Intentions to Marry, 1921 Dunstan to Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840503, 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.

1921h contains pages 3127-3538, covering districts from Dunstan to Chatham Islands

Page 3519

District of 31 December 1921 Quarter ending Winton Registrar F W Dingwall

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

1 November 1921

Robert John Lindsay
Maud Catto

Robert John Lindsay
Maude Catto
💍 1921/8734

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

34
24

Winton
Oreti

34 years
16 years

Presbyterian Manse, Winton

10582

1 November 1921

Rev A M Neur, Presbyterian

No	6
Date of Notice	1 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert John Lindsay	Maud Catto
BDM Match (95%)	Robert John Lindsay	Maude Catto
	💍 1921/8734
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Winton	Oreti
Length of Residence	34 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Winton
Folio	10582
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev A M Neur, Presbyterian

7 November 1921

Frederick Jothill
Mary Jane Pearce

Frederick Tothill
Mary Jane Pearce
💍 1921/10718

Bachelor
Spinster

Market Gardener
Dairy Farming

49
36

Winton
Winton

2 years
30 years

Registrars Office, Winton

10667

7 November 1921

F W Dingwall, Depy Registrar

No	7
Date of Notice	7 November 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Jothill	Mary Jane Pearce
BDM Match (97%)	Frederick Tothill	Mary Jane Pearce
	💍 1921/10718
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Market Gardener	Dairy Farming
Age	49	36
Dwelling Place	Winton	Winton
Length of Residence	2 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Winton
Folio	10667
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 November 1921
Officiating Minister	F W Dingwall, Depy Registrar

1 December 1921

Thomas Arthur Frisby
Margaret Jane Robson Anderson

Thomas Arthur Frisby
Margaret Jane Robson Anderson
💍 1921/8735

Widower
Spinster

Hotel Keeper
Domestic Duties

38
19

Browns
Hokonui

38 years
19 years

Dwellinghouse of Robert Anderson, Hokonui

10583

Robert Anderson, Father

1 December 1921

Rev A K Ross, Presbyterian

No	8
Date of Notice	1 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Arthur Frisby	Margaret Jane Robson Anderson
	💍 1921/8735
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Keeper	Domestic Duties
Age	38	19
Dwelling Place	Browns	Hokonui
Length of Residence	38 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Dwellinghouse of Robert Anderson, Hokonui
Folio	10583
Consent	Robert Anderson, Father
Date of Certificate	1 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev A K Ross, Presbyterian

3 December 1921

William Oliver Jamieson
Lillian May Horner

William Oliver Jamieson
Lillian May Horner
💍 1921/8736

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic Duties

28
25

Winton
East Winton

28 years
8 years

Presbyterian Church, Winton

10584

3 December 1921

Rev A M Neur, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	3 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Oliver Jamieson	Lillian May Horner
	💍 1921/8736
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic Duties
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Winton	East Winton
Length of Residence	28 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Winton
Folio	10584
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev A M Neur, Presbyterian

13 December 1921

Arthur William Egerton
Myrtle Annie Perrin

Arthur William Egerton
Myrtle Annie Perrin
💍 1921/8713

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

21
21

Winton
Winton

20 years
13 years

Dwellinghouse of Harry Egerton, Winton

10585

13 December 1921

Rev A M Neur, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	13 December 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Egerton	Myrtle Annie Perrin
	💍 1921/8713
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Winton	Winton
Length of Residence	20 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Dwellinghouse of Harry Egerton, Winton
Folio	10585
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev A M Neur, Presbyterian

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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).