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 2094

District of Wairau Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar N. M. Chesney

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

17 July 1922

James Byron Eves
Sarah Priscilla McIsaac

James Byron Eves
Sarah Priscilla McIsaac
💍 1922/7934

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

33
25

Renwicktown
Renwicktown

33 years
25 years

Residence of Mr Richard D. McIsaac, Renwicktown

22/6646

17 July 1922

Mr. Caleb Brierly, Presbyterian

No	50
Date of Notice	17 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Byron Eves	Sarah Priscilla McIsaac
	💍 1922/7934
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Renwicktown	Renwicktown
Length of Residence	33 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Richard D. McIsaac, Renwicktown
Folio	22/6646
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Mr. Caleb Brierly, Presbyterian

17 July 1922

Alfred Henry Davy
Annie Mary Monica Curry

Alfred Henry Davy
Annie Mary Monica Curry
💍 1922/7935

Widower (25-4-21)
Spinster

Lineman
Law Clerk

25
22

Blenheim
Blenheim

6 months
22 years

Catholic Church, Blenheim

22/6647

17 July 1922

Rev. T. M. Heffernan, Roman Catholic

No	51
Date of Notice	17 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Henry Davy	Annie Mary Monica Curry
	💍 1922/7935
Condition	Widower (25-4-21)	Spinster
Profession	Lineman	Law Clerk
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	6 months	22 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Blenheim
Folio	22/6647
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. M. Heffernan, Roman Catholic

22 July 1922

Charles Norman Harvey
Edith Helen Williams

Charles Norman Harvey
Edith Helen Williams
💍 1922/7936

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
20

Blenheim
Blenheim

1 week
1 week

Church of England, Blenheim

22/6648

Ernest Henry Williams, father

22 July 1922

Ven. Arch. Deac. G. W. York, Church of England

No	52
Date of Notice	22 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Norman Harvey	Edith Helen Williams
	💍 1922/7936
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	Church of England, Blenheim
Folio	22/6648
Consent	Ernest Henry Williams, father
Date of Certificate	22 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. Deac. G. W. York, Church of England

24 July 1922

Thomas William Moseley
Ruby Hyndman

Thomas William Moseley
Ruby Hyndman
💍 1922/7937

Bachelor
Spinster

Poultry Farmer
Domestic Duties

37
22

Blenheim
Blenheim

4 years
22 years

Residence of Rev. W. Greenslade, High St., Blenheim

22/6649

24 July 1922

Rev. W. Greenslade, Methodist

No	53
Date of Notice	24 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Moseley	Ruby Hyndman
	💍 1922/7937
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Poultry Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	37	22
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	4 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. W. Greenslade, High St., Blenheim
Folio	22/6649
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Greenslade, Methodist

7 September 1922

Henry Dalton Giles
Constance Mary Hodson

Henry Dalton Giles
Constance Mary Hodson
💍 1922/7938

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller
Domestic Duties

33
19

Blenheim
Blenheim

3 years
19 years

Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim

22/6650

George Hodson, father

7 September 1922

Rev. T. M. Heffernan, Roman Catholic

No	54
Date of Notice	7 September 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Dalton Giles	Constance Mary Hodson
	💍 1922/7938
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller	Domestic Duties
Age	33	19
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	3 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim
Folio	22/6650
Consent	George Hodson, father
Date of Certificate	7 September 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. M. Heffernan, 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).