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 2876

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar C. M. Moss

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

116

1 March 1922

Charles Henry Swanson
Myrtle Margaret McMaster

Charles Henry Swanson
Myrtle Margaret McMaster
💍 1922/1567

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

26
20

Port Chalmers
Dunedin

26 years
7 years

Knox Church, Dunedin

1265

E.B. Smith (Mother)

1 March 1922

A.W. Kinmont, Presbyterian

No	116
Date of Notice	1 March 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Swanson	Myrtle Margaret McMaster
	💍 1922/1567
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Port Chalmers	Dunedin
Length of Residence	26 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Dunedin
Folio	1265
Consent	E.B. Smith (Mother)
Date of Certificate	1 March 1922
Officiating Minister	A.W. Kinmont, Presbyterian

117

2 March 1922

Richard Olsen
Elizabeth Jane Downes

Richard Olsen
Elizabeth Jane Downes
💍 1922/1568

Bachelor
Spinster

Cooper

24
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

20 years
4 years

Residence of Mrs. M. Olsen, 1 Bellevue Street, Roslyn

1266

2 March 1922

E.A. Axelsen, Presbyterian

No	117
Date of Notice	2 March 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Olsen	Elizabeth Jane Downes
	💍 1922/1568
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cooper
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	20 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. M. Olsen, 1 Bellevue Street, Roslyn
Folio	1266
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1922
Officiating Minister	E.A. Axelsen, Presbyterian

118

2 March 1922

John Patrick Alphonsus Corcoran
Louisa Hollebon

John Patrick Alphonsus Corcoran
Louisa Hollebon
💍 1922/1569

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Fireman

33
19

Dunedin
Dunedin

33 years
2 1/2 years

Residence of Miss L. Hollebon, 128 Main South Road, Caversham

1267

J.A. Hollebon (Father)

2 March 1922

R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

No	118
Date of Notice	2 March 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Patrick Alphonsus Corcoran	Louisa Hollebon
	💍 1922/1569
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Fireman
Age	33	19
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	33 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Miss L. Hollebon, 128 Main South Road, Caversham
Folio	1267
Consent	J.A. Hollebon (Father)
Date of Certificate	2 March 1922
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

119

4 March 1922

Donald Macpherson
Frances Bertha Robinson

Donald Macpherson
Frances Bertha Robinson
💍 1922/1570

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
29

Berwick
Dunedin

31 years
2 weeks

Presbyterian Manse, 33 Young Street, St. Kilda

1268

4 March 1922

R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

No	119
Date of Notice	4 March 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Macpherson	Frances Bertha Robinson
	💍 1922/1570
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Berwick	Dunedin
Length of Residence	31 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, 33 Young Street, St. Kilda
Folio	1268
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1922
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

120

6 March 1922

Charles Samuel Haines
Maud Isabel Mary Eglin

Charles Samuel Haines
Maud Isabel Mary Eglin
💍 1922/1571

Bachelor
Spinster

Newspaper Advertising Agent

59
38

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 days
14 years

Residence of Miss Agnes Eglin, 27 Bruce Street, Roslyn

1269

6 March 1922

C. Dallaston, Baptist

No	120
Date of Notice	6 March 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Samuel Haines	Maud Isabel Mary Eglin
	💍 1922/1571
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Newspaper Advertising Agent
Age	59	38
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 days	14 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Miss Agnes Eglin, 27 Bruce Street, Roslyn
Folio	1269
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1922
Officiating Minister	C. Dallaston, Baptist

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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).