Intentions to Marry, 1919 Dunstan to Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840487, 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.

1919g contains pages 2943-3338, covering districts from Dunstan to Chatham Islands

Page 3115

District of Tokomairiro Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar P. B. Maguire

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

9 January 1919

George Macauley Kinmont
Alexandrina Lowery

George MacAulay Kinmont
Alexandrina Lowery
💍 1919/1812

Bachelor
Spinster

Implement Salesman
Domestic Duties

19
20

Lovells Flat
Crichton

4 days
2 years

Residence of Mr C Lowery Clarksville

1568

Alexander Williamson Kinmont Father. Margaret Anderson Lowery Mother

9 January 1919

A Morton Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	9 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Macauley Kinmont	Alexandrina Lowery
BDM Match (96%)	George MacAulay Kinmont	Alexandrina Lowery
	💍 1919/1812
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Implement Salesman	Domestic Duties
Age	19	20
Dwelling Place	Lovells Flat	Crichton
Length of Residence	4 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr C Lowery Clarksville
Folio	1568
Consent	Alexander Williamson Kinmont Father. Margaret Anderson Lowery Mother
Date of Certificate	9 January 1919
Officiating Minister	A Morton Presbyterian

7 February 1919

Francis McDonald
Susan McCallum Noble

Francis McDonald
Susan McCallum Noble
💍 1919/1813

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
35

Milton
Milton

1 week
35 years

Residence of Mr A McCallum Milton

1569

7 February 1919

J Featherston Methodist

No	2
Date of Notice	7 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis McDonald	Susan McCallum Noble
	💍 1919/1813
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	35
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	1 week	35 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr A McCallum Milton
Folio	1569
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1919
Officiating Minister	J Featherston Methodist

20 February 1919

Arthur Tackaberry Wilson
Muriel Annie MacWilliam

Arthur Tackaberry Wilson
Muriel Annie McWilliam
💍 1919/1815

Widower
Spinster

Motor Builder
Domestic Duties

36
30

Milton
Milton

1 week
30 years

StJohns Anglican Church Milton

1570

20 February 1919

J Morland Anglican

No	3
Date of Notice	20 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Tackaberry Wilson	Muriel Annie MacWilliam
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Tackaberry Wilson	Muriel Annie McWilliam
	💍 1919/1815
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Motor Builder	Domestic Duties
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	1 week	30 years
Marriage Place	StJohns Anglican Church Milton
Folio	1570
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1919
Officiating Minister	J Morland Anglican

27 February 1919

James McGregor Wilkie
Marian Frances Nixson

James McGregor Wilkie
Marian Frances Nixson
💍 1919/1816

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Engineer
Domestic Duties

39
39

Waihola
Waihola

3 days
3 years

House of Mrs J A Kilgours Waihola

1571

27 February 1919

J Morland Anglican

No	4
Date of Notice	27 February 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McGregor Wilkie	Marian Frances Nixson
	💍 1919/1816
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	39	39
Dwelling Place	Waihola	Waihola
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs J A Kilgours Waihola
Folio	1571
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1919
Officiating Minister	J Morland Anglican

17 March 1919

David Fletcher
Eleanor Maud Green

David Fletcher
Eleanor Maude Green
💍 1919/1817

Widower
Divorced

Labourer
Domestic Duties

44
40

Milton
Milton

1 year
1 Year

Methodist Parsonage Milton

1572

17 March 1919

J Featherston Methodist

No	5
Date of Notice	17 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Fletcher	Eleanor Maud Green
BDM Match (97%)	David Fletcher	Eleanor Maude Green
	💍 1919/1817
Condition	Widower	Divorced
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	44	40
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	1 year	1 Year
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage Milton
Folio	1572
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 March 1919
Officiating Minister	J Featherston Methodist

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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).