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 2215

District of Nelson Quarter ending 30 June 1922 Registrar S. Lyson

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

4 June 1922

Jesse Hedley Himatt
Gladys Lilian Sherwood

Hesse Hedley Wimsett
Gladys Lilian Sherwood
💍 1922/4839

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic duties

36
30

Nelson
Nelson

30 years
30 years

Dwelling of Ernest Alfred Sherwood, Manuka Street, Nelson

4453

4 June 1922

Rev. F. R. Clamirez, Methodist

No	32
Date of Notice	4 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jesse Hedley Himatt	Gladys Lilian Sherwood
BDM Match (90%)	Hesse Hedley Wimsett	Gladys Lilian Sherwood
	💍 1922/4839
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic duties
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	30 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Ernest Alfred Sherwood, Manuka Street, Nelson
Folio	4453
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. R. Clamirez, Methodist

8 June 1922

Reginald Harold Hamilton
Edith Constance Limberley Tandred

Reginald Harold Hamilton
Edith Constance Kimberley Tancred
💍 1922/4840

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy farmer
Domestic duties

34
22

Nelson
Nelson

4 days
3 years

Presbyterian Church, Nile Street, Nelson

4454

8 June 1922

Rev. P. B. Gibb, Presbyterian

No	33
Date of Notice	8 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Harold Hamilton	Edith Constance Limberley Tandred
BDM Match (97%)	Reginald Harold Hamilton	Edith Constance Kimberley Tancred
	💍 1922/4840
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy farmer	Domestic duties
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	4 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Nile Street, Nelson
Folio	4454
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. B. Gibb, Presbyterian

14 June 1922

Cyril Henry Charles Ricoll
Alicia Massy Haikes

Cyril Henry Charles Nicoll
Alicia Massy Raikes
💍 1922/4841

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
23

Nelson
Nelson

3 days
2 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

4455

14 June 1922

S. Lyson, Registrar of Marriages

No	34
Date of Notice	14 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Henry Charles Ricoll	Alicia Massy Haikes
BDM Match (95%)	Cyril Henry Charles Nicoll	Alicia Massy Raikes
	💍 1922/4841
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	3 days	2 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	4455
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1922
Officiating Minister	S. Lyson, Registrar of Marriages

21 June 1922

Clarence Ray Ricketts
Gladys May Cotton

Clarence Roy Ricketts
Gladys May Cotton
💍 1922/4842

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber worker
Domestic duties

26
21

Nelson
Nelson

3 years
21 years

Church of Christ, Waimea Street, Nelson

4456

21 June 1922

John Watt, Church of Christ

No	35
Date of Notice	21 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Ray Ricketts	Gladys May Cotton
BDM Match (98%)	Clarence Roy Ricketts	Gladys May Cotton
	💍 1922/4842
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber worker	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	3 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Waimea Street, Nelson
Folio	4456
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1922
Officiating Minister	John Watt, Church of Christ

28 June 1922

Gilbert Finlay Rutherford
Rathalla Gibbs

Gilbert Finlay Pulsford
Nattalea Gibbs
💍 1922/4843

Bachelor
Widow

Clerk
Domestic duties

30
24

Nelson
Marvis

3 days
6 months

Christchurch Cathedral, Nelson

4457

28 June 1922

Rev. J. C. Weeks, Church of England

No	36
Date of Notice	28 June 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Finlay Rutherford	Rathalla Gibbs
BDM Match (79%)	Gilbert Finlay Pulsford	Nattalea Gibbs
	💍 1922/4843
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Marvis
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Christchurch Cathedral, Nelson
Folio	4457
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 June 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Weeks, Church of England

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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).