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 2214

District of Nelson Quarter ending 30 June 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

19 May 1922

Hubert John Smith
Hazel Thomason

Hubert John Smith
Hazel Thomason
💍 1922/4860

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Domestic duties

25
20

Nelson
Nelson

16 years
20 years

Church of Christ, Waimea Street, Nelson

4448

Sarah Ann Thomason, Mother

19 May 1922

John Watt, Church of Christ

No	24
Date of Notice	19 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hubert John Smith	Hazel Thomason
	💍 1922/4860
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Domestic duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	16 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Waimea Street, Nelson
Folio	4448
Consent	Sarah Ann Thomason, Mother
Date of Certificate	19 May 1922
Officiating Minister	John Watt, Church of Christ

22 May 1922

Robert Edmund Richard Grimmett
Dorothy Madeline Taylor

Robert Edmund Richard Grimmett
Dorothy Madeline Taylor
💍 1922/4861

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil servant
School teacher

22
20

Nelson
Richmond

3 days
12 years

Christchurch Cathedral, Nelson

4449

Arthur Edward Taylor, Father

22 May 1922

Rev. J. C. Hicks, Church of England

No	28
Date of Notice	22 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Edmund Richard Grimmett	Dorothy Madeline Taylor
	💍 1922/4861
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil servant	School teacher
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Richmond
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Christchurch Cathedral, Nelson
Folio	4449
Consent	Arthur Edward Taylor, Father
Date of Certificate	22 May 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Hicks, Church of England

23 May 1922

Philip Victor Anderson
Mabel Osborne Frask

Philip Victor Anderson
Mabel Osborne Trask
💍 1922/4862

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Clerk

22
24

Happy Valley
Nelson

22 years
24 years

Christchurch Cathedral, Nelson

4450

23 May 1922

Rev. J. C. Hicks, Church of England

No	29
Date of Notice	23 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Victor Anderson	Mabel Osborne Frask
BDM Match (97%)	Philip Victor Anderson	Mabel Osborne Trask
	💍 1922/4862
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Clerk
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Happy Valley	Nelson
Length of Residence	22 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Christchurch Cathedral, Nelson
Folio	4450
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Hicks, Church of England

25 May 1922

Lewis Barton
Clarice Maud Pukett

Lewis Canton
Clarice Maud Ricketts
💍 1922/4863

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

34
30

Nelson
Nelson

14 days
12 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

4451

25 May 1922

S. Lyon, Registrar of Marriages

No	30
Date of Notice	25 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Barton	Clarice Maud Pukett
BDM Match (82%)	Lewis Canton	Clarice Maud Ricketts
	💍 1922/4863
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	14 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	4451
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1922
Officiating Minister	S. Lyon, Registrar of Marriages

29 May 1922

John Richard Harris
Doris Sarah Stone

John Richard Marris
Doris Sarah Stone
💍 1922/4821

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Typiste

26
20

Nelson
Nelson

5 days
20 years

Methodist Church, Hardy Street, Nelson

4452

James Elijah Stone, Father

29 May 1922

Rev. G. A. Gamine, Methodist

No	31
Date of Notice	29 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Richard Harris	Doris Sarah Stone
BDM Match (97%)	John Richard Marris	Doris Sarah Stone
	💍 1922/4821
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Typiste
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	5 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Hardy Street, Nelson
Folio	4452
Consent	James Elijah Stone, Father
Date of Certificate	29 May 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Gamine, Methodist

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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).