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 3097

District of 31 December 1921 Quarter ending Dunedin

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

655

1 November 1921

Henry Thomas Weir
Maude Frances Parker

Henry Thomas Weir
Maude Frances Parker
💍 1921/8548

Bachelor
Spinster

Mercer

22
18

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 weeks
18 years

Residence of Rev. C. Eaton, 56 Royal Terrace, Dunedin

9317

G.M. Parker (Father)

1 November 1921

C. Eaton, Methodist

No	655
Date of Notice	1 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Weir	Maude Frances Parker
	💍 1921/8548
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mercer
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 weeks	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. C. Eaton, 56 Royal Terrace, Dunedin
Folio	9317
Consent	G.M. Parker (Father)
Date of Certificate	1 November 1921
Officiating Minister	C. Eaton, Methodist

656

2 November 1921

Alfred Percival Price
Katherine May Scott

Alfred Percival Price
Katherine May Scott
💍 1921/8549

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

37
29

Dunedin
Dunedin

2 days
2 weeks

Methodist Church, Cargill Road, South Dunedin

9318

2 November 1921

R. Raine, Methodist

No	656
Date of Notice	2 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Percival Price	Katherine May Scott
	💍 1921/8549
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	37	29
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Cargill Road, South Dunedin
Folio	9318
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1921
Officiating Minister	R. Raine, Methodist

657

2 November 1921

Henry Sansom
Ruth Pilkington Dowling

Henry Sansom
Ruth Pilkington Dowling
💍 1921/8550

Widower (11:3:1919)
Widow (11:9:1918)

Fisherman

44
45

Dunedin
Dunedin

12 years
16 years

Residence of Mrs. R. P. Dowling, 3 Short Street, Dunedin

9319

2 November 1921

A.W. Kinmont, Presbyterian

No	657
Date of Notice	2 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Sansom	Ruth Pilkington Dowling
	💍 1921/8550
Condition	Widower (11:3:1919)	Widow (11:9:1918)
Profession	Fisherman
Age	44	45
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. R. P. Dowling, 3 Short Street, Dunedin
Folio	9319
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1921
Officiating Minister	A.W. Kinmont, Presbyterian

658

2 November 1921

David Drysdale Sneddon
Ruth Gladys Curtin

David Drysdale Sneddon
Ruth Gladys Curtin
💍 1921/8552

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

15 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Dunedin

9320

2 November 1921

Registrar

No	658
Date of Notice	2 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Drysdale Sneddon	Ruth Gladys Curtin
	💍 1921/8552
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	15 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dunedin
Folio	9320
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1921
Officiating Minister	Registrar

659

2 November 1921

Andrew Bunting Dodds
Jessie Robie Smith

Andrew Bunting Dodds
Jessie Robie Smith
💍 1921/8553

Bachelor
Spinster

Mail Order Correspondent

19
19

Dunedin
Dunedin

19 years
7 years

Registrar's Office, Dunedin

9321

T.W. Dodds (Father), A.M. Dripps (Mother)

2 November 1921

Registrar

No	659
Date of Notice	2 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Bunting Dodds	Jessie Robie Smith
	💍 1921/8553
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mail Order Correspondent
Age	19	19
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	19 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dunedin
Folio	9321
Consent	T.W. Dodds (Father), A.M. Dripps (Mother)
Date of Certificate	2 November 1921
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).