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 2189

District of Motueka Quarter ending 31 December 1922 Registrar R. W. Oake

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

18 October 1922

Walter Charles Thomas Grooby
Gladys Isabell Evelyn James

Walter Charles Thomas Grooby
Gladys Isabell Evelyn James
💍 1922/6884

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

24
20

Pangatotara
Pangatotara

24 years
20 years

Methodist Parsonage, Motueka

9103

Caroline Susana Isabel James, mother

18 October 1922

C. W. Brown, Methodist

No	26
Date of Notice	18 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Charles Thomas Grooby	Gladys Isabell Evelyn James
	💍 1922/6884
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Pangatotara	Pangatotara
Length of Residence	24 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Motueka
Folio	9103
Consent	Caroline Susana Isabel James, mother
Date of Certificate	18 October 1922
Officiating Minister	C. W. Brown, Methodist

1 November 1922

Gordon Henry Grooby
Lily Mary Goad

Gordon Henry Grooby
Lily Mary Goad
💍 1922/6889

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Domestic Duties

31
20

Motueka
Motueka

4 years
16 years

Mary Ellen Goad's dwelling, King Edward Street, Motueka

9104

Mary Ellen Goad, mother

1 November 1922

C. W. Brown, Methodist

No	27
Date of Notice	1 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Henry Grooby	Lily Mary Goad
	💍 1922/6889
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Domestic Duties
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	4 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Mary Ellen Goad's dwelling, King Edward Street, Motueka
Folio	9104
Consent	Mary Ellen Goad, mother
Date of Certificate	1 November 1922
Officiating Minister	C. W. Brown, Methodist

6 November 1922

Thomas Haining Gray
Vera Beatrice Flett

Thomas Haining Gray
Vera Beatrice Flett
💍 1922/6890

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruitgrower
Domestic Duties

25
22

Mariri
Lower Moutere

2 years
22 years

Charles David Hett's residence, Lower Moutere

9105

6 November 1922

J. Richards, Presbyterian

No	28
Date of Notice	6 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Haining Gray	Vera Beatrice Flett
	💍 1922/6890
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruitgrower	Domestic Duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Mariri	Lower Moutere
Length of Residence	2 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Charles David Hett's residence, Lower Moutere
Folio	9105
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 November 1922
Officiating Minister	J. Richards, Presbyterian

15 November 1922

Louis Kennett Drummond
Frances Clara Krammer

Louis Kennett Drummond
Frances Clara Krammer
💍 1922/6891

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic servant

35
20

Braeburn
Braeburn

35 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Motueka

9106

Whilmena Sophia Amelia Krammer

15 November 1922

Thomas Leslie Floyd, Deputy Registrar

No	29
Date of Notice	15 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Kennett Drummond	Frances Clara Krammer
	💍 1922/6891
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic servant
Age	35	20
Dwelling Place	Braeburn	Braeburn
Length of Residence	35 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Motueka
Folio	9106
Consent	Whilmena Sophia Amelia Krammer
Date of Certificate	15 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Thomas Leslie Floyd, Deputy Registrar

21 November 1922

Edward Earl Smith
Meta Ethel Inwood

Edward Carl Smith
Meta Ethel Inwood
💍 1922/6892

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic Duties

21
18

Lower Moutere
Motueka

21 years
18 years

Residence of Arthur Manoel Smith, Lower Moutere

9107

Ellen Inwood, mother

21 November 1922

C. W. Brown, Methodist

No	30
Date of Notice	21 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Earl Smith	Meta Ethel Inwood
BDM Match (97%)	Edward Carl Smith	Meta Ethel Inwood
	💍 1922/6892
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic Duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Lower Moutere	Motueka
Length of Residence	21 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Arthur Manoel Smith, Lower Moutere
Folio	9107
Consent	Ellen Inwood, mother
Date of Certificate	21 November 1922
Officiating Minister	C. W. Brown, Methodist

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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).