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 2792

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar H. Maxwell

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

28 January 1919

Alexander McKinlay
Mary Ann Barclay

Alexander McKinlay
Mary Ann Barclay
💍 1919/1978

Alexander Smillie Miller
Mary Helen Barclay
💍 1919/9523

Bachelor
Spinster

Taxi proprietor

35
25

Dunedin
Dunedin

35 yrs.
3 yrs.

House of Rev. R. Fairmaid, Young Street, St. Kilda.

1725

28 January 1919

R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian.

No	36
Date of Notice	28 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander McKinlay	Mary Ann Barclay
	💍 1919/1978
BDM Match (64%)	Alexander Smillie Miller	Mary Helen Barclay
	💍 1919/9523
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Taxi proprietor
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	35 yrs.	3 yrs.
Marriage Place	House of Rev. R. Fairmaid, Young Street, St. Kilda.
Folio	1725
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1919
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian.

29 January 1919

Ralph Saxeby McInnes
Alice Mary Irene Black

Ralph Saxby McInnes
Alice Mary Irene Black
💍 1919/805

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

22
25

Dunedin
Dunedin

10 yrs.
15 yrs.

Presbyterian Church, Roslyn.

634

29 January 1919

W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	37
Date of Notice	29 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Saxeby McInnes	Alice Mary Irene Black
BDM Match (98%)	Ralph Saxby McInnes	Alice Mary Irene Black
	💍 1919/805
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 yrs.	15 yrs.
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Roslyn.
Folio	634
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1919
Officiating Minister	W. G. Dixon, Presbyterian

30 January 1919

James Jardine
Melva Lillian Rundle

James Jardine
Melva Lillian Rundle
💍 1919/806

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

28
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
20 yrs.

Registrar's Office, Dunedin.

635

30 January 1919

H. Maxwell, Acting Registrar

No	38
Date of Notice	30 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Jardine	Melva Lillian Rundle
	💍 1919/806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	20 yrs.
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dunedin.
Folio	635
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1919
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell, Acting Registrar

31 January 1919

Robert Armstrong
Esther Muriel Ramsay

Robert Armstrong
Esther Muriel Ramsay
💍 1919/784

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep farmer

43
27

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 days
27 yrs.

House of Mrs. E. Ramsay, 19 Bruce Street, Roslyn.

636

31 January 1919

G. H. Balfour, Presbyterian

No	39
Date of Notice	31 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Armstrong	Esther Muriel Ramsay
	💍 1919/784
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep farmer
Age	43	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 days	27 yrs.
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. E. Ramsay, 19 Bruce Street, Roslyn.
Folio	636
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1919
Officiating Minister	G. H. Balfour, Presbyterian

01 February 1919

Francis David Thomson
Kate Faulks

Francis David Thomson
Kate Faulks
💍 1919/785

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep farmer
Teacher

44
37

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
37 yrs.

St. Peters Church, Caversham.

637

01 February 1919

J. L. Mortimer, Church of England

No	40
Date of Notice	01 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis David Thomson	Kate Faulks
	💍 1919/785
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep farmer	Teacher
Age	44	37
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	37 yrs.
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Caversham.
Folio	637
Consent
Date of Certificate	01 February 1919
Officiating Minister	J. L. Mortimer, 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).