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 2750

District of Timaru Quarter ending 31 December 1922 Registrar F. E. Duncan

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

121

25 October 1922

Arthur Thomson Copland
Marion Lindsay Farquhar

Arthur Thomson Copland
Marion Lindsay Farquhar
💍 1922/7006

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic

33
27

Timaru
Fairlie

4 days
20 years

Chalmers Presbyterian Church, Manse Timaru

9248

25 October 1922

Rev. P. G. Hughes, Presbyterian

No	121
Date of Notice	25 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Thomson Copland	Marion Lindsay Farquhar
	💍 1922/7006
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Fairlie
Length of Residence	4 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Chalmers Presbyterian Church, Manse Timaru
Folio	9248
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. G. Hughes, Presbyterian

122

28 October 1922

John Vawdrey Goodwin Hull
Agnes Maitland Wallace

John Vawdrey Goodwin Hull
Agnes Maitland Wallace
💍 1922/7007

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Shorthand Typiste

25
23

Timaru
Timaru

20 years
21 years

Residence of Mrs. M. E. Wallace, Chalmers Street, Timaru

9249

28 October 1922

Rev. W. A. Hay, Methodist

No	122
Date of Notice	28 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Vawdrey Goodwin Hull	Agnes Maitland Wallace
	💍 1922/7007
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Shorthand Typiste
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	20 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. M. E. Wallace, Chalmers Street, Timaru
Folio	9249
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Hay, Methodist

123

30 October 1922

Harry John Teague Osborne
Emily Blanchard

Harry John Teague Osborne
Emily Blanchard
💍 1922/7015

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Shop Assistant

29
27

Ashburton
Timaru

1 year
9 years

Woodlands Street Methodist Church, Timaru

9250

30 October 1922

Rev. H. J. Odell, Methodist

No	123
Date of Notice	30 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry John Teague Osborne	Emily Blanchard
	💍 1922/7015
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Shop Assistant
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Timaru
Length of Residence	1 year	9 years
Marriage Place	Woodlands Street Methodist Church, Timaru
Folio	9250
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Odell, Methodist

124

30 October 1922

Vincent Victor Williams
Annie Victoria Cook

Vincent Victor Williams
Annie Victoria Cook
💍 1922/7349

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Weaver

23
22

Christchurch
Timaru

3 months
21 years

St. Marys Anglican Church, Timaru

9595

30 October 1922

Ven. Arch. J. A. Julius, Anglican

No	124
Date of Notice	30 October 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vincent Victor Williams	Annie Victoria Cook
	💍 1922/7349
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Weaver
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Timaru
Length of Residence	3 months	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Marys Anglican Church, Timaru
Folio	9595
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1922
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. J. A. Julius, Anglican

125

1 November 1922

Edwin Alexander Cameron
Lily Edwards

Edwin Alexander Cameron
Lily Edwards
💍 1922/7026

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

22
21

Timaru
Timaru

3 days
3 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Timaru

9251

1 November 1922

F. E. Duncan, Registrar of Marriages

No	125
Date of Notice	1 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Alexander Cameron	Lily Edwards
	💍 1922/7026
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Timaru
Folio	9251
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1922
Officiating Minister	F. E. Duncan, Registrar of Marriages

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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).