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 3103

District of Oamaru Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar M. Clark

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

4 July 1922

Allan Rishton Lory
Louis Elliott

Allan Aishton Lory
Louis Elliott
💍 1922/8183

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
20

Kia Ora
Kia Ora

24 years
20 years

St Pauls Church, Oamaru

6898

Louis Frederic Elliott, father

4 July 1922

Rev. A.G. Irvine, Presbyterian

No	34
Date of Notice	4 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Rishton Lory	Louis Elliott
BDM Match (97%)	Allan Aishton Lory	Louis Elliott
	💍 1922/8183
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Kia Ora	Kia Ora
Length of Residence	24 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Pauls Church, Oamaru
Folio	6898
Consent	Louis Frederic Elliott, father
Date of Certificate	4 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. A.G. Irvine, Presbyterian

4 July 1922

James Francis McAuley
Olive Irene Shalders

James Francis McAuley
Olive Irene Shalders
💍 1922/8184

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic

26
26

Ardgowan
Enfield

6 years
19 years

Roman Catholic Basilica, Oamaru

6899

4 July 1922

Rev. D. O'Connell, Roman Catholic

No	35
Date of Notice	4 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Francis McAuley	Olive Irene Shalders
	💍 1922/8184
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Ardgowan	Enfield
Length of Residence	6 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Basilica, Oamaru
Folio	6899
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. O'Connell, Roman Catholic

10 July 1922

William Andrew Marcott
Elizabeth Gilbert

William Andrew Murcott
Elizabeth Gilbert
💍 1922/8185

Bachelor
Widow

Butcher
Domestic

34
37

Oamaru
Hampden

3 days
1/11/16

St Lukes Church, Thames Street, Oamaru

6900

10 July 1922

Rev. Charles Herbert Isaacson, Anglican

No	36
Date of Notice	10 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Andrew Marcott	Elizabeth Gilbert
BDM Match (98%)	William Andrew Murcott	Elizabeth Gilbert
	💍 1922/8185
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	34	37
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Hampden
Length of Residence	3 days	1/11/16
Marriage Place	St Lukes Church, Thames Street, Oamaru
Folio	6900
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Charles Herbert Isaacson, Anglican

10 July 1922

William James Connors
Nellie Nora Hill

William James Connors
Nellie Nora Hill
💍 1922/8094

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Waitress

28
21

Oamaru
Oamaru

28 years
21 years

Roman Catholic Basilica, Oamaru

6901

10 July 1922

Rev. R. Graham, Roman Catholic

No	37
Date of Notice	10 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Connors	Nellie Nora Hill
	💍 1922/8094
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Waitress
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	28 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Basilica, Oamaru
Folio	6901
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Graham, Roman Catholic

17 July 1922

Charles Adin Bennetto
Lillian Maud Dimms

Charles Adin Bennetto
Lillian Maud Timms
💍 1922/8105

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheesemaker
Domestic

21
21

Windsor
Bortons

7 months

St Lukes Church, Oamaru

6902

14 July 1922

Rev. Charles Herbert Isaacson, Anglican

No	38
Date of Notice	17 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Adin Bennetto	Lillian Maud Dimms
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Adin Bennetto	Lillian Maud Timms
	💍 1922/8105
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheesemaker	Domestic
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Windsor	Bortons
Length of Residence	7 months
Marriage Place	St Lukes Church, Oamaru
Folio	6902
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Charles Herbert Isaacson, Anglican

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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).