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 2225

District of Nelson Quarter ending 31 December 1922 Registrar G. M. Miller

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

20 November 1922

Frank Edward Fullford
Lorna Ruth Childs

Frank Edward Fullford
Lorna Ruth Childs
💍 1922/6886

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruitgrower
Domestic Duties

30
22

Brightwater
Stoke

9 months
11 years

St Barnabas, Stoke

9123

20 November 1922

Bishop Mules, Church of England

No	76
Date of Notice	20 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Edward Fullford	Lorna Ruth Childs
	💍 1922/6886
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruitgrower	Domestic Duties
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Brightwater	Stoke
Length of Residence	9 months	11 years
Marriage Place	St Barnabas, Stoke
Folio	9123
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Bishop Mules, Church of England

23 November 1922

David McFarlane McKenzie
Dorothy Irene Stringer

David McFarlane McKenzie
Dorothy Irene Stringer
💍 1922/6887

Divorced (Decree absolute 15 March 1921)
Spinster

Packer
Domestic Duties

31
22

Nelson
Nelson

11 years
10 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

9124

23 November 1922

W. M. Egglestone, Registrar

No	77
Date of Notice	23 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David McFarlane McKenzie	Dorothy Irene Stringer
	💍 1922/6887
Condition	Divorced (Decree absolute 15 March 1921)	Spinster
Profession	Packer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	11 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	9124
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 November 1922
Officiating Minister	W. M. Egglestone, Registrar

24 November 1922

John Perry Robinson
Dora Mary Beatson

John Perry Robinson
Dora Mary Beatson
💍 1922/7341

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

37
34

Nelson
Stoke

11 months
20 years

St Barnabas, Church Anglican, Stoke

9588

24 November 1922

Rev. J. A. Rogers, Church of England

No	78
Date of Notice	24 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Perry Robinson	Dora Mary Beatson
	💍 1922/7341
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	37	34
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Stoke
Length of Residence	11 months	20 years
Marriage Place	St Barnabas, Church Anglican, Stoke
Folio	9588
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Rogers, Church of England

27 November 1922

Roy Louis Frost
Amy Kathleen Scarlett

Roy Louis Frost
Amy Kathleen Scarlett
💍 1922/6888

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

25
23

10 Brougham St, Nelson
10 Brougham St, Nelson

25 years
4 years

25 Milton St, Nelson

9125

27 November 1922

Rev. J. Laird, Baptist Church

No	79
Date of Notice	27 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Louis Frost	Amy Kathleen Scarlett
	💍 1922/6888
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	10 Brougham St, Nelson	10 Brougham St, Nelson
Length of Residence	25 years	4 years
Marriage Place	25 Milton St, Nelson
Folio	9125
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Laird, Baptist Church

28 November 1922

Walter Laurrie McLain
Gladys May Schwass

Walter Laurrie McKain
Gladys May Schwass
💍 1922/6896

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Dressmaker

23
23

Nelson
Nelson

8 months
23 years

Railway House, Gloucester St, Nelson

9126

28 November 1922

Mr J. Vercoe, Congregational Church

No	80
Date of Notice	28 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Laurrie McLain	Gladys May Schwass
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Laurrie McKain	Gladys May Schwass
	💍 1922/6896
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Dressmaker
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	8 months	23 years
Marriage Place	Railway House, Gloucester St, Nelson
Folio	9126
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Mr J. Vercoe, Congregational Church

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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).