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 868

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar A. H. [illegible]

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

11 February 1922

Frederick Charles Davies
Dorcas Sara Elizabeth Dick Fryer

Frederick Charles Dawes
Dorcas Sara Elizabeth Dick Fryer
💍 1922/1436

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachbuilder

28
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

28 years
5 years

Residence of Mrs. M. Fryer, 39 Clarendon Street, Dunedin

1226

11 February 1922

R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

No	76
Date of Notice	11 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Charles Davies	Dorcas Sara Elizabeth Dick Fryer
BDM Match (96%)	Frederick Charles Dawes	Dorcas Sara Elizabeth Dick Fryer
	💍 1922/1436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachbuilder
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	28 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. M. Fryer, 39 Clarendon Street, Dunedin
Folio	1226
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1922
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid, Presbyterian

13 February 1922

Jonathan Weaver
Vera Blanche Carey

Jonathan Weaver
Vera Blanche Carey
💍 1922/1447

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
30

Dunedin
Dunedin

14 days
30 years

Trinity Methodist Church, Stuart Street, Dunedin

1227

13 February 1922

M.A.R. Pratt, Methodist

No	77
Date of Notice	13 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jonathan Weaver	Vera Blanche Carey
	💍 1922/1447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	14 days	30 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Methodist Church, Stuart Street, Dunedin
Folio	1227
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1922
Officiating Minister	M.A.R. Pratt, Methodist

13 February 1922

Percy Albert Austin
Dorothy Gwendoline Delbridge Sincock

Percy Albert Austin
Dorothy Gwendoline Delbridge Sincock
💍 1922/1454

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

26
24

Sawyers Bay
Dunedin

26 years
2 years

First Church, Dunedin

1228

13 February 1922

G.H. Balfour, Presbyterian

No	78
Date of Notice	13 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Albert Austin	Dorothy Gwendoline Delbridge Sincock
	💍 1922/1454
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Sawyers Bay	Dunedin
Length of Residence	26 years	2 years
Marriage Place	First Church, Dunedin
Folio	1228
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1922
Officiating Minister	G.H. Balfour, Presbyterian

13 February 1922

James Andrew Thompson
Annie Jane Simpson

James Andrew Thompson
Annie Jane Simpson
💍 1922/1455

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

46
43

Dunedin
Oamaru

4 months
43 years

Presbyterian Manse, Marion Street, Caversham

1229

13 February 1922

F.M. Beattie, Presbyterian

No	79
Date of Notice	13 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Andrew Thompson	Annie Jane Simpson
	💍 1922/1455
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	46	43
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Oamaru
Length of Residence	4 months	43 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Marion Street, Caversham
Folio	1229
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1922
Officiating Minister	F.M. Beattie, Presbyterian

13 February 1922

Gavin Eugene Pollock
Catherine Cull

Gavin Eugene Pollock
Catherine Cull
💍 1922/2235

Bachelor
Spinster

Public Servant

23
25

Dunedin
Dunedin

15 years
16 years

St. Patricks Basilica, South Dunedin

2413

13 February 1922

J.P. Delany, Roman Catholic

No	80
Date of Notice	13 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gavin Eugene Pollock	Catherine Cull
	💍 1922/2235
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Public Servant
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	15 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St. Patricks Basilica, South Dunedin
Folio	2413
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1922
Officiating Minister	J.P. Delany, 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).