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 2871

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar A. H. Smith

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 February 1922

David Chirnside
Helen Nicoll

David Chirnside
Helen Nicoll
💍 1922/1442

Bachelor
Widow

Farm Labourer

48
43

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
5 weeks

Residence of Mr. D. McNiven, 50 Union Street, Dunedin

1240

17 February 1922

J. Pringle, Presbyterian

No	91
Date of Notice	17 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Chirnside	Helen Nicoll
	💍 1922/1442
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farm Labourer
Age	48	43
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	5 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. D. McNiven, 50 Union Street, Dunedin
Folio	1240
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1922
Officiating Minister	J. Pringle, Presbyterian

20 February 1922

Silas Warwick
Beatrice Mary Bartlett

Silas Warwick
Beatrice Mary Bartlett
💍 1922/1443

Widower
Spinster

Joiner

42
34

Dunedin
Dunedin

8 years
10 months

St. Peters Church, Caversham

1241

20 February 1922

W. Uphill, Anglican

No	92
Date of Notice	20 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Silas Warwick	Beatrice Mary Bartlett
	💍 1922/1443
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	42	34
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	8 years	10 months
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Caversham
Folio	1241
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1922
Officiating Minister	W. Uphill, Anglican

20 February 1922

Arthur Ellis Carncross
Muriel Winifred Canham

Arthur Ellis Carncross
Muriel Winifred Canham
💍 1922/1444

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic

22
19

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 months
5 days

Registrar's Office, Dunedin

1242

E. E. Canham (Father)

20 February 1922

Registrar

No	93
Date of Notice	20 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Ellis Carncross	Muriel Winifred Canham
	💍 1922/1444
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 months	5 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dunedin
Folio	1242
Consent	E. E. Canham (Father)
Date of Certificate	20 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Registrar

21 February 1922

David Hulbert Barr
Lilian Trotter

David Hulbert Barr
Lilian Trotter
💍 1922/1445

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Engineer

33
29

Dunedin
Hillgrove

8 years
20 years

Residence of Mr. W. S. D. Trotter, Hillgrove

1243

21 February 1922

H. T. Blair, Presbyterian

No	94
Date of Notice	21 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Hulbert Barr	Lilian Trotter
	💍 1922/1445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Engineer
Age	33	29
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Hillgrove
Length of Residence	8 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. W. S. D. Trotter, Hillgrove
Folio	1243
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1922
Officiating Minister	H. T. Blair, Presbyterian

21 February 1922

Frank Vincent Thomas
Muriel Annie Marie Webling

Frank Vincent Thomas
Muriel Annie Marie Webbing
💍 1922/1446

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Engineer

30
21

Christchurch
Dunedin

3 years
21 years

Presbyterian Church, Roslyn

1244

21 February 1922

E. J. Tipler, Presbyterian

No	95
Date of Notice	21 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Vincent Thomas	Muriel Annie Marie Webling
BDM Match (98%)	Frank Vincent Thomas	Muriel Annie Marie Webbing
	💍 1922/1446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Engineer
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Roslyn
Folio	1244
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1922
Officiating Minister	E. J. Tipler, 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).