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 2678

District of Timaru Quarter ending 30 June 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

20 May 1919

George Waller
Margaret Blanche Peake

George Waller
Margaret Blanche Peake
💍 1919/4713

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household duties

40
21

Timaru
Timaru

1 week
21 years

St Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru

3927

20 May 1919

Rev J H Rogers, Anglican

No	55
Date of Notice	20 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Waller	Margaret Blanche Peake
	💍 1919/4713
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household duties
Age	40	21
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	1 week	21 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru
Folio	3927
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J H Rogers, Anglican

21 May 1919

George Henry Shea
Nora O'Donoghue

George Henry Shea
Nora O'Donoghue
💍 1919/4720

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household duties

31
25

Otaio
St Andrews

19 years
Lifetime

Roman Catholic Church, Timaru

3928

21 May 1919

Rev J. Tubman, R. Catholic

No	56
Date of Notice	21 May 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Shea	Nora O'Donoghue
	💍 1919/4720
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household duties
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Otaio	St Andrews
Length of Residence	19 years	Lifetime
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Timaru
Folio	3928
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 May 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Tubman, R. Catholic

2 June 1919

Arthur John Hendry
Isabella Ann Hendry

Arthur John Hendry
Isabella Ann Hendry
💍 1919/4721

Bachelor
Spinster (Previously married stated to have not seen husband for seven years last past)

Farm labourer
Tailoress

39
36

Timaru
Timaru

3 days
1 week

Registrar's Office, Timaru

3929

2 June 1919

Leslie G Bruce, Deputy Registrar

No	57
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Hendry	Isabella Ann Hendry
	💍 1919/4721
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster (Previously married stated to have not seen husband for seven years last past)
Profession	Farm labourer	Tailoress
Age	39	36
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	3 days	1 week
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Timaru
Folio	3929
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Leslie G Bruce, Deputy Registrar

2 June 1919

Gordon Stanley Grindley
Maud Clara Koromiko Hansford

Gordon Stanley Grindley
Maud Clara Koromiko Mansford
💍 1919/4722

Bachelor
Spinster

Drapers Assistant
Typiste

27
30

Timaru
Timaru

5 1/2 years
25 years

St Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru

3930

2 June 1919

Rev J H Rogers, Anglican

No	58
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Stanley Grindley	Maud Clara Koromiko Hansford
BDM Match (98%)	Gordon Stanley Grindley	Maud Clara Koromiko Mansford
	💍 1919/4722
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drapers Assistant	Typiste
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	5 1/2 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru
Folio	3930
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J H Rogers, Anglican

2 June 1919

Andrew Clark
Elvina Dunn

Andrew Clark
Elvina Dunn
💍 1919/4723

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Weaver

29
29

Timaru
Timaru

5 weeks
Lifetime

St Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru

3931

2 June 1919

Rev J H Rogers, Anglican

No	59
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Clark	Elvina Dunn
	💍 1919/4723
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Weaver
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	5 weeks	Lifetime
Marriage Place	St Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru
Folio	3931
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J H Rogers, 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).