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 2181

District of Motueka Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar T. L. Floyd

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

23 January 1922

John Robert Haldane
Olive Lilian Hunt

John Robert Haldane
Olive Lilian Hunt
💍 1922/3282

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School Teacher

24
25

Barnham
Motueka

2 1/2 years
6 weeks

St. Thomas' Church, Motueka

1993

23 January 1922

Rev. John Vosper, Anglican

No	1
Date of Notice	23 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robert Haldane	Olive Lilian Hunt
	💍 1922/3282
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School Teacher
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Barnham	Motueka
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church, Motueka
Folio	1993
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Vosper, Anglican

3 February 1922

Edward Albert Wickens
Olive Daisy Suckling

Edward Albert Wickens
Olive Daisy Suckling
💍 1922/3283

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Clerk

33
26

Motueka
Motueka

2 years
3 months

St. Thomas' Church, Motueka

1994

3 February 1922

Rev. John Vosper, Anglican

No	2
Date of Notice	3 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Albert Wickens	Olive Daisy Suckling
	💍 1922/3283
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Clerk
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	2 years	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church, Motueka
Folio	1994
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Vosper, Anglican

18 February 1922

Ray Alexander Franklyn
Moana Amy Kitson Cooper

Ray Alexander Franklyn
Moana Amy Ritson Cooper
💍 1922/3285

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household duties

23
21

Riwaka
Motueka

1 year
2 years

Residence of [illegible], Riwaka

1995

18 February 1922

Rev. J. Richards, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	18 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ray Alexander Franklyn	Moana Amy Kitson Cooper
BDM Match (98%)	Ray Alexander Franklyn	Moana Amy Ritson Cooper
	💍 1922/3285
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Riwaka	Motueka
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of [illegible], Riwaka
Folio	1995
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Richards, Presbyterian

21 February 1922

Francis Inwood
Ruth Victoria May Slatter

Francis Inwood
Ruth Victoria May Slatter
💍 1922/3286

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Household duties

29
21

Kan
Kan

29 years
21 years

Registrar's Office, Motueka

1996

21 February 1922

Thomas Leslie Floyd, Deputy Registrar

No	4
Date of Notice	21 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Inwood	Ruth Victoria May Slatter
	💍 1922/3286
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Household duties
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Kan	Kan
Length of Residence	29 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Motueka
Folio	1996
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Thomas Leslie Floyd, Deputy Registrar

28 February 1922

John William Brewerton
Emily Elizabeth Funnell

John William Brewerton
Emily Elizabeth Funnell
💍 1922/3287

Widower
Widow

Labourer
Household duties

62
56

Motueka
Motueka

8 months
2 years

Residence of [illegible] Funnell, Courtenay Street, Motueka

1997

28 February 1922

Rev. J. G. Price, Church of Christ

No	5
Date of Notice	28 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Brewerton	Emily Elizabeth Funnell
	💍 1922/3287
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Household duties
Age	62	56
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	8 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of [illegible] Funnell, Courtenay Street, Motueka
Folio	1997
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Price, Church of Christ

3 March 1922

Welby Herman Cyril Drummond
Jenny McBride

Welby Herman Cyril Drummond
Jenny McBride
💍 1922/3288

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman
Household duties

27
31

Riwaka
Riwaka

27 years
10 days

Residence of A. W. McNab, Riwaka

1998

3 March 1922

Rev. J. Richards, Presbyterian

No	6
Date of Notice	3 March 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Welby Herman Cyril Drummond	Jenny McBride
	💍 1922/3288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman	Household duties
Age	27	31
Dwelling Place	Riwaka	Riwaka
Length of Residence	27 years	10 days
Marriage Place	Residence of A. W. McNab, Riwaka
Folio	1998
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Richards, 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).