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 2217

District of Nelson Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar S. Lyon

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

12 July 1922

Leonard William Ball
Elsie Moye

Leonard William Ball
Katie Moye
💍 1922/7969

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

22
19

Nelson
Nelson

10 months
19 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

6683

William Frederick Schwass, Guardian

12 July 1922

S. Lyon, Registrar

No	38
Date of Notice	12 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard William Ball	Elsie Moye
BDM Match (85%)	Leonard William Ball	Katie Moye
	💍 1922/7969
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	10 months	19 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	6683
Consent	William Frederick Schwass, Guardian
Date of Certificate	12 July 1922
Officiating Minister	S. Lyon, Registrar

6 July 1922

Charles Alexander Gaitt
Minnie Clara Rees

Charles Alexander Gaitt
Minnie Clara Rees
💍 1922/7970

Bachelor
Widow (since October 1909)

Postmaster
School Teacher

39
43

Nelson
Stoke

3 days
3 days

St. Barnabas Church, Stoke

6684

6 July 1922

Rev. J. A. Rogers, Church of England

No	39
Date of Notice	6 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alexander Gaitt	Minnie Clara Rees
	💍 1922/7970
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (since October 1909)
Profession	Postmaster	School Teacher
Age	39	43
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Stoke
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Stoke
Folio	6684
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Rogers, Church of England

14 July 1922

Roy Hamilton Sigglekow
Ruby Tannant

Roy Hamilton Sigglekow
Ruby Tannant
💍 1922/7947

Bachelor
Spinster

Orchardist
Domestic duties

24
15

Nelson
Lower Moutere

3 months
15 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

6685

Thomas Tannant, Father

14 July 1922

S. Lyon, Registrar

No	40
Date of Notice	14 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Hamilton Sigglekow	Ruby Tannant
	💍 1922/7947
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Orchardist	Domestic duties
Age	24	15
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Lower Moutere
Length of Residence	3 months	15 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	6685
Consent	Thomas Tannant, Father
Date of Certificate	14 July 1922
Officiating Minister	S. Lyon, Registrar

19 July 1922

David Lawson Ross
Marjorie Jemima Broad

David Lawson Ross
Marjorie Jemima Broad
💍 1922/7948

Bachelor
Spinster

Shop
Waitress

24
21

Nelson
Nelson

1 week
1 week

Christchurch Cathedral, Nelson

6686

19 July 1922

Rev. J. C. Waks, Church of England

No	41
Date of Notice	19 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Lawson Ross	Marjorie Jemima Broad
	💍 1922/7948
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shop	Waitress
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	Christchurch Cathedral, Nelson
Folio	6686
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Waks, Church of England

19 July 1922

Philip Russell Parker
Olive Mary McGee

Philip Rossell Parker
Olive Mary McGee
💍 1922/7949

Widower (30 April 1921)
Spinster

Dentist
Domestic duties

43
35

Nelson
Nelson

22 months
35 years

Christchurch Cathedral, Nelson

6687

19 July 1922

Rev. J. C. Waks, Church of England

No	42
Date of Notice	19 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Russell Parker	Olive Mary McGee
BDM Match (98%)	Philip Rossell Parker	Olive Mary McGee
	💍 1922/7949
Condition	Widower (30 April 1921)	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Domestic duties
Age	43	35
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	22 months	35 years
Marriage Place	Christchurch Cathedral, Nelson
Folio	6687
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Waks, 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).