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 3227

District of Invercargill Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar G. Petrie

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

114

1 July 1919

Mitchell William Anderson
Marjory Jane Barron

Mitchell William Anderson
Marjory Jane Barron
💍 1919/7226

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
22

Wrights Bush
Wrights Bush

21 years
22 years

Presbyterian Church, Wrights Bush

6688

1 July 1919

Rev. H. C. Grant, Presbyterian

No	114
Date of Notice	1 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mitchell William Anderson	Marjory Jane Barron
	💍 1919/7226
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Wrights Bush	Wrights Bush
Length of Residence	21 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Wrights Bush
Folio	6688
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. C. Grant, Presbyterian

115

2 July 1919

Joseph Gustare Lay
Mary Thomasina Guneer

Joseph Gustave Lay
Mary Thomasina Spencer
💍 1919/6937

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

39
20

Invercargill
Invercargill

3 days
3 days

English Church, Loxford, Invercargill

6422

Ernst Henry Guneer, father

2 July 1919

Ven. Archdn Richards

No	115
Date of Notice	2 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Gustare Lay	Mary Thomasina Guneer
BDM Match (88%)	Joseph Gustave Lay	Mary Thomasina Spencer
	💍 1919/6937
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	39	20
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	English Church, Loxford, Invercargill
Folio	6422
Consent	Ernst Henry Guneer, father
Date of Certificate	2 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdn Richards

116

2 July 1919

David Ogilvie
Violet Emma Louden

David Ogilvie
Violet Emma Louden
💍 1919/6938

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Domestic

42
31

Invercargill
Invercargill

5 days
5 days

Registrar's Office, Invercargill

6423

2 July 1919

Registrar

No	116
Date of Notice	2 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Ogilvie	Violet Emma Louden
	💍 1919/6938
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	42	31
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Invercargill
Folio	6423
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

117

10 July 1919

George Henry Bragg
Hetta Martini Pike

George Henry Bragg
Huka Martini Piki
💍 1919/6939

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner
Domestic

34
19

Invercargill
Invercargill

3 days
3 days

Residence of Mr. H. Bragg, 50 Tweed, Invercargill

6424

Section 27

25 July 1919

Rev. H. W. Burridge

No	117
Date of Notice	10 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Bragg	Hetta Martini Pike
BDM Match (89%)	George Henry Bragg	Huka Martini Piki
	💍 1919/6939
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner	Domestic
Age	34	19
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. H. Bragg, 50 Tweed, Invercargill
Folio	6424
Consent	Section 27
Date of Certificate	25 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. W. Burridge

118

10 July 1919

Stanley Morel Macalister
Katharine Holmes McQueen

Stanley Morell Macalister
Katharine Holmes McQueen
💍 1919/6940

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor
Domestic duties

30
23

Invercargill
Invercargill

30 years
23 years

Residence of John McQueen, Dalrymple Road, Invercargill

6425

10 July 1919

Rev. H. Maclean

No	118
Date of Notice	10 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Morel Macalister	Katharine Holmes McQueen
BDM Match (98%)	Stanley Morell Macalister	Katharine Holmes McQueen
	💍 1919/6940
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor	Domestic duties
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	30 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John McQueen, Dalrymple Road, Invercargill
Folio	6425
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Maclean

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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).