross Street, Kaikorai
Folio	7633
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine, Methodist

623

28 November 1919

Charles William Morris Russell
Hilda Gertrude Wallis

Charles William Norris Russell
Hilda Gertrude Callis
💍 1919/9823

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

1 week
5 years

St John's Church, Roslyn

9581

28 November 1919

Rev. W. A. R. Fitchett, Church of England

No	623
Date of Notice	28 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Morris Russell	Hilda Gertrude Wallis
BDM Match (96%)	Charles William Norris Russell	Hilda Gertrude Callis
	💍 1919/9823
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 week	5 years
Marriage Place	St John's Church, Roslyn
Folio	9581
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. R. Fitchett, Church of England

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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).