Intentions to Marry, 1922 Kaikoura to Christchurch

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840509, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1922 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.

1922f contains pages 2059-2580, covering districts from Kaikoura to Christchurch

Page 2091

District of Wairau Quarter ending 30 June 1922 Registrar F. Butcher

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

5 June 1922

Hugh Victor Jermyn
Agnes Ballingall Young

Hugh Victor Jermyn
Agnes Ballingall Young
💍 1922/4788

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

28
28

Marama
Marama

28 years
11 months

Residence of Mr. James Jermyn, Seddon

4400

5 June 1922

Rev. J. A. Jermyn, Church of England

No	35
Date of Notice	5 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Victor Jermyn	Agnes Ballingall Young
	💍 1922/4788
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Marama	Marama
Length of Residence	28 years	11 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. James Jermyn, Seddon
Folio	4400
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Jermyn, Church of England

12 June 1922

Carl Riley
Constance Margaret Boyle

Carl Riley
Constance Margaret Boyle
💍 1922/4796

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Domestic

33
22

Blenheim
Blenheim

33 years
22 years

Residence of Mr. John Boyle, Stephenson Street, Blenheim

4401

12 June 1922

Rev. H. O. Robb, Presbyterian

No	36
Date of Notice	12 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carl Riley	Constance Margaret Boyle
	💍 1922/4796
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Domestic
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	33 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. John Boyle, Stephenson Street, Blenheim
Folio	4401
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. O. Robb, Presbyterian

12 June 1922

George John Davis-Goff
Jean Francis Ann Hoult

George John Davis-Goff
Jean Francis Ann Hoult
💍 1922/4807

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

26
19

Grovetown
Grovetown

2 years
14 years

Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim

4402

William Hoult, father

12 June 1922

Rev. J. M. Heffernan, Roman Catholic

No	37
Date of Notice	12 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George John Davis-Goff	Jean Francis Ann Hoult
	💍 1922/4807
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Grovetown	Grovetown
Length of Residence	2 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim
Folio	4402
Consent	William Hoult, father
Date of Certificate	12 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Heffernan, Roman Catholic

12 June 1922

Harry Grattan
Frances Caroline Myrtle Goulton

Harry Grattan
Frances Caroline Myrtle Goulton
💍 1922/4814

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Domestic Duties

21
26

Tuamarina
Tuamarina

22 months
14 years

Residence of Mr. C. Goulton, Tuamarina

4403

12 June 1922

Rev. J. B. Lawrence, Methodist

No	38
Date of Notice	12 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Grattan	Frances Caroline Myrtle Goulton
	💍 1922/4814
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Domestic Duties
Age	21	26
Dwelling Place	Tuamarina	Tuamarina
Length of Residence	22 months	14 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. C. Goulton, Tuamarina
Folio	4403
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Lawrence, Methodist

16 June 1922

Edward Dalton
Beatrice Caroline Brett Smith

Edward Dalton
Beatrice Caroline Brett-Smith
💍 1922/4815

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

35
35

Upton Downs
Seddon

35 years
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Blenheim

4404

16 June 1922

Rev. E. S. King, Presbyterian

No	39
Date of Notice	16 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Dalton	Beatrice Caroline Brett Smith
BDM Match (98%)	Edward Dalton	Beatrice Caroline Brett-Smith
	💍 1922/4815
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	35	35
Dwelling Place	Upton Downs	Seddon
Length of Residence	35 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Blenheim
Folio	4404
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. S. King, 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).