Intentions to Marry, 1922 Dunstan to Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840511, 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.

1922h contains pages 2981-3386, covering districts from Dunstan to Chatham Islands

Page 2997

District of East Taieri Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar A. Ballander

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

31 January 1922

Alfred Charles John Robinson
Irene Collie

Alfred Charles John Robinson
Irene Collie
💍 1922/3381

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant
Nurse

28
28

Mosgiel
Mosgiel

2 days
28 years

Presbyterian Church

2142

31 January 1922

Rev. David McBosh, M.A., Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	31 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Charles John Robinson	Irene Collie
	💍 1922/3381
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant	Nurse
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel	Mosgiel
Length of Residence	2 days	28 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	2142
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. David McBosh, M.A., Presbyterian

7 February 1922

Peter Bull
Honora Murphy

Peter Cull
Honora Murphy
💍 1922/3382

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic duties

23
28

Mosgiel
Mosgiel

3 days
3 weeks

Catholic Church, Wanganui

2143

7 February 1922

Rev. Edmund Lynch, Roman Catholic

No	2
Date of Notice	7 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Bull	Honora Murphy
BDM Match (95%)	Peter Cull	Honora Murphy
	💍 1922/3382
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	23	28
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel	Mosgiel
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Wanganui
Folio	2143
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edmund Lynch, Roman Catholic

13 February 1922

Arthur Phillip Brown
Eliza Borrie Robinson

Arthur Phillip Brown
Eliza Borrie Robinson
💍 1922/3383

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic duties

28
23

Fairfield
Dunedin

6 months
6 months

First Church, Dunedin

2144

13 February 1922

Rev. G. H. Balfour, M.A., M.D., Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	13 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Phillip Brown	Eliza Borrie Robinson
	💍 1922/3383
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Fairfield	Dunedin
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	First Church, Dunedin
Folio	2144
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Balfour, M.A., M.D., Presbyterian

18 February 1922

Sinclair McMillan
Annie Margaret Lyall

Sinclair McMillan
Annie Margaret Lyall
💍 1922/3385

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheese Maker
Tailoress

24
23

Mosgiel
Mosgiel

24 years
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Mosgiel

2145

18 February 1922

Rev. D. Calder, B.A., Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	18 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sinclair McMillan	Annie Margaret Lyall
	💍 1922/3385
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheese Maker	Tailoress
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel	Mosgiel
Length of Residence	24 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Mosgiel
Folio	2145
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Calder, B.A., Presbyterian

21 February 1922

Ernest Matson
Margaret Isabel Williamson

Ernest Matson
Margaret Isabel Williamson
💍 1922/3386

Bachelor
Spinster

Tobacconist
Dressmaker

37
43

Mosgiel
North Taieri

2 years
Life

Residence of Mr. Williamson, North Taieri

2146

21 February 1922

Rev. D. Calder, B.A., Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	21 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Matson	Margaret Isabel Williamson
	💍 1922/3386
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tobacconist	Dressmaker
Age	37	43
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel	North Taieri
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Williamson, North Taieri
Folio	2146
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Calder, B.A., 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).