Intentions to Marry, 1922 Cust to Dunedin

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840510, 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.

1922g contains pages 2581-2980, covering districts from Cust to Dunedin

Page 2847

District of Cromwell Quarter ending 30 June 1922 Registrar W. J. Blaikie

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

7 April 1922

Peter Gray
Christina Mary McLean

Peter Gray
Christina Mary McLean
💍 1922/5121

Bachelor
Spinster

Waggoner
Domestic Duties

25
27

Hawes Flat
Lowburn Ferry

25 years
16 years

Residence of Mr. Donald, Lowburn Ferry

4665

7 April 1922

Rev. W. P. Rankin, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	7 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Gray	Christina Mary McLean
	💍 1922/5121
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waggoner	Domestic Duties
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Hawes Flat	Lowburn Ferry
Length of Residence	25 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Donald, Lowburn Ferry
Folio	4665
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. P. Rankin, Presbyterian

8 April 1922

Arthur Richard Webb
Harriet Annie Ruffell

Arthur Richard Webb
Harriet Ann Ruffell
💍 1922/5122

Bachelor
Widow

Farm Labourer
Farm Owner

34
42

Ardgour
Ardgour

6 months
14 years

Presbyterian Church, Tarras

4666

8 April 1922

Rev. C. Ryley, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	8 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Richard Webb	Harriet Annie Ruffell
BDM Match (95%)	Arthur Richard Webb	Harriet Ann Ruffell
	💍 1922/5122
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farm Labourer	Farm Owner
Age	34	42
Dwelling Place	Ardgour	Ardgour
Length of Residence	6 months	14 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tarras
Folio	4666
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Ryley, Presbyterian

12 April 1922

Charles Campbell
Anne Helen Faithful

Charles Campbell
Anne Helen Faithful
💍 1922/5123

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher
Dressmaker

24
24

Pyramid
Cromwell

1 year
24 years

Presbyterian Church, Cromwell

4667

12 April 1922

Rev. W. P. Rankin, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	12 April 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Campbell	Anne Helen Faithful
	💍 1922/5123
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher	Dressmaker
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Pyramid	Cromwell
Length of Residence	1 year	24 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Cromwell
Folio	4667
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. P. Rankin, Presbyterian

8 May 1922

Alexander Dalgety
Clare Kathleen Spratt

Alexander Dalgety Spratt
Clare Kathleen Croft
💍 1922/5124

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

35
25

Becks
Ripponvale

12 years
3 weeks

Residence of Mrs. W. Wright, Ripponvale

4668

8 May 1922

Rev. W. P. Rankin, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	8 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Dalgety	Clare Kathleen Spratt
BDM Match (76%)	Alexander Dalgety Spratt	Clare Kathleen Croft
	💍 1922/5124
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Becks	Ripponvale
Length of Residence	12 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. W. Wright, Ripponvale
Folio	4668
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. P. Rankin, Presbyterian

29 May 1922

Archibald McQuarrie Ritchie
Ivy Beatrice Lawrence

Archibald McQuarrie Ritchie
Ivy Beatrice Lawrence
💍 1922/5125

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
School Teacher

24
23

Tarras
Bannockburn

24 years
10 years

Presbyterian Church, Bannockburn

4669

29 May 1922

Rev. W. P. Rankin, Presbyterian

No	6
Date of Notice	29 May 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald McQuarrie Ritchie	Ivy Beatrice Lawrence
	💍 1922/5125
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	School Teacher
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Tarras	Bannockburn
Length of Residence	24 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Bannockburn
Folio	4669
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. P. Rankin, Presbyterian

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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).