Intentions to Marry, 1921 Cust to Dunedin

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840502, 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.

1921g contains pages 2691-3126, covering districts from Cust to Dunedin

Page 2723

District of 31 March 1921 Quarter ending Kaiapoi Registrar A. S. Palmer

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

18 January 1921

Andrew Dunick
Gertrude Mercy Crooke

Andrew Dunick
Gertrude Mercy Crooke
💍 1921/9876

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

24
19

Ohoka
Papanui

1 year
3 years

Roman Catholic Church, Kaiapoi

2591

No one in Colony authorized to give consent

4 February 1921

Rev Father Fogarty, Roman Catholic Priest

No	1
Date of Notice	18 January 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Dunick	Gertrude Mercy Crooke
	💍 1921/9876
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Ohoka	Papanui
Length of Residence	1 year	3 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Kaiapoi
Folio	2591
Consent	No one in Colony authorized to give consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev Father Fogarty, Roman Catholic Priest

9 February 1921

John Roylance Maisbich
Rubina Sophia Ward

John Roy Lance Naisbitt
Rubina Sophia Ward
💍 1921/9877

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

21
20

Kaiapoi
Ohoka

3 years
20 years

Residence of Mr James Ward, Ohoka

2592

James Ward, Father

9 February 1921

Rev C. Roberts, Methodist

No	2
Date of Notice	9 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Roylance Maisbich	Rubina Sophia Ward
BDM Match (89%)	John Roy Lance Naisbitt	Rubina Sophia Ward
	💍 1921/9877
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Kaiapoi	Ohoka
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr James Ward, Ohoka
Folio	2592
Consent	James Ward, Father
Date of Certificate	9 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev C. Roberts, Methodist

14 February 1921

Thomas Hillier Green
Ivy Mary Rosella Eder

Thomas Hillier Green
Ivy Mary Rosetta Eden
💍 1921/9878

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
22

Halswell
Woodend

26 years
22 years

Church of England, Woodend

2593

14 February 1921

Rev J. Holland, Anglican

No	3
Date of Notice	14 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hillier Green	Ivy Mary Rosella Eder
BDM Match (93%)	Thomas Hillier Green	Ivy Mary Rosetta Eden
	💍 1921/9878
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Halswell	Woodend
Length of Residence	26 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Woodend
Folio	2593
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Holland, Anglican

28 February 1921

Sydney Edward Howard
Ivy May Hawkins

Sydney Edward Howard
Ivy May Hawkins
💍 1921/9879

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Domestic Duties

26
28

Kaiapoi
Kaiapoi

26 years
1 year

Residence of Mrs S. Bugg, Kaiapoi

2594

28 February 1921

Rev W. B. Scott, Methodist

No	4
Date of Notice	28 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Edward Howard	Ivy May Hawkins
	💍 1921/9879
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Kaiapoi	Kaiapoi
Length of Residence	26 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs S. Bugg, Kaiapoi
Folio	2594
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev W. B. Scott, Methodist

1 March 1921

William Stone
Myrtle Elizabeth Thornton

William Stone
Myrtle Elizabeth Thomton
💍 1921/9880

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
21

Kaiapoi
Papanui

3 days
21 years

St Bartholomew's Church, Kaiapoi

2595

1 March 1921

Rev J. Holland, Anglican

No	5
Date of Notice	1 March 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Stone	Myrtle Elizabeth Thornton
BDM Match (96%)	William Stone	Myrtle Elizabeth Thomton
	💍 1921/9880
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Kaiapoi	Papanui
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	St Bartholomew's Church, Kaiapoi
Folio	2595
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Holland, 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).