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 3256

District of Invercargill Quarter ending 31 March 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

21 February 1922

Donald George Sutherland
Margaret Isabella Watt

Donald George Sutherland
Ivy Margaret Isabella Watt
💍 1922/3423

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
26

Invercargill
Invercargill

2 weeks
3 weeks

Presbyterian church, Ness Street, Invercargill

2235

21 February 1922

J. Chisholm, Presbyterian

No	26
Date of Notice	21 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald George Sutherland	Margaret Isabella Watt
BDM Match (92%)	Donald George Sutherland	Ivy Margaret Isabella Watt
	💍 1922/3423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian church, Ness Street, Invercargill
Folio	2235
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1922
Officiating Minister	J. Chisholm, Presbyterian

21 February 1922

Thomas Edwards
Alexandrina May Piper

Thomas Edwards
Alexandrina May Pyper
💍 1922/3424

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

26
19

Invercargill
Residence of Parents, Margaret Street, Invercargill

15 years
14 years

Residence of Parents, Margaret Street, Invercargill

2236

Agnes May Piper, mother

21 February 1922

J. L. Robinson, Presbyterian

No	27
Date of Notice	21 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edwards	Alexandrina May Piper
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Edwards	Alexandrina May Pyper
	💍 1922/3424
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Residence of Parents, Margaret Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	15 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Parents, Margaret Street, Invercargill
Folio	2236
Consent	Agnes May Piper, mother
Date of Certificate	21 February 1922
Officiating Minister	J. L. Robinson, Presbyterian

22 February 1922

William George Clark
Jane Munch

William George Clark
Jane Murch
💍 1922/3425

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic

23
19

Invercargill
Residence of Mrs. Clark, 29 Clifton Street, Invercargill

6 years
19 years

Residence of Mrs. Clark, 29 Clifton Street, Invercargill

2237

Issued under Section 20, of The Marriage Act, 1908

22 February 1922

P. Francis, Presbyterian

No	28
Date of Notice	22 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Clark	Jane Munch
BDM Match (95%)	William George Clark	Jane Murch
	💍 1922/3425
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Residence of Mrs. Clark, 29 Clifton Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	6 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Clark, 29 Clifton Street, Invercargill
Folio	2237
Consent	Issued under Section 20, of The Marriage Act, 1908
Date of Certificate	22 February 1922
Officiating Minister	P. Francis, Presbyterian

24 February 1922

William Murray Fraset
Annie Marion Jackson

William Murray Fraser
Annie Marion Jackson
💍 1922/3426

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

25
22

Invercargill
Residence of the Rev. J. L. Robinson, Tay Street, Invercargill

3 days
14 years

Residence of the Rev. J. L. Robinson, Tay Street, Invercargill

2238

24 February 1922

J. L. Robinson, Presbyterian

No	29
Date of Notice	24 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Murray Fraset	Annie Marion Jackson
BDM Match (98%)	William Murray Fraser	Annie Marion Jackson
	💍 1922/3426
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Residence of the Rev. J. L. Robinson, Tay Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	14 years
Marriage Place	Residence of the Rev. J. L. Robinson, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	2238
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1922
Officiating Minister	J. L. Robinson, Presbyterian

2 March 1922

Albert Tomlinson
Albert Gladys Mary George

Albert Tomlinson
Gladys Mary George
💍 1922/3427

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

44
29

Orawia
Makarewa

11 years
4 years

Presbyterian church, Wee Street, Invercargill

2239

2 March 1922

Ad. G. Gilbert, Presbyterian

No	30
Date of Notice	2 March 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Tomlinson	Albert Gladys Mary George
BDM Match (86%)	Albert Tomlinson	Gladys Mary George
	💍 1922/3427
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	44	29
Dwelling Place	Orawia	Makarewa
Length of Residence	11 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian church, Wee Street, Invercargill
Folio	2239
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1922
Officiating Minister	Ad. G. Gilbert, 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).