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 2218

District of Nelson Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar S. T. Horn

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

19 July 1922

John Howard Den
Monica Clarice Brewerton

John Howard Win
Monica Clarice Brewerton
💍 1922/7950

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School teacher

24
22

Dovedale
Nelson

24 years
12 years

Church of Christ, Waimea Street, Nelson

6688

19 July 1922

John G. Price, Church of Christ

No	43
Date of Notice	19 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Howard Den	Monica Clarice Brewerton
BDM Match (93%)	John Howard Win	Monica Clarice Brewerton
	💍 1922/7950
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School teacher
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Dovedale	Nelson
Length of Residence	24 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Waimea Street, Nelson
Folio	6688
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1922
Officiating Minister	John G. Price, Church of Christ

31 July 1922

Alfred Keith Bradeck
Clara May Hebden

Alfred Keith Bradcock
Clara May Fairburn
💍 1922/7951

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Lady help

24
21

Nelson
Nelson

24 years
1 year

All Saints Church, Vanguard Street, Nelson

6689

31 July 1922

Rev. G. Wing Howe, Church of England

No	44
Date of Notice	31 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Keith Bradeck	Clara May Hebden
BDM Match (79%)	Alfred Keith Bradcock	Clara May Fairburn
	💍 1922/7951
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Lady help
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	24 years	1 year
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Vanguard Street, Nelson
Folio	6689
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Wing Howe, Church of England

3 August 1922

Alfred Josiah Huff
Ivy Minnie Siffus

Alfred Josiah Ruff
Ivy Minnie Sixtus
💍 1922/7952

Bachelor
Widow

Carrier
Domestic

31
24

Nelson
Nelson

31 years
4 years

Presbyterian Church, Nile Street, Nelson

6690

3 August 1922

Rev. J. H. Gibb, Presbyterian

No	45
Date of Notice	3 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Josiah Huff	Ivy Minnie Siffus
BDM Match (91%)	Alfred Josiah Ruff	Ivy Minnie Sixtus
	💍 1922/7952
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Carrier	Domestic
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	31 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Nile Street, Nelson
Folio	6690
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Gibb, Presbyterian

4 August 1922

Oliver Hodgkinson
Maryann Barman

Oliver Hodgkinson
Maryann Harman
💍 1922/7953

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

21
24

Table Bay
Table Bay

21 years
21 years

Dwelling of Mary Jane Harman, Table Bay

6691

4 August 1922

Rev. A. H. Heron, Church of England

No	46
Date of Notice	4 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oliver Hodgkinson	Maryann Barman
BDM Match (96%)	Oliver Hodgkinson	Maryann Harman
	💍 1922/7953
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Table Bay	Table Bay
Length of Residence	21 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mary Jane Harman, Table Bay
Folio	6691
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Heron, Church of England

8 August 1922

Henry Barlow
Ada Matilda Randall

Henry Barlow
Ada Matilda Randall
💍 1922/7954

Bachelor
Spinster

Alluvial gold miner
Housekeeper

56
41

Nelson
Nelson

2 weeks
2 years

All Saints Church, Vanguard Street, Nelson

6692

8 August 1922

Rev. G. Wing Howe, Church of England

No	47
Date of Notice	8 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Barlow	Ada Matilda Randall
	💍 1922/7954
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Alluvial gold miner	Housekeeper
Age	56	41
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Vanguard Street, Nelson
Folio	6692
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Wing Howe, 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).