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 2890

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar A. K. Kennedy

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

509

14 October 1919

James Kay Marcussen
Annie Ethel Parke

James Kay Marcussen
Annie Ethel Parke
💍 1919/7618

Bachelor
Divorced Decree absolute 3 March 1919

Grocer's Assistant

27
28

Dunedin
Dunedin

7 months
22 years

Registrar's office Dunedin

7215

14 October 1919

A. K. Kennedy Registrar

No	509
Date of Notice	14 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Kay Marcussen	Annie Ethel Parke
	💍 1919/7618
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree absolute 3 March 1919
Profession	Grocer's Assistant
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	7 months	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's office Dunedin
Folio	7215
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1919
Officiating Minister	A. K. Kennedy Registrar

510

14 October 1919

George Fraser
Alice Maude Reid

George Fraser
Alice Maude Reid
💍 1919/7619

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer

53
33

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
20 years

House of J Reid 17 King Edward Street Caversham

7216

14 October 1919

Mr. A. B. Crisp (Church of Christ)

No	510
Date of Notice	14 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Fraser	Alice Maude Reid
	💍 1919/7619
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer
Age	53	33
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	House of J Reid 17 King Edward Street Caversham
Folio	7216
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Mr. A. B. Crisp (Church of Christ)

511

14 October 1919

Alfred Harold Finnie
Agnes Smith

Alfred Harold Finnie
Agnes Smith
💍 1919/7620

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

22
26

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
26 years

Presbyterian Manse Young Street St. Kilda

7217

14 October 1919

Rev. R. Fairmaid (Presbyterian)

No	511
Date of Notice	14 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Harold Finnie	Agnes Smith
	💍 1919/7620
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	22	26
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse Young Street St. Kilda
Folio	7217
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Fairmaid (Presbyterian)

512

15 October 1919

John William Falconer
Jean Rodman McKenzie Chisholm

John William Falconer
Jean Rodman McKenzie Chisholm
💍 1919/7621

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

30
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 days
12 years

First Church Dunedin

7218

15 October 1919

Rev. G. H. Balfour (Presbyterian)

No	512
Date of Notice	15 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Falconer	Jean Rodman McKenzie Chisholm
	💍 1919/7621
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 days	12 years
Marriage Place	First Church Dunedin
Folio	7218
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Balfour (Presbyterian)

513

15 October 1919

Charles John Windelburn
Ada Maud Harvey

Charles John Windelburn
Ada Maud Harvey
💍 1919/7622

Widower 25 November 1918
Spinster

Livery Stable Keeper

50
27

Green Island
Green Island

5 days
12 years

House of Harvey Owen Street Green Island

7219

15 October 1919

Rev. J. Kilpatrick (Presbyterian)

No	513
Date of Notice	15 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles John Windelburn	Ada Maud Harvey
	💍 1919/7622
Condition	Widower 25 November 1918	Spinster
Profession	Livery Stable Keeper
Age	50	27
Dwelling Place	Green Island	Green Island
Length of Residence	5 days	12 years
Marriage Place	House of Harvey Owen Street Green Island
Folio	7219
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Kilpatrick (Presbyterian)

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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).