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 3282

District of Invercargill Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar H. G. Petrie

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

140

10 August 1922

Robert Wesney Hawke
Margaret Helen Armitage Armitage Hills

Robert Wesney Hawke
Margaret Helen Armitage Mills
💍 1922/8249

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
31

Taramoa
Invercargill

3 years
14 years

Bride's Parents Residence, 230 Liddel Street, Invercargill

6988

10 August 1922

H. G. Sharp, Methodist

No	140
Date of Notice	10 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Wesney Hawke	Margaret Helen Armitage Armitage Hills
BDM Match (87%)	Robert Wesney Hawke	Margaret Helen Armitage Mills
	💍 1922/8249
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Taramoa	Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Bride's Parents Residence, 230 Liddel Street, Invercargill
Folio	6988
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1922
Officiating Minister	H. G. Sharp, Methodist

141

11 August 1922

Henry Cockburn
Daisy Muriel Penelope Best

Henry Cockburn
Daisy Muriel Penelope Best
💍 1922/8250

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

43
33

Mataura
Invercargill

2 years
3 days

Registrar's Office, Invercargill

6989

11 August 1922

Registrar

No	141
Date of Notice	11 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Cockburn	Daisy Muriel Penelope Best
	💍 1922/8250
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	43	33
Dwelling Place	Mataura	Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Invercargill
Folio	6989
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 August 1922
Officiating Minister	Registrar

142

15 August 1922

Duncan McFadyen Rae
Kathleen Marjorie Lucker

Duncan McFadyen Rae
Kathleen Marjorie Tucker
💍 1922/8251

Widower
Spinster

Schoolmaster
Domestic Duties

34
19

Invercargill
Dunedin

5 years
3 years

English Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

6990

Algernon Lucker, Father

15 August 1922

J. A. Lush, Church of England

No	142
Date of Notice	15 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan McFadyen Rae	Kathleen Marjorie Lucker
BDM Match (98%)	Duncan McFadyen Rae	Kathleen Marjorie Tucker
	💍 1922/8251
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Schoolmaster	Domestic Duties
Age	34	19
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	6990
Consent	Algernon Lucker, Father
Date of Certificate	15 August 1922
Officiating Minister	J. A. Lush, Church of England

143

16 August 1922

James Henry Wilkes
Vida Agnes Chisholm

James Henry Wilkes
Vida Agnes Chisholm
💍 1922/8252

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Clerk
Typiste

24
20

Invercargill
Gore

24 years
20 years

Salvation Army Quarters, Gore

6991

Archibald Chisholm, Father

16 August 1922

W. Taylor, Salvation Army

No	143
Date of Notice	16 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Wilkes	Vida Agnes Chisholm
	💍 1922/8252
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Clerk	Typiste
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Gore
Length of Residence	24 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Quarters, Gore
Folio	6991
Consent	Archibald Chisholm, Father
Date of Certificate	16 August 1922
Officiating Minister	W. Taylor, Salvation Army

159

9 August 1922

Robert Ernest Thomson
Alice May Clough

Robert Ernest Eunson
Alice May Clough
💍 1922/8248

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Domestic

24
21

Invercargill
Invercargill

25 years
15 years

Presbyterian Church, Ness Street, Invercargill

6987

9 August 1922

J. Chisholm, Presbyterian

No	159
Date of Notice	9 August 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Ernest Thomson	Alice May Clough
BDM Match (91%)	Robert Ernest Eunson	Alice May Clough
	💍 1922/8248
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Domestic
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	25 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Ness Street, Invercargill
Folio	6987
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 August 1922
Officiating Minister	J. Chisholm, 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).