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 3155

District of Tokomairiro Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar Andersson

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

3 January 1922

William Weir Clayton
Brenda Pearl Mitchell

William Weir Clayton
Brenda Pearl Mitchell
💍 1922/2238

Bachelor
Spinster

Cashier
Dressmaker

22
25

Milton
Milton

10 days
10 days

Registrars Office Milton

2416

3 January 1922

A.S.Powley, Deputy Registrar

No	1
Date of Notice	3 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Weir Clayton	Brenda Pearl Mitchell
	💍 1922/2238
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cashier	Dressmaker
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	10 days	10 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Milton
Folio	2416
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1922
Officiating Minister	A.S.Powley, Deputy Registrar

14 January 1922

Oliver Samuel Shale
Isabella Anderson Ferguson

Oliver Samuel Shale
Isabella Anderson Ferguson
💍 1922/3419

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

38
26

Clarksville
Milton

8 years
26 years

Presbyterian Church Milton

2184

14 January 1922

H.Clark, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	14 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oliver Samuel Shale	Isabella Anderson Ferguson
	💍 1922/3419
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	38	26
Dwelling Place	Clarksville	Milton
Length of Residence	8 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Milton
Folio	2184
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1922
Officiating Minister	H.Clark, Presbyterian

20 January 1922

Peter Stanley Lawson
Ellen Robertson

Peter Stanley Lawson
Ellen Robertson
💍 1922/3399

Bachelor
Spinster

Exchange Clerk
Weaver

31
24

Milton
Milton

2 years
12 years

Church of England Milton

2185

20 January 1922

J.C.Small, Church of England

No	3
Date of Notice	20 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Stanley Lawson	Ellen Robertson
	💍 1922/3399
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Exchange Clerk	Weaver
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	2 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Milton
Folio	2185
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1922
Officiating Minister	J.C.Small, Church of England

30 January 1922

Frederick Stephen Beal Dawson
Agnes Winifred Nelson

Frederick Stephen Beal Dawson
Agnes Winifred Nelson
💍 1922/3400

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk
Book-keeper

28
28

Milton
Milton

3 days
28 years

St Johns Anglican Church Milton

2186

30 January 1922

J.C.Small, Church of England

No	4
Date of Notice	30 January 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Stephen Beal Dawson	Agnes Winifred Nelson
	💍 1922/3400
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk	Book-keeper
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Anglican Church Milton
Folio	2186
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1922
Officiating Minister	J.C.Small, Church of England

2 February 1922

Robert Campbell Patterson
Mary McLaren Mills

Robert Campbell Patterson
Mary McLaren Mills
💍 1922/3401

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Surfaceman
Domestic Duties

36
18

Milton
Glenore

2 years
15 years

Residence of Mr John Mills Glenore

2187

John Mills, Father

2 February 1922

H.Daniel, Methodist

No	5
Date of Notice	2 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Campbell Patterson	Mary McLaren Mills
	💍 1922/3401
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Surfaceman	Domestic Duties
Age	36	18
Dwelling Place	Milton	Glenore
Length of Residence	2 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr John Mills Glenore
Folio	2187
Consent	John Mills, Father
Date of Certificate	2 February 1922
Officiating Minister	H.Daniel, Methodist

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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).