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 2586

District of 30 September 1921 Quarter ending Christchurch

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

606

2 July 1921

William John Jamieson
Eileen Mark

William John Jamieson
Eileen Mark
💍 1921/7468

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
21

New Brighton
Spreydon

20 years
6 years

Registrar's Office, Christchurch

5810

2 July 1921

Registrar

No	606
Date of Notice	2 July 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Jamieson	Eileen Mark
	💍 1921/7468
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	New Brighton	Spreydon
Length of Residence	20 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Christchurch
Folio	5810
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1921
Officiating Minister	Registrar

607

2 July 1921

Charles Henry Todd
Fanny Elizabeth Somers Doak

Charles Henry Todd
Fanny Elizabeth Somers Doak
💍 1921/7453

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

33
20

Mt. Somers
New Brighton

Life
2 months

Anglican Church, New Brighton

5811

William Thomas Doak, father

2 July 1921

C. W. I. MacLaverty, Anglican

No	607
Date of Notice	2 July 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Todd	Fanny Elizabeth Somers Doak
	💍 1921/7453
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	33	20
Dwelling Place	Mt. Somers	New Brighton
Length of Residence	Life	2 months
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, New Brighton
Folio	5811
Consent	William Thomas Doak, father
Date of Certificate	2 July 1921
Officiating Minister	C. W. I. MacLaverty, Anglican

608

2 July 1921

Edward Affleck
Janet Una Livingston Young

Edward Affleck
Janet Una Livingston Young
💍 1921/7454

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

32
23

Wellington
Christchurch

8 years
8 years

Residence of Mrs. Batch, 123 Warrington Street, St. Albans

5812

2 July 1921

J. Paterson, Presbyterian

No	608
Date of Notice	2 July 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Affleck	Janet Una Livingston Young
	💍 1921/7454
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Christchurch
Length of Residence	8 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Batch, 123 Warrington Street, St. Albans
Folio	5812
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1921
Officiating Minister	J. Paterson, Presbyterian

609

4 July 1921

Frank Edward Smith
Edith Louisa McNatt

Frank Edward Smith
Edith Louisa Mallett
💍 1921/7455

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist Assistant

21
21

Christchurch
Christchurch

13 years
21 years

Anglican Church, Fendalton

5813

4 July 1921

C. A. Fraer, Anglican

No	609
Date of Notice	4 July 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Edward Smith	Edith Louisa McNatt
BDM Match (90%)	Frank Edward Smith	Edith Louisa Mallett
	💍 1921/7455
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist Assistant
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	13 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Fendalton
Folio	5813
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1921
Officiating Minister	C. A. Fraer, Anglican

610

4 July 1921

Thomas Hornsby
Gladys Pretoria Waite

Thomas Hornsby
Gladys Pretoria Waite
💍 1921/7456

Bachelor
Spinster

Manufacturing Jeweller

21
21

Christchurch
St. Albans

6 years
6 years

Methodist Church, Sydenham

5814

4 July 1921

P. R. Paris, Methodist

No	610
Date of Notice	4 July 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hornsby	Gladys Pretoria Waite
	💍 1921/7456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manufacturing Jeweller
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	St. Albans
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Sydenham
Folio	5814
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1921
Officiating Minister	P. R. Paris, 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).