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 2223

District of Nelson Quarter ending 31 December 1922 Registrar A. G. Miller, Deputy Registrar

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

2 October 1922

William Webber Greenslade
Ivy Gertrude Batchelor

William Webber Greenslade
Ivy Gertrude Batchelor
💍 1922/6876

Bachelor
Spinster

Tanner
Domestic Duties

42
41

Nelson
Nelson

36 years
41 years

Dwelling of Arthur Nicholas Batchelor, Port Nelson

9113

2 October 1922

Rev. W. Greenslade, Methodist

No	66
Date of Notice	2 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Webber Greenslade	Ivy Gertrude Batchelor
	💍 1922/6876
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tanner	Domestic Duties
Age	42	41
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	36 years	41 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Arthur Nicholas Batchelor, Port Nelson
Folio	9113
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Greenslade, Methodist

4 October 1922

William Alfred Bradley
Brinda Dodson Wright

William Alfred Bradley
Brinda Dodson Wright
💍 1922/6877

Widower (20 February 1921)
Spinster

Car Painter
Domestic Duty

49
45

Nelson
Nelson

30 years
45 years

Christchurch Cathedral, Nelson

9114

4 October 1922

Rev. G. E. Weeks, Church of England

No	67
Date of Notice	4 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alfred Bradley	Brinda Dodson Wright
	💍 1922/6877
Condition	Widower (20 February 1921)	Spinster
Profession	Car Painter	Domestic Duty
Age	49	45
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	30 years	45 years
Marriage Place	Christchurch Cathedral, Nelson
Folio	9114
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Weeks, Church of England

9 October 1922

George Robertson Burrows
Ann King

George Robertson Burrows
Ann King
💍 1922/9887

Widower (26 February 1918)
Widow (2 March 1919)

Tinsmith
Domestic Duties

33
40

Nelson
Nelson

7 years
24 years

Dwelling of Elizabeth Pattinson, 56 Vanguard St, Nelson

9115

9 October 1922

Rev. G. H. Gibb, Presbyterian Church

No	68
Date of Notice	9 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Robertson Burrows	Ann King
	💍 1922/9887
Condition	Widower (26 February 1918)	Widow (2 March 1919)
Profession	Tinsmith	Domestic Duties
Age	33	40
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	7 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Elizabeth Pattinson, 56 Vanguard St, Nelson
Folio	9115
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gibb, Presbyterian Church

11 October 1922

James Fleming Wittmer
Florence Jane Exton

James Fleming Dittmer
Florence Jane Exton
💍 1922/6878

Widower (20 August 1920)
Widow (27 September 1917)

Farmer
Domestic Duties

37
31

Nelson
Nelson

14 days
14 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

9116

11 October 1922

S. Tyson, Registrar

No	69
Date of Notice	11 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Fleming Wittmer	Florence Jane Exton
BDM Match (98%)	James Fleming Dittmer	Florence Jane Exton
	💍 1922/6878
Condition	Widower (20 August 1920)	Widow (27 September 1917)
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	37	31
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	14 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	9116
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1922
Officiating Minister	S. Tyson, Registrar

16 October 1922

John Roy McNeill
Eileen Mary Neill

John Roy McNeill
Eileen Mary Neill
💍 1922/6879

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

21
20

Nelson
Nelson

1 week
2 months

St Mary's Church, Manuka St, Nelson

9117

John Neill, Father

16 October 1922

Rev. D. H. Campbell, Roman Catholic

No	70
Date of Notice	16 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Roy McNeill	Eileen Mary Neill
	💍 1922/6879
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	1 week	2 months
Marriage Place	St Mary's Church, Manuka St, Nelson
Folio	9117
Consent	John Neill, Father
Date of Certificate	16 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. H. Campbell, Roman Catholic

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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).