Intentions to Marry, 1921 Kaikoura to Christchurch

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840501, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1921 is bound in eight volumes (a to h) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1921f contains pages 2143-2690, covering districts from Kaikoura to Christchurch

Page 2317

District of Nelson Quarter ending 31 December 1921 Registrar S. Tyson

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

116

26 November 1921

Charles Cameron Campbell
Rose Agnes Fisher

Charles Cameron Campbell
Rose Agnes Fisher
💍 1921/10597

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Car Trimmer
Domestic

28
21

Tahunanui
Tahunanui

3 months
2 years

Saint Stephens Anglican Church, Tahunanui

21/10644

26 November 1921

Rev. J. A. Rogers, Church of England

No	116
Date of Notice	26 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Cameron Campbell	Rose Agnes Fisher
	💍 1921/10597
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Car Trimmer	Domestic
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Tahunanui	Tahunanui
Length of Residence	3 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Saint Stephens Anglican Church, Tahunanui
Folio	21/10644
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Rogers, Church of England

117

29 November 1921

William Leslie Francis
Bertha Elizabeth Hughes

William Leslie Francis
Bertha Elizabeth Hughey
💍 1921/3997

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet maker
Clerk

23
21

Nelson
Nelson

12 months
12 months

Methodist Parsonage, Hardy Street, Nelson

21/10239

29 November 1921

Rev. H. L. Blamires, Methodist

No	117
Date of Notice	29 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Leslie Francis	Bertha Elizabeth Hughes
BDM Match (98%)	William Leslie Francis	Bertha Elizabeth Hughey
	💍 1921/3997
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet maker	Clerk
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	12 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Hardy Street, Nelson
Folio	21/10239
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. L. Blamires, Methodist

118

1 December 1921

Vivian Joseph Roy Satherley
Honorah Crowe

Vivian Joseph Roy Satherley
Honorah Crowe
💍 1921/3998

Bachelor
Spinster

Publican
School Teacher

22
27

Nelson
Tahunanui

1 day
4 years

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Manuka Street, Nelson

21/10240

1 December 1921

Rev. P. H. Campbell, Roman Catholic

No	118
Date of Notice	1 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vivian Joseph Roy Satherley	Honorah Crowe
	💍 1921/3998
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Publican	School Teacher
Age	22	27
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Tahunanui
Length of Residence	1 day	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Manuka Street, Nelson
Folio	21/10240
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. H. Campbell, Roman Catholic

119

5 December 1921

Andrew McConchie
Amy Isabel Foulds

Andrew McConchie
Amy Isabel Foulds
💍 1921/3999

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Domestic Duties

30
24

Nelson
Tahunanui

30 years
3 years

Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson

21/10241

5 December 1921

Rev. G. E. Weeks, Church of England

No	119
Date of Notice	5 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew McConchie	Amy Isabel Foulds
	💍 1921/3999
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Tahunanui
Length of Residence	30 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson
Folio	21/10241
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Weeks, Church of England

120

6 December 1921

Daniel Hurley
Nona Marjorie Hamilton

Daniel Hurley
Rona Marjorie Hamilton
💍 1921/4000

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Lady

29
24

Neudorf
Nelson

4 years
21 years

Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson

21/10242

6 December 1921

Rev. G. E. Weeks, Church of England

No	120
Date of Notice	6 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Hurley	Nona Marjorie Hamilton
BDM Match (98%)	Daniel Hurley	Rona Marjorie Hamilton
	💍 1921/4000
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Lady
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Neudorf	Nelson
Length of Residence	4 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson
Folio	21/10242
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Weeks, 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).

Primary digitisation of registers between 1855 and 1925 is now complete. Our digitisation volunteers are now working on verifying the currently digitised pages against printed district/page indexes, to identify pages which may have been missed or out of focus. These pages can be re-imaged as required.

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.

How can I help?

You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

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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).