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 2725

District of 30 June 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 April 1921

John Henley Tregerthen
Tini Pukerehu Watene Rehu

John Hanley Tregerthen
Tini Pukerehu Watene Rehu
💍 1921/7094

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer
Domestic duties

23
24

Tuahiwi
Tuahiwi

23 years
14 years

St Stephen's Church, Tuahiwi

5322

18 April 1921

Rev J Holland, Anglican

No	7
Date of Notice	18 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henley Tregerthen	Tini Pukerehu Watene Rehu
BDM Match (98%)	John Hanley Tregerthen	Tini Pukerehu Watene Rehu
	💍 1921/7094
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Tuahiwi	Tuahiwi
Length of Residence	23 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St Stephen's Church, Tuahiwi
Folio	5322
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev J Holland, Anglican

20 April 1921

John Mitchell Dickie
Mary Picaithley Holmes

John Mitchell Dickie
Mary Pitcaithly Holmes
💍 1921/7095

Widower (October 3, 1911)
Widow (January 21, 1919)

Labourer
Domestic duties

48
44

Kaiapoi
Kaiapoi

48 years
8 months

Residence of Mrs Dickie, Peraki St, Kaiapoi

5323

20 April 1921

Rev W. B. Scott, Methodist

No	8
Date of Notice	20 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Mitchell Dickie	Mary Picaithley Holmes
BDM Match (95%)	John Mitchell Dickie	Mary Pitcaithly Holmes
	💍 1921/7095
Condition	Widower (October 3, 1911)	Widow (January 21, 1919)
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	48	44
Dwelling Place	Kaiapoi	Kaiapoi
Length of Residence	48 years	8 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Dickie, Peraki St, Kaiapoi
Folio	5323
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev W. B. Scott, Methodist

20 April 1921

John Alexander Quinn
Flossie Dorothy Smith

John Alexander Quinn
Flossie Dorothy Smith
💍 1921/18

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

31
23

Woodend
Woodend

8 years
23 years

Methodist Church, Woodend

5324

20 April 1921

Rev C. A. Foston, Methodist

No	9
Date of Notice	20 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alexander Quinn	Flossie Dorothy Smith
	💍 1921/18
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Woodend	Woodend
Length of Residence	8 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Woodend
Folio	5324
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev C. A. Foston, Methodist

23 April 1921

Amos Leslie Mason Williams
Margaret Annie Lamplugh

Amos Leslie Mason Willyams
Margaret Annie Lamplugh
💍 1921/7097

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter
Domestic duties

30
22

Christchurch
Kaiapoi

20 years
7 years

Presbyterian Church, Kaiapoi

5325

23 April 1921

Rev A. Laishley, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	23 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Amos Leslie Mason Williams	Margaret Annie Lamplugh
BDM Match (98%)	Amos Leslie Mason Willyams	Margaret Annie Lamplugh
	💍 1921/7097
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter	Domestic duties
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Kaiapoi
Length of Residence	20 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kaiapoi
Folio	5325
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 April 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev A. Laishley, Presbyterian

30 April 1921

Marshall Williamson Jeffrey Forrest
Annie May Knight

Marshall Williamson Jeffrey Forrest
Annie May Knight
💍 1921/7180

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Clerk

30
25

Oxford
Kaiapoi

9 months
25 years

St Bartholomew's Church, Kaiapoi

5326

30 April 1921

Rev J Holland, Anglican

No	11
Date of Notice	30 April 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Marshall Williamson Jeffrey Forrest	Annie May Knight
	💍 1921/7180
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Clerk
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Oxford	Kaiapoi
Length of Residence	9 months	25 years
Marriage Place	St Bartholomew's Church, Kaiapoi
Folio	5326
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 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).