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 2839

District of 31 March 1921 Quarter ending Timaru Registrar Leslie C. Bryce

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

8 February 1921

Walter John Robert Faquey
Ruby Eleanor Furby

Walter John Robert Jaquiery
Ruby Eleanor Furby
💍 1921/9956

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Dental Mechanic

22
22

Timaru
Timaru

6 days
6 days

St Mary's Church, Timaru

2656

8 February 1921

Rev. F. A. Julius, Anglican

No	21
Date of Notice	8 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter John Robert Faquey	Ruby Eleanor Furby
BDM Match (94%)	Walter John Robert Jaquiery	Ruby Eleanor Furby
	💍 1921/9956
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Dental Mechanic
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days
Marriage Place	St Mary's Church, Timaru
Folio	2656
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. A. Julius, Anglican

8 February 1921

John Joseph Kenny
Violet Matilda Avery

John Joseph Kenny
Violet Matilda Avery
💍 1921/9963

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Clerk

23
19

Timaru
Kensington

3 days
11 years

Methodist Church, Timaru

2657

8 February 1921

Rev. J. Dent, Methodist

No	22
Date of Notice	8 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Kenny	Violet Matilda Avery
	💍 1921/9963
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Clerk
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Kensington
Length of Residence	3 days	11 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Timaru
Folio	2657
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Dent, Methodist

9 February 1921

George William Henry Jackee
Emma Louisa McCausland

George William Henry Daikee
Emma Louisa McCausland
💍 1921/9964

Bachelor
Divorced

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

35
30

Pleasant Point
Levels

[illegible]
4 days

Registrar Office, Timaru

2658

9 February 1921

A. R. Oakey, Registrar

No	23
Date of Notice	9 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Henry Jackee	Emma Louisa McCausland
BDM Match (96%)	George William Henry Daikee	Emma Louisa McCausland
	💍 1921/9964
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	30
Dwelling Place	Pleasant Point	Levels
Length of Residence	[illegible]	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar Office, Timaru
Folio	2658
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1921
Officiating Minister	A. R. Oakey, Registrar

10 February 1921

John Louden Jones
Nora Catherine Seugh

John Londen Jones
Nora Catherine Leigh
💍 1921/10138

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer
Drapery Saleswoman

32
34

Dunedin
Timaru

[illegible]
30 years

Roman Catholic Church, Timaru

2951

10 February 1921

Rev. L. C. Peoples, Roman Catholic

No	24
Date of Notice	10 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Louden Jones	Nora Catherine Seugh
BDM Match (92%)	John Londen Jones	Nora Catherine Leigh
	💍 1921/10138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer	Drapery Saleswoman
Age	32	34
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Timaru
Length of Residence	[illegible]	30 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Timaru
Folio	2951
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. C. Peoples, Roman Catholic

11 February 1921

John Drinnan
Eileen Elizabeth Carey

John Drinnan
Eileen Elizabeth Casey
💍 1921/9965

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
22

St Andrews
Timaru

[illegible]
3 months

Roman Catholic Church, Timaru

2659

11 February 1921

Rev. D. Hurley, Roman Catholic

No	25
Date of Notice	11 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Drinnan	Eileen Elizabeth Carey
BDM Match (98%)	John Drinnan	Eileen Elizabeth Casey
	💍 1921/9965
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	St Andrews	Timaru
Length of Residence	[illegible]	3 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Timaru
Folio	2659
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Hurley, Roman Catholic

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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).